All Outputs (11)

Annual Report 2005/2006 (2005)
Working Paper
McQuaid, R. W. Annual Report 2005/2006

Regeneration friend or foe? - issues with national congestion pricing (2005)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W. (2005). Regeneration friend or foe? - issues with national congestion pricing. Scotregen, 4-5

There has been support for the Minister for Transport, Alistair Darling, as he took the major step of proposing trials for a national Road User or Congestion Charging scheme. According to a Department for Transport feasibility study, the cost to dri... Read More about Regeneration friend or foe? - issues with national congestion pricing.

Tailoring services and releasing untapped talent - a higher education perspective (2005)
Presentation / Conference
McQuaid, R. W. (2005, December). Tailoring services and releasing untapped talent - a higher education perspective. Paper presented at Migration and Universities

No abstract available.

Thoughts on the wider implications of the rejection of the City of Edinburgh's proposals. (2005)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W. (2005). Thoughts on the wider implications of the rejection of the City of Edinburgh's proposals. Scotregen, 7

The European influence on social policy in Scotland: changing terminology or changing practice? (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Juleff, L., Kelly, L., Adams, J., & McQuaid, R. (2005, August). The European influence on social policy in Scotland: changing terminology or changing practice?. Paper presented at 45th Congress of the European Regional Science Association

Until the late 1980’s social policy in Scotland was clearly targeted towards poverty as the primary source of economic disadvantage. Within this framework, geographical areas were identified which exhibited low income and high unemployment levels, a... Read More about The European influence on social policy in Scotland: changing terminology or changing practice?.

The entrepreuner in economic theory - some issues (2005)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W. (2005). The entrepreuner in economic theory - some issues.

Accessing employment (2005)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W. (2005). Accessing employment.

Public private partnership - comparative issues in the UK, Germany and Austria (2005)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., & Scherrer, W. (2005). Public private partnership - comparative issues in the UK, Germany and Austria.

While the UK has been a leader in the large-scale introduction of public private partnerships (PPPs) across the economy, both Austria and Germany have been relative latecomers within the recent move towards PPPs. This paper analyses the issues drivin... Read More about Public private partnership - comparative issues in the UK, Germany and Austria.

Local exchange and trading schemes (LETS) and time banks in Scotland (2005)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., & Bond, S. (2005). Local exchange and trading schemes (LETS) and time banks in Scotland.

A moving target? - evaluating Scotland's social inclusion policy. (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Juleff, L., Kelly, L. A., McQuaid, R. W., & Adams, J. (2005). A moving target? - evaluating Scotland's social inclusion policy.

The role of the Scottish Executive’s policy on social inclusion – now the social justice policy – is to reduce the degree of disadvantage experienced by certain sections of Scotland’s population. In order to monitor the success of this policy, suita... Read More about A moving target? - evaluating Scotland's social inclusion policy..

The concept of employability. (2005)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2005). The concept of employability. Urban Studies, 42(2), 197-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/0042098042000316100

The concept of 'employability' plays a crucial role in informing labour market policy in the UK, the EU and beyond. This paper analyses current and previous applications of the term and discusses its value as an exploratory concept and a framework fo... Read More about The concept of employability..