Freedom in the World 2016
Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House that measures the degree of civil liberties and political rights in every nation and significant disputed territories around the world. Read the methodology for the full facts and download the data in a zip file. International Idea also […]
UK/EU renegotiation
Read the full text of David Cameron’s statement to parliament on the UK government website and the proposals sent by the European Council Parliament TV has a recording of the debate and there is a transcript in Hansard. For access to free discussion and news services search for ‘Brexit’ on European Sources online, an online database and […]
Political TV Ad Archive
Political TV Ad Archive Just launched by the Internet Archive to provide a resource for the 2016 US elections. This fabulous free online digital library resource where reporters can find political TV ads from key primary states in the 2016 elections. Each ad has its own page with metadata files that can be downloaded by […]
Civil Service Women Leaders Index
EY Senior Civil Service Women Leaders Index found that the UK ranked 4th in G20 countries amongst the representation of women in senior government official posts. The highest percentage is Canada at 46.1 the UK has 38.7%. However none had 50%. Download the full text of the report to find out more data on pay […]
Primary Sources US Presidents
State of the Union 2016 Read the full transcript of President Obama’s State of the Union speech on the White House website Politico has a video of the address and main responses. The American Presidency Project has an archive of past speeches. It also has facts and figures on the length and number of words […]
Africa in Fact
Good Governance Africa is an organisation based in Africa which aims to improve government performance on the continent. Its website offers free access to its Africa in Fact publication for the last few years which contains articles discussing governance and government management in Africa. Other useful resources on standards of African governance include: Ibrahim Index of African […]
Women will take 118 years to achieve equality
According to the World Economic Forum Global Gender report which ranks over 140 economies on health, economic, political and education factors. The site has 10 years worth of data so it enables tracking of progress over the last decade. Methodology is provided.
Paragon Project
Institute of Economic Affairs launch Paragon Project The IEA is a free market think tank founded in 1955. It has just launched a major research 5 year project to consider policy making in the British politics. This will cover all areas of service. Research papers will be published on the website considering what the role […]
Historical Newspaper Archives
The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Daily Mail 1896-2004, the Independent 1986-2012 and Punch 1841-1992. For more information see our News Sources Page or the Gale NewsVault information page.
OfficialPapersUK
The OfficialpapersUK blog was launched today. Managed by members of the Standing Committee on Official Papers (SCOOP) it will have regular posts alerting you to collections, web archives and news about official publications from across the UK and further afield.
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