Latest Publications from the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit

Employment and Education Among Young Adults in Scotland: Reflections following the Milburn Review

June 4, 2026

Last week’s Milburn Review highlighted the scale of disconnect from education, employment and training among young people in the UK.…

Assessing Scotland’s approach to employability from a health inequalities perspective

May 1, 2026

Poverty, Prevention, and Fairness

March 25, 2026

Employability in Scotland: what do we know, and what remains unclear?

March 3, 2026

2025 Inequality Landscape

September 19, 2025

This is the second annual report from the Health Foundation funded Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU). This year we…

Collaborative Research for Meaningful Impact

May 28, 2025

SHERU response to the UKG Green Paper on changes to health and disability benefits

March 19, 2025

The Green Paper on ill health and disability welfare reform published on the 18th March follows weeks of media speculation…

A new model for economic inactivity in Scotland: Replicating alternative labour market projections

February 12, 2025

Scotland’s Census: Understanding changes in health and socioeconomic inequality since 2011

November 15, 2024

2024 Inequality Landscape

September 11, 2024

This report is the first major piece of analysis by the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit since its creation earlier…