-
Recent Posts
- How to: find out about pupil place shortages in local schools
- Students seeking counselling goes up by one third
- How we did it: looking at the data behind academic zero hour contracts
- Students’ parents don’t know they have credit cards – and other “truths” about student spending
- Hundreds of academics on zero hour contracts at midlands universities
Recent Comments
- Paul Bradshaw on MAPPED: How many hours do children spend at school around the world?
- Spritzy on Students and phone sex: “Why not work as a phone sex operator and pay your way through University”
- Michael Rolinski on MAPPED: How many hours do children spend at school around the world?
- D J Steward on Academies and the Freedom of Information Act
- Paul Bradshaw on Help Me Investigate Education are looking for a new editor
Blogroll
- Academic FOI
- Ask Parents First
- Box of Tricks
- Building Future Education
- EducationState
- FE Week
- Graduate Fog
- info4local: Education and Skills
- Intern Aware
- InternWatch
- Learn SEN
- Mike Baker's Blog and Education News
- Scenes From The Battleground
- SchoolDuggery's Blog
- Student Parents
- The Student Journals
- Universities UK blog
- Zero Hours University
Archives
- December 2013
- October 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
Categories
Meta
Explore by keyword
academies academy schools applications birmingham birmingham university data department for education DfE disability education FOI foieg freedom of information free school meals from:pinboard funding gcse guardian he hefce help me investigate HESA higher education hmitwt ifttt immigration infographic intellectual property IP links Michael Gove non-completion Northern Ireland Ofsted schools Scotland secondary schools SEN staffing transport tuition fees ucas universities university university funding
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Investigating the special education system 1: inclusion statistics
TweetMore and more attention has been paid to children who have special educational needs (SEN) after Ofsted’s report last year criticised teachers for overusing the term. But fewer investigations have focused on the experiences of children who have the most severe learning … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
The price of a University drop-out 2: how do you work out the numbers?
TweetIn part 1, we tried to sift through the rulings and regulations and explain exactly how the HEFCE fund higher education institutions, and what criteria must be met. Next, before finally digging into the data in detail and filtering out … Continue reading
Links: How Seattle journalist got school censorship scoop
TweetAl Tompkins, from the Poynter Institute, an online organization focused on journalism based in the States, has posted a great Q&A with American journalist Phyllis Fletcher. She is an education reporter for a radio station in Seattle, Wa., and recently revealed … Continue reading
Posted in Links
Tagged censorship, investigating education, links, Phyllis Fletcher, radio journalism
Leave a comment
FOI legislation opens up UCAS and higher education…
TweetAs of this month, there are three more organisations that are under the scope of The Freedom of Information Act; and most appropriately for the Help Me Investigate education site, UCAS, the charitable organisation who organise the higher education application … Continue reading
Posted in Links
Tagged education, FOI, freedom of information, help me investigate, higher education, ucas
Leave a comment
Young learners’ data released
TweetAs part of the Government’s data opening process, the Young People’s Learning Agency (YPLA) has launched its data website. With an “emphasis on transparency,” the site sets to publish all their public data on Academies, 16-19 year-olds and Further Education … Continue reading
Links: unreliable data on children’s services (FactCheck)
TweetChannel 4’s FactCheck reports on some very shaky data being submitted by local authorities to the Department for Education. After listing a number of figures which varied wildly from year to year, and a response from a DfE spokesman that … Continue reading
How To: Find out when the Department for Education will publish its next stats report
TweetNo matter what topic you’re investigating, data will almost always play a key role. The right statistical information can answer questions you didn’t even realize you had. So it helps to have a good grasp of the data. A big part of … Continue reading
Data: University energy consumption
Tweet Tony Hirst has written a post on university energy data with plenty of links to data sources and projects. Well worth exploring.
Data: school populations by local education authority, August 2010
TweetFollowing on from the previous post, here’s some data on school populations to provide some context.
City of London Corporation: population 9,700, schools: 1
TweetHere’s a curiosity from an FOI request to the City of London Corporation on What Do They Know: “Please note that the City (the “Square Mile”) has a resident population of about 9700 and only maintains one school in its capacity … Continue reading
The price of a University drop-out 1: higher education funding in context.
TweetOne of the first big data-driven investigations we wanted to put on this site was focused on HEFCE and the way in which higher education is funded. HEFCE fund 130 higher education institutions in England and 122 further education colleges in … Continue reading
Posted in Community question, Follow The Money
Tagged funding, hefce, higher education, non-completion
4 Comments
Education news: 470 colleges lose foreign student licences
TweetFascinating story from the excellent Dominic Casciani on how many colleges have been barred from accepting non-EU students following a Border Agency crackdown: “Earlier this year, tighter rules were introduced on student visas, primarily aimed at private colleges offering language or … Continue reading