Economics students enjoy Scottish Parliament trip

Masters students from the Department of Economics recently attended the Scottish Parliament for a fact-finding mission on the role economists play with regard to the Scottish budget.

More than 30 students from all Economics MSc programmes took part in the trip led by Dr Grant Allan, Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes for the Department of Economics. The students heard first of all from Ross Burnside from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre on the role that economists play in supporting the analysis and deliberations in the Parliament on the Scottish budget.

The students were lucky enough that their trip coincided with the vote in the chamber on the election of the new first minister and, as a result, were in Parliament to hear the first words of the newly-elected Humza Yousaf MSP in his new role as First Minister.

Published: 26 April 2023