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Tip: finding leads in university council minutes
TweetThe minutes of meetings at public institutions are an often-overlooked source of possible story ideas and leads. Local authorities and hospitals regularly have their board meetings scrutinised by reporters – but university council meetings are less closely followed.
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Tagged accountability, advanced search, council minutes, freedom of information, leads, universities
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MAPPED: Department for Education spent more than £1m on hotels last year
Tweet MAP: The Department for Education’s spend across London hotels in 2012/13. The Department for Education spent more than £1m of taxpayers’ money on hotel rooms for staff last year, including at 4* hotels in the heart of London. The … Continue reading
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Tagged copthorne tara hotel, cost, department for education, FOI, freedom of information, hotel, house of commons, international, kensington, Michael Gove, overnight, priti patel, question, rooms, spend, staff, UK, written
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Department for Education faces scrutiny after responding late to one in five FOI requests
Tweet The Department of Education continues to perform poorly in responding to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, according to recently published figures. The figures, published by the Ministry of Justice, show the department responded late to 21% of the requests they … Continue reading
Academies and the Freedom of Information Act
TweetThe number of academies in the UK is increasing by the month and their set-up can often be complex, with multiple parties involved in the running of the school, but the Freedom of Information Act provides a useful tool to … Continue reading
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
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Tagged education, FOI, freedom of information, help me investigate, higher education, ucas
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