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Westminster & the UK Government The Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921 – “On 11 October 1921 negotiations began at 10 Downing Street which resulted in independence for what was initially known as the Irish Free State. This attempt to settle what was known… Read More ›
European Union The differing EU Member States’ regulations on prostitution and their cross-border implications on women’s rights. “… after assessing the state-of-the-art of prostitution regulations in EU MSs and the current situation of sex trafficking and related data in the… Read More ›
European Union EIGE’s indicators on intimate partner violence, rape and femicide: EU state of play. “This report analyses the current situation of data collection on intimate partner violence (IPV), rape and femicide in 30 different jurisdictions across all 27 EU… Read More ›
European Union Regulating targeted and behavioural advertising in digital services: How to ensure users’ informed consent. “The study addresses the regulation of targeted and behavioural advertising in the context of digital services. Marketing methods and technologies deployed in behavioural and… Read More ›
European Union Biometric Recognition and Behavioural Detection Assessing the ethical aspects of biometric recognition and behavioural detection techniques with a focus on their current and future use in public spaces: “This study … analyses the use of biometric techniques from… Read More ›
Guest blog by Belén Hernáez Martín, an Art History student studying Collecting & Provenance in the University of Glasgow My online placement within the Archives and Special Collections consisted in using eighteenth-century invoices to research the books sold by Robert… Read More ›
Westminster & the UK Government Covid-19 status certification “Covid-19 status certification has been proposed as a means of reducing the risk of transmitting the Covid-19 virus in a number of settings. This briefing explores the Government’s policy on certification. It also… Read More ›
European Union Protecting pollinators in the EU: This briefing includes the background of pollinators in the EU, status and trends in pollinators, EU action in favour of pollinators, and policy assessment. Report on the 2021 big data and economic forecasting… Read More ›
Westminster & the UK Government Coronavirus: the lockdown laws “This Library briefing paper explains the types of coronavirus restrictions and requirements imposed by the UK’s lockdown laws. The UK has hundreds of laws made in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Many of… Read More ›
This blog continues from part I, exploring MS Gen 1060 with Polina Govorukhina, MLitt Art History student from the University of Glasgow. Folio 4r: Genesis An interesting feature within the illustrative plan of the folio that represents stories from Genesis… Read More ›
