UK.gov STILL wants to tout pupil data – don't use the word 'product' At the end of 2012, Education Secretary Michael Gove told Parliament that he wanted "to share extracts of data held in the National Pupil Database for a wider range of purposes than possible in order to maximise the value of this rich dataset". Ultimately, the government wants the private sector to tout "tools and services …
He appears to have an unlimited ability for getting unpleasant, and then, outdoing himself at this. Quite a remarkable character, on a certain level.
That said, they've got quite a remarkable bunch in that government. This of the all-embracing T. May, think of the charming deputy PM. By contract, our Glorious Leader appears rather... bland.
"By contrast, our Glorious Leader appears rather... bland."
Only visually. On performance, look at his unique skill for creating a problem for his own party where none previously existed - 50% tax rate, Europe, Scottish referendum, HS2, armed forces cuts, child benefit, etc. Even Swiveleyedloongate is purely a product of Cameron choosing to surround himself with his Etonian mates, forming a lovely clique of arrogant, out of touch, over-privileged f***wits.
Most of us occasionally tred in dog mess. David Cameron, on the other hand seems to s*** in his own garden, then tread in his own mess.
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Suffolk County Council took it upon themselves to have some random bloke come in and photograph all the kids in my sons school, all of these photos along with names, addresses and parents details were then posted (yes posted) on unprotected media to a company that then produced 'bus passes' from them which were in turn posted to every kids home.
Apparently we were all sent a letter (by the letters being put in the kids pigeon hole for them to bring home) which allowed us to opt out of this.
So all the kids names, addresses and photographs were sent unencrypted to a random unchecked company and then the cards with photo and name on them sent in ordinary post back to the houses... no chance of any compromise there then.
Of course, want to teach the kids rugby or football.... you need major vetting and checking....
‘persons who, for the purpose of promoting the ... well-being of children in England are...providing information... and who require individual pupil information for the purpose
Dear Mr Gove,
Please give me the individual details of every pupil in England so that I can provide them each with information about the importance to their physical and mental well-being of a proper breakfast every morning, a breakfast such as the excellent "Happy Breakfast" of a brunch McMuffin and coke that my company offers at very reasonable prices.
Yours etc
R. McDonald
The answer, although sadly impractical for most parents, is to write to the head teacher and ask that your children's names be removed from the school roll as they are now being educated at home. Net result, a database with no entries. Education is compulsory, school is not.
I tried several times to get...
AnonButConsistentPupilId, School, Subject, Level, ExamDate,, Board, Grade, Percentile, for the whole country, but they wouldn't give me it.
This was because they knew I'd do a bit of this, and a bit of that, and deduce that A in Sociology was worth E in Physics, and it would throw the "Girls do better than boys in exams but they still earn less" mantra on its head.
They also know that I'd demonstrate that far from Tudhoe Junior School being only 5% behind Haberdashers, it was in fact 90% behind.
So what they want is for you to think that they want the figures released, without actually doing so. There is simply no getting access to the data. They release selective statistics. Labour were worse than Gove about this, but he hasn't done it either.
Why are our politicians hell bent on sharing - sorry selling our personnel data to anyone. Yet, when it comes to spending OUR money on their expenses its a different matter. Snouts in trough yet again! And then they wonder the UKIP is so popular (not a supporter) because how bad can they be when compared to this lot – well any of them really - at least they would know what they were getting!
"Researchers who need access"
Please please please, no more whining researchers who 'need' access; wanting isn't needing.
The tories want their mates to make money out of data that was collected for other purposes (this _has_ to be something for the ICO - oh wait...) and lucrative directorships await the political scumbag and associated penpushers who pull the scam off.
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