James Coombs FRSA

MSc Data Science.
Fellow of Royal Society of Arts.
Interested in education and transparency.
Twitter was fun and informative b4X.

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

Excellent piece touching on why disclosure of raw 11+ marks is important by @Franabrams in the Guardian. https://t.co/5dC5IPMMZR

Thanks @alicewoolley1

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

I haven't been near Twitter much since Musk turned it into a cess pit but if anyone decent is still paying attention, there's a powerful but short film here from Defend our Juries. https://t.co/Yuji0lJJs4

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

@nadiasiddiqui22 @SGorard @SecModerns Am thinking about adapting the idea for primaries but comparing against IDACI weighted by inverse square distance, normalised by the distance children currently travel. Happy to discuss further with any of your students who might be interested.

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

Hi @nadiasiddiqui22 , @SGorard , @SecModerns ,
PhD candidates researching secondary schools inclusivity may be interested in a new way to measure this relative to “community”. Method, cursory look @ results, links to code & data here https://t.co/akB4Z3l1XB

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

I stand with Canada (Ukraine, Gaza, Panama, Mexico and Greenland) against Trump’s mafia.

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

@Eastreadingcom @readingsch @comp_future Sorry I don't Tweet much post Musk. I can't see this making much difference. Very high bar to meet the proof. Presumably only applies to those that meet min "standard" defined after test taken to maximise prior attainment which 95% accounts for future raw results ...

[chris riddell @chrisriddell50]

Five years…a sketchbook of political drawings.

[roweafr @roweafr]

here we go..#USAElections2024

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

80 years after fall of Nazi Germany, US ops for more of the same. Heil Musk, Emperor of the world. @MarinaHyde nailed it, "if someone tells you who they are, BELIEVE THEM THE FIRST TIME." https://t.co/ytrgGGjLqA

[amelia gentleman @ameliagentleman]

Some potentially positive Windrush developments

https://t.co/7G7FsZ509t

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

Some credit here to @ameliagentleman and @guardian The #windrush transformation unit may have remained disbanded and forgotten were it not for your ceaseless coverage of this story.

https://t.co/hIda9kPYpB

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

I finally plucked up courage to post some music (Oblivion by Astor Piazolla) on YouTube
https://t.co/jSpVL7YoCP

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

@michaelmohk The report explains so much https://t.co/uryrE7LTot
If everyone read it we could have a proper debate about immigration instead of trading three word phrases.

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

@alicewoolley1 @ameliagentleman Algorithms drive engagement so promote extreme views. I took comfort from @paologerbaudo’s observations this doesn't always translate to votes
https://t.co/KAfTDLM7z8
More worrying is the growing inability for people to internalise anything more than three word slogans.

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

@Ste58473559John The IfG published this heatmap some time ago. For data on FOI requests, the @whatdotheyknow.com website has a wealth of well organised structured data. I've not tried asking them to share it. ;-)

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

Hi @profbeckyallen @SGorard @nadiasiddiqui22 Yesterday in court, judge was not asking me IF raw 11+ marks should be disclosed but HOW they can be disclosed including DOB whilst preserving anonymity.

I'm a bit closer to understanding this (x=raw, y=std)

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

"Judge compares Home Office opacity to Orwell's 1984". Massive thanks @ameliagentleman for https://t.co/7er5J7PBKz and the tireless work you have done to shine a light on this.

The court ruling itself is very readable https://t.co/qhWGCbze3h

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

@nualaburgess @comp_future My estimate is 120,000 ten year olds take the test each year although we don't really know because "It is completely UN-regulated" as I think you meant. 😉
https://t.co/55D2msNNtl (Sorry I don't come here much since Musk took over Twitter.)

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

@EBaronCartoons @guardian I don't come here often since Musk transformed Twitter with his scatological Midas touch but have loved your work since 2019.

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

Judge Hughes' closing remarks criticise the Information Commissioner for rubber stamping ministerial decisions citing Orwell's 1984. The Home Office have until 4 October to appeal the decision.

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

I just kicked Robert Jenrick's **** … metaphorically.

Last week the Information Tribunal overruled his decision to suppress publication of "The Historical Roots of the #Windrush Scandal" as reported by @ameliagentleman who doggedly pursues this story:
https://t.co/p0g9q4JDC7

[James Coombs FRSA @InfoRightsJames]

Elegant dressed woman passes stoic climate protesters. @Eastreadingcom