Category Archives: Data

Pupil attendance – data and ideas

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Paul Bradshaw

TweetKath Torney has been investigating pupil attendance in Northern Ireland. She explains: Figures on attendance rates for every primary, secondary and grammar school have been released to The Detail by the Department of Education (DENI) in response to a Freedom … Continue reading →

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Violence in British schools: data

Posted on May 8, 2012 by ratcliffe

TweetMore than half of all violent incidents involving children take place within British schools, according to statistics released by the Home Office.

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ALS funding in Further Education: how does your area compare?

Posted on May 1, 2012 by ratcliffe

TweetThe graphic below reveals a postcode lottery of funding for special needs learners in Further Education (FE). It presents the average cost of Additional Learning Support (ALS) per FE student in each Local Authority (LA) for the year 2009-10, using … Continue reading →

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How influential are re-takes on today’s A-level students?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by owmyfoothurts

TweetLast week, it was announced that Michael Gove wanted Universities to have a big influence on the curricula of A-level exams. With Gove’s requests to Ofqual ringing in university’s ears, it’s key to look at some of the elements that … Continue reading →

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Can you do anything with schools performance data for Northern Ireland?

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Paul Bradshaw

TweetKathryn Torney at TheDetail.tv has been using FOI requests to look into school performance in Northern Ireland. She’s agreed to share her data on Help Me Investigate Education – let us know if you use it for your own work … Continue reading →

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The Adjunct Project aims to promote transparency in higher ed

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Elana Zak

TweetA new U.S. website, The Adjunct Project, is looking for data on how adjunct, or contingent, faculty are treated at institutes of higher education. The best part about this is that anyone can submit data. There’s a fairly simple form … Continue reading →

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Students are increasingly turning to prostitution to fund their studies – or are they?

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Phil Chamberlain

TweetUPDATE (Feb 29 2012): The Telegraph reports on research that suggests “one in ten students know someone who works in sex trade”. The actual research is somewhat more specific: “A tenth of trainee doctors now claim to know someone who … Continue reading →

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Data: BBC reveals locations of proposed new primary school academies

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Elana Zak

TweetBBC Radio 4’s The Report has done a nice bit of investigative journalism and revealed “the locations of 173 English primary schools the government wants to convert into academies.” Here’s the data The Report collected. The full report will air tonight, 16 February, … Continue reading →

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Question: “Almost £1bn” spent on keeping students in university – where does it go?

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Paul Bradshaw

TweetAs part of an investigation, one of my students came across a statistic from 2008 that mentioned spending on preventing students from dropping out of university: “A report by MPs on the powerful Commons public accounts committee [said] more than … Continue reading →

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Data: EU education spending

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Paul Bradshaw

TweetThe Guardian have compiled some useful data on EU spending, which includes spending on education. This is tucked away under the category of “Citizenship, freedom, security and justice” where education spending sits alongside asylum and culture. The full data is available … Continue reading →

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James Ball on how UCAS gather ‘deprivation’ stats on applications

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Paul Bradshaw

TweetJames Ball has written an illuminating piece on the recent UCAS statistics and reports which suggested that applications from wealthy students had dropped much more than those from poorer students. He adds some important context on precisely which applicants the data … Continue reading →

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Relaunched crime map includes ‘public buildings’ – including schools and universities

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Paul Bradshaw

TweetThe relaunched Police.uk crime website includes a new feature which allows you to find details of crimes near schools, universities and colleges. Type in the name of an institution and you’ll get a map around that area. But if you … Continue reading →

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