Investigation / Judge rules Oxford University’s mysterious £10m donor will remain secret openDemocracy loses fight for transparency over controversial donation to fund new research centre at the university By Jenna Corderoy / 23 Jul 2024
Opinion / Tories lacking transparency: 14 years of undermining Freedom of Information As openDemocracy publishes new report on state of FOI, here’s how successive prime ministers have increased secrecy By Jenna Corderoy / 1 Jul 2024
Investigation / Government secrecy still rife as departments consistently breach FOI deadlines Exclusive: New openDemocracy report reveals public bodies regularly fail to respond to FOI requests before legal deadline By Jenna Corderoy / 27 Jun 2024
News / Labour and Tories fail to commit to exposing universities’ secret donors Labour didn’t respond to an open letter on universities’ shady donations, while Tories shrugged off responsibility By Jenna Corderoy / 17 Jun 2024
Investigation / Revealed: ‘Wild West’ for personal data undermines UK human rights Asylum seekers and trafficking victims among individuals hit by failures to provide copies of personal data By Jenna Corderoy / 1 May 2024
News / MPs urge action over ‘woeful lack of transparency’ in universities Politicians call for an end to secret donations, following an investigation by openDemocracy By Jenna Corderoy / 30 Apr 2024
News / Academics call for transparency over university funding Open letter follows openDemocracy investigation exposing the scale of dark money in higher education By Jenna Corderoy and Martin Williams / 7 Apr 2024
Investigation / UK universities take millions from defence companies arming Israel Major arms companies give UK universities almost £100m and sit on Russell Group advisory boards By Jenna Corderoy and Billy Stockwell / 19 Dec 2023
Investigation / Revealed: £281m of secret cash poured into UK universities Russell Group leaders lobbied the government to keep names of foreign donors secret By Jenna Corderoy and Billy Stockwell / 13 Dec 2023
Investigation / Revealed: Big Oil given direct influence over university courses Fossil fuel companies pump more than £147m into unis and get private access and input into handling of journalists By Jenna Corderoy, Martin Williams, finlay johnston and Billy Stockwell / 28 Nov 2023
Investigation / Spy tech firm won £27m government deal after introduction from ex-MI6 boss Exclusive: MPs issue warnings over £480m NHS deal amid news ex-spymaster ‘recommended’ Palantir to Cabinet Office By Jenna Corderoy and Lucas Amin / 4 Sep 2023
Investigation / Exclusive: Cops share dozens of photos of dead bodies and crime scenes openDemocracy investigation uncovers at least 45 cases where disturbing images were taken by officers By Jenna Corderoy and Anita Mureithi / 20 Aug 2023
