Information School PhD student Jessica Elmore (co-supervised by Sheila Webber and Dr Peter Stordy) is recipient of the inaugural Mark Hepworth Memorial Award. The award commemorates Professor Hepworth (1955-2016). Jessica received the award for submitting the best abstract to the i3 (Information: interactions and impact) conference. Her paper, which she presents on 29 June at i3, is entitled "Information Sharing in the ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) classroom: a case study" She is shown here with i3 Chair Professor Peter Reid and Professor Graham Matthews, from Loughborough University, where Mark was a faculty member.
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