European Union Information

Course review:

This intensive one-day course introduces the European Union - its institutions, legislative acts and how policy is made, and how to find out about its activities. The practical information implications of "better regulations" and the ways in which EU law is transposed and implemented in the UK are examined.Reflecting the central role of the internet as a medium for finding about about the EU the course will highlight the key official and other websites for EU information: this will include legislation and other policy-making information, keeping up-to-date, policy information, contact information and bibliographical sources.

Course highlights

* Introduction to the European Union
* Searching for UK information
* Legislative and judical information sources
* Policy monitoring
* Keeping up-to-date: EU and non-EU sources

On completing the course you will be able to:
* Demonstrate a greater knowledge of major sources of official and other EU information
* Identify a range of specialist online sources
* Evaluate online sources of EU information
* Solve complex EU information enquiries