European Union © European Union, 2022 Impact of COVID-19 measures on democracy and fundamental rights: Best practices and lessons learned in the Member States and third countries. “This research study examines the impact of COVID-19 measures on democracy and fundamental rights in the EU. It considers what best practices have been evidenced, and the lessons […]
Census Maps, Town Centres, and Avian Flu: New Official Publications 05.12.22 — University of Glasgow Library Blog
Westminster & the UK Government © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2022. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022-23 – “The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill would make major changes to the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and its system of retained EU law. […]
Growing Up in England, Human Rights Budgeting, and Food Security : New Official Publications 24.10.22 — University of Glasgow Library Blog
European Union © European Union, 2022 Public Opinion on the European Union. “The Standard Eurobarometer survey of Winter 2021-2022 was conducted in 39 countries or territories: the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU), the five candidate countries (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey), the Turkish Cypriot Community in the part of the […]
Airport noise, rough sleeping, and business insights: New Official Publications 14.09.22 — University of Glasgow Library Blog
Westminster & the UK Government © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2022. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 China and the US in the Middle East: Iran and the Arab Gulf – “China’s interest in the Middle East has primarily been economic but is growing more strategic. With the launch of China’s […]
Rising Cost of Living, Green Central Banking, and the Future of Rail : New Official Publications 30.08.22 — University of Glasgow Library Blog
European Union © European Union, 2022 Scientific evidence showing the impacts of nature restoration actions on food productivity. “This report is a narrative review of the effects reported in the scientific literature (peer-reviewed and indexed scientific publications showing quantitative evidence) about the relationships between a selection of nature restoration practices and food production. The reported […]
Inflation, Unemployment Benefits, and Quality of Life: New Official Publications 17.08.22 — University of Glasgow Library Blog
Westminster & the UK Government © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2022. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Brexit: the financial settlement – a summary – “The financial settlement – often labelled the ‘exit bill’ or ‘divorce bill’ – sets out how the UK and EU are settling their outstanding financial commitments […]
Nuclear Weapons, Litter and Flytipping, and Beyond Water Quality – New Official Publications 01.08.22 — University of Glasgow Library Blog
Westminster & the UK Government © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2022. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Food Banks in the UK – “The Trussell Trust, a charity working to end the need of food banks, has reported a 15% drop in the number of three-day emergency food parcels it distributed […]
Corruption, Student Loan Statistics, and Food Banks in the UK : New Official Publications 20.07.22 — University of Glasgow Library Blog
European Union © European Union, 2022 Multilateralism and democracy: A European Parliament perspective : in depth analysis. “This analysis looks into the complex relationship between two trends in international governance: an increase in multilateral arrangements between countries in order to govern internationally on the one hand, and a lack of democratic control over the decisions […]
Gender Budgeting, Spiking, and Land Reform: New Official Publications 04.07.22 — University of Glasgow Library Blog
Guest blog by Dot Porter, University of Glasgow Library Research Fellow. My name is Dot Porter and I’m the Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. In 2020 I was awarded a Visiting Research Fellowship at the University of Glasgow Special Collections, which would allow me to come to Glasgow and spend […]
Visualizing Collation in the Hunterian Manuscript Collection — University of Glasgow Library Blog
The Northern Ireland Command Papers – A conversation with George Woodman
George Woodman began working with official publications three years preceding his appointment to Stormont where he was the Librarian before retiring on 31st March 2011. His career spanning 37 years establishes him by his contemporaries as the authority on Northern Ireland official publications, and this is matched with his depth of understanding and experience of official papers emanating from the wider jurisdictions of the UK and Ireland. His papers, “A Century of Partition”, (Church of Ireland Clougher Diocesan Magazine 2021) and “Official Publications – 30 years of change”, (published in Refer Summer 2012), explain the establishment of Northern Ireland and the changes in official publishing during his career. Both provide valuable context for this piece, which focuses on the Northern Ireland Command Papers (NI Cmd. Papers). Relating to a wide range of topics, most Command Papers were…
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Gigabit-broadband: Funding for rural and hard to reach areas – “As of January 2022, 64% of UK premises had a gigabit-broadband connection available, according to the telecoms regulator, Ofcom. That’s a connection that can support download speeds of at least 1 gigabit per second.
The Government’s target is for gigabit-broadband to be available nationwide by 2030, with 85% of premises expected to be met by 2025. Nationwide coverage means “at least 99%”.
Around 20% of premises, mostly in rural areas, are estimated to require public funding to deliver gigabit-broadband. This briefing looks at current and past government funding programmes for gigabit-broadband roll-out. These programmes follow the Government’s previous publicly-funded superfast broadband programme.”
NATO enlargement: Sweden and Finland – “Sweden and Finland have applied to join NATO, ending decades…
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AI Watch, road to the adoption of Artificial Intelligence by the public sector: A handbook for policymakers, public administrations and relevant stakeholders. “This handbook is the first endeavour at the European level to outline possible avenues to promote AI in support of public services. The recommendations and the actions included in this handbook are formulated in compliance with EU values and digital principles, and intend to provide a multi-level and multidimensional actionable plan to foster citizen-centric and inclusive AI adoption and use by the public sector, as a safe, lawful and trustworthy driver to achieve common good and wellbeing in the European society at large.”
Public opinion in the European Union: First results: Latest edition. “This First Results report details the first results of the Standard Eurobarometer survey of Winter 2021-2022 in the 27 EU Member States. The survey was carried out between…
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Evaluation of EU support to gender equality and women’s empowerment in partner countries: Final report. Volume 1. “This final report presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Evaluation of European Union (EU) Support to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) in Partner Countries, commissioned by the Evaluation Unit of the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO).”
Russia’s war on Ukraine: The situation of LGBTI people. At a glance document from the European Parliament’s Think Tank.
Measuring universality in social protection: A pilot study on unemployment benefits. “The purpose of this report is to analyse the degree of universality of unemployment benefits across EU Member States.”
Queen’s Speech Research Briefing. “This Library briefing identifies issues and…
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Distance selling: sale of goods, digital content & services online, by phone, off-business premises etc – “Many people shop at a distance. They may order goods, digital content, and services over the internet, by mail order, by telephone, by digital television or even by fax…
In the UK, distance selling transactions are covered by normal buying and selling legislation, predominantly the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (SI 2008 No. 1277). Importantly, consumers are given additional rights by the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013 No.3134), known as the “Consumer Contracts Regulations”. The Regulations came into force on 13 June 2014, replacing the “Distance Selling Regulations” (the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 No.2334)).”
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Multilingualism: The language of the European Union. A briefing on the languages of the European Union, data on language usage, and the practicalities of providing multilingualism in the European Parliament, for example, translation services and costs.
Short-term rentals in the EU: Report. “A Flash Eurobarometer survey about short-term rentals in the EU, booked via platforms. A representative sample of citizens, aged 15 and over, was interviewed in each of the 27 Member States of the European Union.”
The digital euro: Policy implications and perspectives : executive summary. “The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to launch a two-year investigation phase of a possible digital euro. This announcement has raised many expectations and also many questions. What would be the purpose of a digital euro? How would it work? What would be the consequences for European citizens? Would it disrupt the activities of banks?…
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SWOP Forum 