Helena Bengtsson was the Guardian's editor for data projects
December 2017
UK universities accused of complacency over sexual misconduct
More than one-third of universities provide no staff training on misconduct, including harassment and rape
November 2017
Russian 'troll army' tweets cited more than 80 times in UK media
Paradise Papers
What are the Paradise Papers and what do they tell us?
October 2017
Oxford accused of 'social apartheid' as colleges admit no black students
Labour MP attacks university where one in three colleges failed to admit a black British student with A-levels in 2015
Oxbridge becoming less diverse as richest gain 80% of offers
Oxford and Cambridge going backwards in drive to recruit students from poorer backgrounds and areas, data shows
Audit lays bare racial disparities in UK schools, courts and workplaces
Government study finds regional variation, and separate research suggests minority ethnic women hardest hit by austerity
August 2017
Oxford University professor quits Blavatnik school in Donald Trump protest
Oligarch who funded school of government says he gave to Trump inauguration and not election campaign, but Bo Rothstein says it counts as ‘irresponsible’ backing
Proportion of students getting good GCSE grades falls after reforms
Share of pupils in England gaining at least a C, or 4 under the new system, falls slightly amid changes to exams and gradings
A-level results show rise in top grades despite tougher exams
Boys do better than girls in gaining A and A* grades but students find it harder to gain top grades in newly reformed subjects
June 2017
Inside the Guardian
Data journalism: from information to insight in unpredictable times
An election full of surprises raised questions the Guardian’s team of data journalists were eager to answer, such as: did Theresa May lose every marginal seat that she visited?
May 2017
Theresa May closing in on 100-seat majority, local elections suggest
Guardian analysis indicates Labour is on course to lose Commons seats even in areas where it held on to councils
April 2017
How much do you have to earn to be rich? £70,000, says Labour
Swedish truck attack: shock gives way to fears for open society
Truck drives into crowd in Stockholm, killing four people
Thousands of British children exposed to illegal levels of air pollution
March 2017
Stockpiles of nuclear weapons around the world – in data
This week saw more atomic sabre-rattling by North Korea, but it is estimated that the global total of nuclear weapons has shrunk by a third in the last half-decade
Sexual harassment allegations: find figures for UK universities
Search for a university to find how many staff-on-student and staff-on-staff claims there have been in the past six years
Why the true scale of university harassment is so hard to uncover
A six-month investigation has revealed inconsistencies in how claims are handled, meaning data underestimates the problem
February 2017
Datablog
Fox News, Trump and the truth about crime in Sweden – in data
The president’s oblique reference to ‘what’s happening in Sweden’ referred to a Fox News report on crime and refugees – but the data paints a different picture
January 2017
Grammar schools lose top spots after league table shakeup
DfE’s latest tables, ranked using new Progress 8 measure, show schools that made greatest advances in pupils’ grades
