APPG Chair Margaret Hodge and member Robert Buckland have today written to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan MP asking for more donor transparency from British universities👇

Coverage from openDemocracy here👉 opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…

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We can be proud of our world-leading universities. But reporting from openDemocracy shows how this reputation can be damaged by secretive donors.

That's why Robert Buckland & I wrote to Gillian Keegan MP calling for total transparency and due diligence on the source of donations.

UK professor condemns own university over collaboration with oil giant bit.ly/3UiWsKl | read more ⤵️

🚨Government transparency plunges to the lowest level ever

🔴Departments and government agencies granted just 34% of “resolvable” Freedom of Information requests in full last year
🔴 Cabinet Office data admits this is “the lowest figure since monitoring began in 2005”
🔴 Public

After 10.5 years, I’ve been laid off by openDemocracy.

This round of redundancy included most of the UK team. Three longstanding sections - oDR, ourEconomy and democraciaAbierta - were all also shut/mothballed in the last 6 months: a total of 21 journalists redundant.

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Orwell Prize winner Sally Hayden ('My Fourth Time, We Drowned' - The Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2022) has raised concerns about press freedom after being denied entry to Rwanda.

🚨More than 120 leading academics, politicians and campaigners have written to the UK Gov following a series of openDemocracy stories last year by Jenna Corderoy, Martin Williams, fin and me. Signatories inc. Caroline Lucas MP, John McDonnell MP and Sir Robert Buckland MP.

I’ve been made redundant from openDemocracy along with several of the kindest, most supportive and talented people I’ve had the honour of working with

I’m now looking for new opportunities. Here are some of the stories I’m most proud of:

Gutted to see so many reporters made redundant openDemocracy. Was a pleasure working with Ramzy Alwakeel Adam Bychawski Anita Mureithi ruby lott-lavigna. They are fantastic at what they do. If you're looking for talented editors and journalists, they should be your first call.

🚨i am being made redundant, alongside many of my amazing colleagues at openDemocracy

it is a sad day for radical, not-for-profit media (but also this seems strangely inevitable in this industry)

here are some pieces i'm proud of:

I’ve been laid off by openDemocracy, along with a load of my amazing colleagues in the UK. Another bad day for good journalism in this country

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Depressing news. I wrote for OD years ago from Angola, and have followed its ups & downs ever since. As well as many superlative journalists losing their jobs, behind the scenes Julian Richards (without doubt, the smartest editor I've ever had) is also losing his.