We have produced three digestible briefing reports and an A2 classroom poster, which were initially distributed at the November 2022 Modern Studies Association conference. These… Read More »Materials for Modern Studies teachers
Photo by Rico Meier on Unsplash In our previous blog we explained that Scottish voters had less respect for Boris Johnson but felt he was… Read More »Balmoral Blues? Scottish Attitudes to Conservative Leadership
It isn’t possible to talk about the rise of Scottish nationalism in the 1980s without encountering the idea that Margaret Thatcher was, ultimately, its handmaiden.… Read More »From the Iron Lady to Big Dog: How Scots Feel About Johnson Compared to Thatcher and Why It Matters
We have released the data and questionnaires for the first two SCOOP surveys, conducted by YouGov in December 2021 and March 2022. These are cross-sections… Read More »Data Release – Scottish Opinion Monitor (Dec 2021/March 2022)
To mark one year since the 2021 Holyrood election, as part of a week of SES events, we have released our report on the vote.… Read More »Election Report
The two-wave SES 2021 survey dataset has now been released on GitHub. This beta release, which combines both waves of the panel, comes accompanied with… Read More »Data Release – SES 2021 Panel Survey
To mark one year since the 2021 Holyrood elections, the Scottish Election Study will be hosting a series of data launches, analyses and events on… Read More »9th-13th May 2022 – Scottish Election Study Bonanza Week
by Chris Carman The end of March saw the Electoral Commission’s guide to the Scottish local council elections start dropping through letter boxes across the… Read More »Fit’s the SCOOP… With Public Awareness of Scottish Local Election
by Chris Carman, Fraser McMillan and Ailsa Henderson It is easy to forget what was going on in domestic British politics before Russia launched its… Read More »Fit’s the SCOOP… With Political Trust and Partygate in Scotland?
The Scottish Election Study (SES) is delighted to announce another call for survey question submissions, this time for our regular Scottish Opinion Monitor (SCOOP) survey… Read More »Call for Question Submissions – Scottish Opinion Monitor