University Of Sheffield Information School

We're pleased to announce that the next Sheffield #DataScience Forum is on June 12th at the University Arms from 5:30pm. Our speaker is Tracey Johnson, Director of the Digital Media Centre.
Find out more and register here: http://bit.ly/31g9fkG

Workshop: Critical views on open scholarship - an African perspective
Join us on 3rd July, 10-5pm in room 204, for discussions about barriers to OA in the Global South.
Find out more and register: http://bit.ly/2Wrx0qT

Our mission is to empower people, organisations and society to use information to shape and influence an increasingly dynamic and complex world. Find out how studying at the Number One in Europe for Library and Information Management could boost your career prospects.
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In case you missed it - check out the video tour of department with Information Sysems student Aurora!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzhvNUBW8 ZQ

Student blog - World Summit of the Information Society 2019.
Data Science student Evelyn Baskaradas attended the WSIS in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of the Faculty of Social Sciences' Global Leadership Initiative, working with a group of students as policy analysts led by our own Dr Paul Reilly and Dr Suay Ozkula from the Department of Sociological Studies.
http://bit.ly/2VUgRW0

Have you seen our recent video where our student ambassador, Elle, did a tour of Sheffield to find out what she could do for free? Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zoQnl6Pa eo

Professor Stephen Pinfield, Dr Simon Wakeling and Professor Peter Willet have had a blog published for the Scholarly Kitchen on a recent article from the Open Access Mega Journals project.
Read more on our blog: http://bit.ly/2JDFAfw

Our very own Professor of Search and Analytics, Paul Clough, spoke to TechHQ about the dark side of artificial intelligence: https://techhq.com/вҖҰ/the-dark-side-of-a rtificial-intelligeвҖҰ/

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New blog post: Joint PhD presentation between Sheffield and Makerere, Uganda, delivered by Liliana Sepulveda Garcia. Read it here: http://bit.ly/2HsBxjQ

Deadline today!

Recent MA Librarianship graduate Ellie Booth shares her experiences studying at the Information School and how it prepared her for her current career as a school librarian in our recent video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgW6vOPBz vY

ThereвҖҷs still time to apply for one of our 100+ Postgraduate Scholarships - worth ВЈ10,000 each for talented students starting postgraduate taught courses in 2019. Deadline TODAY: http://bit.ly/2DT0piw

ThereвҖҷs still time to apply for one of our 100+ Postgraduate Scholarships - worth ВЈ10,000 each for talented students starting postgraduate taught courses in 2019. Deadline Monday: http://bit.ly/2DT0piw