As Head of the Information School, I would like to welcome all of you who are beginning your studies with us. This is a new start for you and I hope that you settle into your student life in Sheffield well.
During your time here, we will
provide an outstanding academic education centred around research-led teaching.
We are recognised nationally and internationally for our world-class research,
our excellence in teaching, and, importantly, the achievements of our graduates
who go on to a whole range of positions across the information and data
professions.
As a School, we have seen our numbers of
students (and subsequently, staff) grow rapidly over the last few years. The
growth of the School reflects our outstanding reputation as recognised in the
QS World Rankings By Subject (First in the World in 2022 and 2021) and our
excellent result in the Research Excellence Framework 2021, a national
assessment of research in UK universities, where 91% of our research was rated
world-leading or internationally excellent and the impact of our research was
rated 7th nationally.
For you, this means that you have
more peers to work with, more ideas to share and learn from, and more
opportunities to build lasting relationships with other Information
Professionals after your studies.
We are proud of our research, our teaching and
our rankings. We are also proud of our colleagues, past and present, our
University, our reputation and our impact. However, the true impact of our
School and our teaching is our students and alumni who go on to do brilliant
things in both academia and in industry.
This year will move so quickly,
and you’ll be challenged in many ways, but we hope it will be a very rewarding
and enjoyable year. I wish you a
successful time in Sheffield, and I look forward to meeting many of you over
the coming year.
Professor Val Gillet
Professor of Chemoinformatics & Head of
School
September 2022
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