Kayleigh Garthwaite is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Geography at Durham University – and the author of the eye-opening blog post The ‘scrounger’ myth is causing real suffering to many in society, In this Q&A Kayleigh gives her tips on blogging about benefits and talks further about the myths surrounding welfare. What advice would […]
In the first part of this series I looked at bringing general news sources and blogs into one place; in the second I looked at social media discussions. This final part looks at how to know what government departments are saying and doing, even if no one is reporting it. Data and documents provide some of […]
In the first part of this series we looked at bringing general news sources and blogs into one place. In this part we look to another important source: social media discussions. Social media discussions contain three types of information: news updates you haven’t seen elsewhere; expertise (analysis and insights, for example); and personal experience (case studies). Here’s […]
The Department for Work and Pensions statistics site Stat-Xplore will publish data on sanctions for the first time next month The data, for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) sanction decisions, will be released on the site on Wednesday 19 February, according to an email sent to users of the service. The new data […]
The Department for Work and Pensions statistics site Stat-Xplore will publish data on sanctions for the first time next month The data, for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) sanction decisions, will be released on the site on Wednesday 19 February, according to an email sent to users of the service. The new data […]
The Department for Work and Pensions statistics site Stat-Xplore will publish data on sanctions for the first time next month The data, for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) sanction decisions, will be released on the site on Wednesday 19 February, according to an email sent to users of the service. The new data […]
Earlier this week we published our list of 19 places to follow welfare developments. In the first of a three-part series, we explain how to get your own list of useful feeds into one page, and share it with others. Step 1: Use a ‘personalisable homepage’ news reader like Netvibes or Feedly There are a number of […]