Monthly Archives: August 2008
RECRUITMENT
I am looking to recruit an intern to work in by Brussels office. For more information, please see the advert in the link below. http://www.w4mp.org/html/personnel/jobs/disp_job.asp?ref=15595
Filed under intern, recruitment
INTERNS AND THE LSE
All MEPs get many applications for work experience each year. I generally employ one stagiaire (trainee) in Brussels from autumn to spring each year on a fixed term contract. In the United Kingdom I have worked for several years with … Continue reading
TOO MANY WOMEN JAILED
I recently wrote this letter to the Independent in response to their article “Action of Scandle of Women in Jail”http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/action-on-scandal-of-women-in-jail-888281.html Dear Editor,The Justice minister Maria Eagle’s promise to make a “significant” cut to the number of women in jail and … Continue reading
Filed under Independent, Jail, Letters, Prison
ADVERTS AND STEREOTYPES
Recently the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality committee voted on a report on how marketing and advertising effect equality between men and women. We are surrounded by advertising in our day-to-day lives in newspapers, magazines, poster advertising, on the web … Continue reading
Filed under Online media
GOOGLE AND ONLINE PRIVACY
I’ve blogged before on issues surrounding online privacy. As more of our daily lives are conducted online, there are increasing concerns about the protection of our personal information on the internet. But now Google’s latest venture, Street View, seems to … Continue reading
Filed under google, online privacy, privacy
DO RELIGIOUS RIGHTS TRUMP ALL OTHER RIGHTS?
An interesting case in Islington has recently come to my attention. An employment tribunal has ruled that Lillian Ladele a registrar at the council does not have to officiate over same-sex civil partnerships as it offends her religious beliefs. The … Continue reading
Filed under Andrew McClintock, Civil Partnership, Gay Rights, Islington, Lillin Ladele
