Information School News

I recently attended a VIP Preview Evening at Bletchley Park (BP) to launch their new exhibition called The Intelligence Factory. This also included a new temporary exhibition called The Art of Data. The new exhibition narrates how the activities at BP turned data into intelligence products that were then used for tactical and strategic decision making by the likes of Churchill. However, it is presented as a factory which not only includes the innovative technologies (e.g. Colossus for codebreaking), but also the organisation and management required to do this effectively. It also shows the need for good data and information management, analytics, visualization and storytelling etc and is a great blueprint for any analytics activities in modern day organisations. David Kenyon from BP came to present at the iSchool a couple of years back on the topic, which was his early thinking about an intelligence factory that eventually helped to this new exhibition. In the Art of Data exhibition th...

We are thrilled to announce that we have retained our position as Number One in the World for Library and Information Management in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.  Speaking about the achievement, Head of School Professor Val Gillet, said:  “To be ranked as Number One in the World again is a real honour for everybody at the Information School. This reaffirms that our School is home to excellent teaching informed by our world-leading research. These rankings reflect our outstanding reputation established over six decades, our excellent reputation among employers, the high quality of our research publications and the large number of citations our papers achieve, as well as the achievements of our students and graduates.  “We strive to provide the best research and teaching environment for both our staff and students and this ranking is testament to this.” The School currently has around 30 members of academic staff, 12 administrative and technical staff an...