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 […]
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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 […]
Is the electoral system broken?
According to the Electoral Reform Society the UK electoral system is in crisis as the first-past-the-post system does not reflect votes cast. For full results see the Electoral Commission website and the House of Commons Library Briefing.
Quality of Life in the EU
Eurostat has just released a new series of statistics which present a multi-dimensional measure of well-being, considering social as well as economic factors. This follows the development of recent ONS publications to measure UK national well-being. Better Living Index developed by the OECD Social Progress Index from Deloitte which measures social and environmental conditions in […]
Work and pay
Find out how pay compares in different sectors using this quiz from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. For contrast see the Low Pay 2014 report from the Resolution Foundation
Poor UK managers are rewarded with bonuses
According to the National Management Salary Survey from CMI, 45% of under-performing managers received a bonus. The average is over £8,000.
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