Anna Fazackerley

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Freelance Education Journalist at The Guardian

Write about education for The Guardian & Observer. Finalist British Journalism Awards 2022. “Pathologically empathetic” and hoping it’s v infectious.

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Cambridge University accused of bullying ‘cover-up’ as internal survey revealed

1 month ago | msn.com | Anna Fazackerley

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Cambridge University accused of bullying ‘cover-up’ as internal survey revealed

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Anna Fazackerley

Only a quarter of staff at Cambridge University are satisfied with how their department tackles bullying and harassment, according to an internal survey seen by the Observer. Cambridge undertook its staff culture survey in January 2024 and is now facing accusations from academics that it tried to cover up the “grim” results, which have been released through freedom of information (FoI) requests.
‘An insult’: Amanda Spielman, Ofsted chief at time of Ruth Perry’s suicide, to be given a peerage

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Anna Fazackerley

Amanda Spielman, Ofsted’s chief inspector when headteacher Ruth Perry took her own life after a bruising inspection, is poised to join the House of Lords after being nominated by the Conservatives, the Observer can reveal. Spielman, who earlier this month launched what was widely seen as an overtly political attack on Labour’s schools bill, is one of several names on former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s list, due to be put forward for King Charles’s approval as part of the annual birthday honours.
Teenagers excluded from school ‘twice as likely’ to commit serious violence

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Anna Fazackerley

Teenagers who are permanently excluded from school are twice as likely to commit serious violence within a year of their expulsion than those who were merely suspended, a large-scale new analysis of police and education records has shown.
‘The pandemic reinforced existing inequalities – it was a magnifying glass’: how Covid changed Britain

2 months ago | msn.com | James Tapper |Anna Fazackerley |Vanessa Thorpe

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‘The pandemic reinforced existing inequalities - it was a magnifying glass’: how Covid changed Britain

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Anna Fazackerley |Vanessa Thorpe |James Tapper

There is an omertà, or code of silence,around 2020 – a blind spot. Most people don’t want to dwell on the pandemic, the trauma, the boredom, the anxiety and the uncertainty about when it would end, or if it would end, whether the rules would change or why the rules hadn’t already changed, and work out who was a covidiot or a superspreader or a doom monger. But like a forgotten mask in an old coat pocket, the effects of the Covid pandemic are still with us.
Oxford University accused of failing to act after ruling on ‘sham’ contracts

Mar 8, 2025 | msn.com | Anna Fazackerley

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‘I’ve lost my work and been ostracised’: Oxford University accused of failing to act after ruling on ‘sham’ contracts

Mar 8, 2025 | theguardian.com | Anna Fazackerley

An academic who won a landmark court battle last year against Oxford University for employing her and her colleague on “sham” gig economy contracts has criticised the university for trying to brush their case under the carpet. Alice Jolly and her colleague Rebecca Abrams, both award-winning authors, taught on Oxford’s prestigious creative writing course for 15 years but were employed on zero hours “personal services” contracts, often earning only £23 an hour.
Inside the London reception class where kids are taught to talk to help them stay out of gangs

Mar 2, 2025 | msn.com | Anna Fazackerley

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Inside the London reception class where kids are taught to talk to help them stay out of gangs

Mar 2, 2025 | msn.com | Anna Fazackerley

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RT @Edmund_B_W: I’ve had some helpful clarification from the House of Lords Appointment Commission on the subject of blocking Amanda Spielm…

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Articles

Cambridge University accused of bullying ‘cover-up’ as internal survey revealed

Cambridge University accused of bullying ‘cover-up’ as internal survey revealed

‘An insult’: Amanda Spielman, Ofsted chief at time of Ruth Perry’s suicide, to be given a peerage

Teenagers excluded from school ‘twice as likely’ to commit serious violence

‘The pandemic reinforced existing inequalities – it was a magnifying glass’: how Covid changed Britain

‘The pandemic reinforced existing inequalities - it was a magnifying glass’: how Covid changed Britain

Oxford University accused of failing to act after ruling on ‘sham’ contracts

‘I’ve lost my work and been ostracised’: Oxford University accused of failing to act after ruling on ‘sham’ contracts

Inside the London reception class where kids are taught to talk to help them stay out of gangs

Inside the London reception class where kids are taught to talk to help them stay out of gangs

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