- Ian Wishart is a business journalist, currently working in Brussels. He worked on regional newspapers in England and Wales until 2010. Shortlisted for UK regional education journalist of the year 2009. He was education correspondent of the Leicester Mercury between 2006 and 2010. He is now business reporter for European Voice, an Economist Group newspaper. This blog is wholly unconnected with that role and the views here are entirely personal. ________________________________
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Roll up, roll up, it’s time to have some FUN with figures! Yes folks, here are some crazy statistics about how well / badly Leicester’s 11-year-olds’ s have done in their Sats this year. Make sure you’re sitting down… it’s … Continue reading
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Was my reporting wrong?
One news event, two completely opposing views. As I mentioned on Monday, I wrote a piece in the Leicester Mercury describing how the stormy Town Hall meeting about Riverside College was “brought to an abrupt halt”. The leader of the … Continue reading
