Tweet These are the education links we found interesting between May 15th and June 12th: Key Gove adviser blocked civil servants’ free school inquiries – Office of the Independent Adjudicator – OIA Homepage – The Higher Education Act 2004 required … Continue reading →
These are the links we’ve been looking at from June 18th through June 19th: How many children secretly deported under UK Border Agency’s Gentleman’s Agreement? | openDemocracy – In response to my request for copies of instructions to staff about … Continue reading →
At least two councils hosting parts of the Olympic torch relay have not been able to buy official bunting from organisers LOCOG because of high prices – while the cost of bunting in a third local authority was quoted at … Continue reading →
A cluster of Chinese torchbearers with stories of business success have been identified by Stansted resident David Morgan. The Herts and Essex Observer reports on his findings, and includes a reaction from LOCOG who say “the Chinese nationals were nominated through … Continue reading →
These are my links for June 13th through June 15th: Choice of Olympic Torchbearers sparks anger – The runners in Stansted include a 39-year-old from Dongguan. The Olympic Torch Relay website states: “Jianming Li found[ed] Zhong Yu Telecom Chain Group … Continue reading →
These are my links for June 7th through June 12th: Row over US Olympic torchbearers (From Bicester Advertiser) – “Overseas torchbearers tend to be grouped together for logistical reasons and each will have made a contribution to their community.” National … Continue reading →
Updates follow original post below The commonly-quoted figure that 90% of torchbearer slots were “available to the public” is wrong, an analysis of official figures suggests. According to LOCOG statistics published by ITV News, torchbearer allocations were distributed as follows: “33% of … Continue reading →
This Is Staffordshire’s digital publisher David Elks has written about Help Me Investigate in the Stoke Sentinel’s ’DaviddotElks’ column following his involvement in our investigation into corporate torchbearers. He writes: “Collaboration is such an obvious idea because it allows people to focus … Continue reading →
I've written a post explaining some of the processes used in the ongoing investigation by Help Me Investigate Olympics into Olympic torchbearers. The post follows a request form the Guardian's datablog, who have published it here. …
The photo and story we published last week on the ‘torch kiss’ of two retail bosses has been picked up by the Daily Mail. The newspaper combines the story with one previously reported in This Is Staffordshire (but not credited): … Continue reading →