An interesting new white paper which reviews the results from Thomson Reuters Academic Reputation Surveys 2010-2014. The survey polls over 60,000 academic staff worldwide to get their opinion on university performance. The research paper examines 5 year trends to enable you to see which universities have the fastest growing reputation in specific subject areas. See […]
Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog
Do mobile phones effect student learning?
Interesting new article from Jeffrey H. Kuznekoff, Stevie Munz & Scott Titsworth published online, on 21st May 2015, in Communication Education. Using the example of 145 American undergraduates it examines the impact on student learning of using Twitter and other mobile phone social media while in the classroom. Results found that distraction caused less efficient note […]
Levels of support for the EU
This week saw the launch of a new group Conservatives for Britain which will lobby for withdrawal from the EU if renegotiation does not secure a better relationship. See the website of its key member Steve Baker and a recent podcast from a Bruges Group event featuring John Redwood for further insight. However, a recent […]
2015 top green companies
Find out which global businesses have made the top of the Newsweek ranking in terms of corporate sustainability and environmental impact. Methodology is provided on the website.
European Union Open Data Portal
The EU Open Data Portal provides access to a range of data from EU institutions including Eurostat, the Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agency. You can retrieve and reuse data from the portal and examples of projects which have reused data are given in the website. The EU plans to launch the Pan-European data […]
ORBIS
The European Political Strategy Centre has launched ORBIS – the Open Repository Base on International Strategic Studies. It is an open-access repository for publications on foresight studies. It holds documents on topics as diverse as the future of the economy, education and space exploration. Researchers can create an account and submit foresight documents for publication.
Eurobarometer
Public opinion polls conducted for the European Commission.
EU budget
Open data about the EU budget can be found on the European Commission’s Budget web pages. Information on how to apply for EU funding is included on the site as is a breakdown of what each country contributes to and receives from the EU. The EU also publishes its financial reports online: the latest include […]
Eurostat
The statistical office of the European Union provides high quality statistics on the European economy, demographics, industry, trade, environment and technology. Recent additions to Eurostat include: infographics – for example Young Europeans, visualisations – for example on the quality of life moblie apps Details of all the above available at http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/first-visit/tools
Historical Archives of the European Union
The Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU)are held in the historic Villa Salviati in Florence. The collection comprises official papers and individual correspondence/personal papers many of which were at one time confidential or secret. They are made public after 30 years. Documents can be consulted in the reading rooms at Villa Salviati and 6 […]
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