Speaking and consultancy
I am available for speaking engagements. As well as academic and political bodies, I’ve addressed a wide range of groups about devolution matters, including voluntary sector organisations, professional and specialist conferences, visiting groups from overseas, law firms and a sixth form conference. I hope that I’m able to explain how devolution works and its implications in an accessible and entertaining way.
I also undertake consultancy work. Previous clients include Universities UK, the Nuffield Trust, Age Concern and Unlock Democracy. Reports arising from these engagements are available here, here and here.
Please contact me at devolutionmattersATgmail.com if you want to discuss a consultancy or speaking engagement.
Latest from my Twitter feed
- @cathy_owens @Katie_Dalton That's the point. Makes it harder for non-graduate Scots to get jobs outside Scot. 3 days ago
- @Katie_Dalton @cathy_owens That's the point - 'should'. Esp for small employers hiring people with ltd qualifications, not graduate-level. 3 days ago
- @Kilsally Problem will be for people with just a few GCSEs, and employers who don't know what they're worth & can't easily find out. 3 days ago
- @cathy_owens Not everyone goes to Univ. What about ordinary employers, esp small ones? How will they assess candidates with diff GCSEs? 3 days ago
- English independence on GCSEs will make it harder for people to move around UK. Is that worth the benefit of 'more rigorous' exams? 3 days ago
- A Welsh take on the DfE move to break up GCSEs: @LeightonAndrews is clearly unhappy. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-… 3 days ago
- The @scotgov paper on the economic case for Scot independence is at scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2… #indyref. News coverage at bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla… 3 days ago
- RT @holyroodmandy: Yesterday I was @YesScotland indy icon with Denis Healey interview but there maybe a change of heart after this... http:… 3 days ago
Recent Posts
- Spectator blog post on EU and Scottish independence referendums
- The Scottish Conservatives’ working group on devolution
- Inheritance tax, ‘care caps’ for the elderly, and devolution
- My involvement in the IPPR’s Devo More project
- The ‘Funding Devo More’ launch
- Extending devolution: ‘Funding Devo More’ and what it is trying to do
- ‘Financing Devo More’ in Scotland on Sunday
- Constituting an independent Scotland
- Financing devolution and the More or Less Federal model: report launch
- Evidence to the Holyrood Referendum Bill Committee
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Top Posts
- The Sewel convention
- Devolution: the basics
- About this blog
- Alan Trench: About me
- The Barnett formula and the financing of devolution
- The Scottish Conservatives’ working group on devolution
- Financing devolution and the More or Less Federal model: report launch
- My involvement in the IPPR’s Devo More project
Copyright etc
All material on this blog - save that clearly marked as a quotation - is original and subject to copyright. Save in the case of guest blogs, any use of it must be credited to me and my authorship acknowledged. It may not be used for any commercial purposes (save as permitted by the law of England and Wales) without seeking my written permission and that permission may be subject to conditions. In the case of guest blogs, the named author must be credited and his/her authorship acknowledged, and material may similarly not be used for commercial purposes without permission.
Nothing on this blog constitutes legal advice. It is general comment. Any reader who requires legal advice should consult a solicitor, barrister, advocate or other legal adviser able to give them advice about their particular situation.
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Blogroll
- Betsan's Blog
- Blether with Brian
- Caledonian Mercury
- clickonWales
- Dale & Co
- Guardian 'Comment is Free'
- Labour Hame
- Lallands Peat Worrier
- Liberal Democrats (UK)
- London Review of Books
- New York Review of Books
- Open Democracy
- Our Kingdom
- Realpolitik
- Scots Law News
- Scottish Constitutional Futures Forum blog
- Scottish Review
- Slugger O'Toole
- The Constitution Unit blog
- The Devenport Diaries (NI)
- The Herald and Sunday Herald (Scotland)
- The Scotsman
- This Is My Truth
- Times Literary Supplement
- UK Constitutional Law Group blog
- UKSC Blog
- Wales Online's politics news
- Whitehall 1212
Useful links
- Better Together
- Cabinet Office – Devolution page
- Conservative Party
- Devo More project at IPPR
- Institute of Governance, University of Edinburgh
- Institute of Welsh Affairs
- ippr
- Labour Party
- National Assembly for Wales
- Northern Ireland Assembly
- Northern Ireland Executive
- Plaid Cymru
- Reform Scotland
- Scotland Office (UK Government)
- Scottish Government
- Scottish National Party
- Scottish Parliament
- The Constitution Unit, University College London
- Tomorrow's Wales
- UK Parliament
- Unlock Democracy
- Wales Office (UK Government)
- Welsh Government
- Yes Scotland