PPT-Scotland

Pillerin ja Heleene Scotland Part of the United Kingdom 790 islands Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Language English Legislature Scottish Parliament. Made by pupils at . Echt. primary, . aberdeenshire. Scottish Christmas Trees. Why we have trees?. Like other countries we also have Christmas trees. Almost half of Scotland has been covered with trees. Implementation by April 2015. Content. Background & Context . The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011. Interpreting the Act – the main changes. Implementing the Act – the role of the key organisations. For . the past decade, the Scottish Government’s tool for measuring deprivation has been . SIMD (the Scottish . Index of Multiple Deprivation). . But . ten years on, does . SIMD’s. understanding of deprivation still reflect the experience of people in Scotland today? Are there better ways of measuring deprivation in Scotland? . Scotland Excel is the Centre of Procurement Expertise for Scotland's local government . sector. . Formed in 2008 in response to recommendations in the McClelland Report, previously Authorities Buying Consortium.. . Presentation by Laura . Karuks. Capital: Edinburgh. . Lagest. city: Glasgow. Official language is English and . r. ecognised. regional languages are Scottish and Gaelic. Monarch is Elizabeth II. at the crossroads?. Jenny Johnstone (University of Newcastle/Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR)). David Orr (Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice) (CYCJ). Mary Munro (University of Strathclyde). Caroline Gardner. Auditor General for Scotland. A brief history of devolution so far…. Scottish Parliament established in 1999 (. Scotland Act 1998. ). New . financial powers (Scotland Act 2012). Scottish rate of income tax. Wilma Reid, Head of Learning and Improvement. NHS Health Scotland . Annexe. 2. We are Scotland’s national agency for reducing health inequalities and improving health. We are a National Health Board in NHS Scotland.. Using sales and survey data to monitor and evaluate alcohol policy: . learning from MESAS. Mark Robinson. Alcohol-related mortality rates* 1950-2006. updated from Leon and . McCambridge. , Lancet 367 (2006). Strathclyde University/. ScotCen. . Social Research. Senior Fellow, . ‘The . UK in a Changing Europe’. whatukthinks.org. /. eu. @. whatukthinks. w. hatscotlandthnks.org. @. whatscotsthink. Erin McKee. History Group. Balfron 2012 Comenius Project. Why Victorian Scotland?. Victorian culture still influential in Scotland today. It was a time of great change. Many places to visit across the country. Prof. Robert Dunbar. The University of Edinburgh. SCOTLAND’S LANGUAGES. Historically, a multilingual country. Pictish, Brythonic (Old Welsh); Old Irish (Gaelic), c. 5th century; Anglic dialects (Scots), c. 6th century; Old Norse, c. 9th century; Norman French; Latin. T. alks in Paris. Scotland’s response and what you can do. Tom Ballantine Stop Climate Chaos Scotland. . The Paris . Talks- Background- A Quick Sketch. . The world has talked about climate change- since late 19. . We look to Scotland for all our ideas. .