The incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law gives protection to the rights of children and young people for the first time.
young people
“Children and young people are least likely to be affected by Covid19 physically but are most likely to be affected psychologically.”
Schools Back: Covid-19 and Young People’s Mental Health
Ahead of the pupil protest outside the SQA’s HQ today, it is worth thinking about the structural disadvantages facing young people from deprived communities in the broader context of this economic crisis. Economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty wrote yesterday about the enormous ‘Covid jobs crisis’ to come when the furlough scheme finishes at the end of October, with […]
Cecilia’s Cs
“When I think of those friends and peers who fought and fell in the last recession, I reflect upon the question that haunted my father – who got out, and who didn’t? When I think of the generation that follows mine, and what they will have to face, the idea of anyone ‘getting out’ appears perversely utopian.”