Information School News

I was so lucky to gain a bursary from the Information School to attend the UK CILIP Conference 2019. It was a great opportunity for me to meet professionals from information-related industries, as well as other students from the Information School. I got to chat with some fantastic people and made friends with other students. The conference involved broad topics related to information and librarianship, such as Artificial Intelligence, Diversity and Data Behaviour, which allowed every attendee to find topics they were interested in. Attending different sessions of the conference sparked many new ideas and different ways of thinking regarding leadership skills needed by information professionals, which are so important for a future career. This blog will focus on what kind of skills recruiters are looking for from information professionals, based on three experts’ views. According to Sally Connor, who is a senior analyst from PWC, it is vital to have strategic thinking and always as...

Tuesday 4th December 2018 was the date of our annual ‘industry day’ event organised for students on the MSc Data Science programme. The event invites speakers from various sectors in industry to share their experiences with utilising machine learning, AI and data science for applications within their domain. This year speakers from 6 organisations presented at the event: · Billy Blythe, Head of Data Science, Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) · Leanne Fitzpatrick, Head of Data, Hello Soda · Lauren Rodgers, Data Scientist, and Tom Liptrot, Head of Data Science, Peak.ai · Lisa Clark, Data Scientist, Virgin Media Business (VMB) · Ben Chamberlain, Head of Machine Learning, AOS.com · Hayden Sansum, Senior Data Scientist, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Speakers discussed various topics such as the challenges, benefits and technologies involved in utilising data-driven analytical methods; current technological trends; and what role data scie...