Due to the announcement of the UK General Election shortly after the advertisement of the 2024 SES essay prize, resulting in the team and judges… Read More »Announcement – 2024 Essay Prize Submissions Reopened
Following a bruising leadership contest, at the end of September the Scottish Conservative Party opted to elevate Russell Findlay MSP to a job described by… Read More »Are there really so-called “Tartan Tories” in the Scottish electorate?
Do the results of the 2024 UK general election signal a decisive break from the constitutionally-aligned voting behaviour of the last decade? While we will… Read More »GE2024 in Scotland: Indy an Era?
We are delighted to announce the 2024 edition of our annual essay prize. We run parallel prizes for secondary school pupils and undergraduate university students,… Read More »Essay Prize 2024
The SES has a packed schedule of events and releases this May as we host our third annual lecture and a week later mark the… Read More »Events Announcement – Annual Lecture and 25th Anniversary of Devolution
Over summer 2023 the SES held two essay prize competitions, one for university undergraduates and one for school pupils. Our expert judging panel selected very… Read More »SES Essay Prizes: Read the Winning Entries
by Ailsa Henderson Before Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation as Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland, the biggest debate inside the SNP surrounded the… Read More »Constitution or Con-substitution? What Scottish voters want from the next General Election
Prof. Maria Sobolewska joined us at the University of Edinburgh on the 17th of May 2023 to deliver the second SES annual lecture titled “Race… Read More »2023 Annual Lecture by Prof. Maria Sobolewska
We have released a package of teaching resources targeted at undergraduates. The package contains a readme, a codebook, a stripped-down version of the December 2021… Read More »Release: Scoop Teaching Pack
The SES has announced two essay prizes, one for undergraduates and one for Secondary School pupils. The prizes will be judged by a prestigious panel… Read More »Announcement: SES Essay Prizes