Part of Enlighten’s mission is to increase the level of debate about policy reform in Scotland. As well as publishing our own work, we seek ways to work with a broad range of individuals and ...

Enlighten today releases an action paper written by former SNP Health Secretary Alex Neil, former Labour shadow Public Health Minister Dr Richard Simpson, and former Nairn GP Dr Alastair Noble, who ...

Scotland is a country that prides itself on its engineering and scientific pioneers and their discoveries, which have so often put our wee Scotland at the pinnacle of global scientific research. What ...

Commenting on today's Programme for Government, Director of Enlighten, Chris Deerin, said: "This was undoubtedly the most ...

Campaigning for next May’s elections to the Scottish Parliament will doubtless draw widely on published educational statistics. But these are deeply flawed. A report by Enlighten a year ago explained ...

The Commission on School Reform today calls for new Scottish Government guidance aimed at “creating order in schools”. The Commission, established by Enlighten, the independent public policy institute ...

The Commission on School Reform, the education arm of the independent, non-party think tank Enlighten, has today released its manifesto ahead of the Scottish Parliament election, calling for the ...

Reform Scotland and Charlotte Street Partners were delighted to host a crucial discussion on the future of Scotland’s public services. With rising costs and growing demand, how can we make public ...

I have enjoyed reading the important contributions that have been made so far to the Reform Scotland discussion on NHS 2048. They set out areas for change that have resonance, from the potential of ...

Reform Scotland, the non-partisan think tank, today published a paper written by Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser, which aims to adjust the balance of power between Scotland’s legislative and executive ...

Scotland’s attainment in mathematics remains a matter of pressing national concern. Recent data shows National 5 Mathematics A–C pass rates continuing to decline, a trend that should give us serious ...

There is one modicum of comfort for Scotland in the PISA results that were published on 8 September. Science has bounced back a little from the harm caused by shutting schools during Covid. But this ...