Information School News

Womanthology Magazine Womanthology is a digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. It champions equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable. Dr Caitlin Bentley , Lecturer in AI-enabled Information Systems, features on the Womanthology website this month.  Caitlin joined the Information School in 2020, as a lecturer in AI-enabled information systems. Prior to that, Caitlin worked at the 3A Institute, Australian National University, where she contributed to the development of a branch of engineering to manage artificial intelligence at scale and make a positive impact. Caitlin previously worked within the area of information and communications technologies for development. You can read Caitlin's feature about 'Making AI systems more inclusive from a gender perspective' on Womanthology here.

Doctoral Researcher Itzelle Medina Perea was recently published in The Conversation, with a piece focusing on the UK Government's plans to collect and share NHS patient data. The piece can be read here:  https://theconversation.com/uk-government-plans-to-collect-and-share-nhs-data-are-hugely-concerning-heres-why-162699

  Blog post by PhD student Jo McKenna-Aspell:  https://thewonkylibrarian.home.blog/2021/05/26/an-incalculably-excellent-conference/ What do alpacas, pets, Mary Poppins and poetry all have in common? CALC 2021. I was very lucky to be in receipt of a bursary, sponsored by the Information School, to attend the Critical Approaches to Libraries Conference (CALC) 2021 earlier this month. It was my second virtual conference since the pandemic began and I was prepared for two days of fidgeting at my desk. I wasn’t prepared for the brilliance of CALC 2021. There was so much rich material that I scrabbled to make notes and engage with the sessions; therefore, if I’ve misrepresented anything, I apologise in advance and w ill gratefully receive correction. Also, many thanks to the wonderful folks who tweeted with the hashtag #CALC2021 for helping to jog my unreliable memory; a particular shout out goes to Alina ( @NaulisLeRugu ) whose live tweets were chef’s kiss. I’ve chosen some highlights from