Essay Prize 2024
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
Scottish Elections
Events Announcement – Annual Lecture and 25th Anniversary of Devolution
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
Constitution or Con-substitution? What Scottish voters want from the next General Election
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
2023 Annual Lecture by Prof. Maria Sobolewska
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
Release: Scoop Teaching Pack
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
Announcement: SES Essay Prizes
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
Data Release: Scoop Tracker
As part of the Scottish Election Study’s second annual “bonanza week”, we have released the first version of the Scottish Opinion Monitor’s tracking dataset (aka… Read More »Data Release: Scoop Tracker
News: Two public SES events in May
We are delighted to announce that the Scottish Election Study will be hosting two events at the University of Edinburgh next month. Both are open… Read More »News: Two public SES events in May
Scoop Monitor: I’m That Poll
Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise resignation last Wednesday coincided with the end of data collection on our latest Scottish Opinion Monitor (Scoop) survey. At first this timing… Read More »Scoop Monitor: I’m That Poll
Scoop Monitor: Support for Scottish independence has risen, but why?
Full November 2022 Scoop tables available here.On the morning of Wednesday the 23rd of November, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom released its judgement… Read More »Scoop Monitor: Support for Scottish independence has risen, but why?