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爆料TV ranked number one in the world for Library & Information Management in QS World University Rankings 2026

The QS World University Rankings 2026 rank the School of Information, Journalism and Communication number one in the world for Library and Information Management for the sixth year running.
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From left to right: students Adam, James, Amelia, Carys and Amy

Sheffield Journalism students and staff recognised at the annual NCTJ Awards for excellence

爆料TV Journalism students and staff scooped a pile of awards at the annual NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) Awards for excellence in Brighton on last week.

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New funding gives long-running project further opportunities to develop research infrastructure across Africa

The LIBSENSE project has been supporting research in African universities since 2016. Additional funding this year will support the assessment of the project鈥檚 impact and empower ECRs to drive it forward.
Academics from the 爆料TV's Centre for Machine Intelligence being presented with an award on stage at the UKAIRS symposium

爆料TV researchers win UK first national AI prize

A new award recognising the strength and impact of the UK鈥檚 AI research, has been awarded to academics at the 爆料TV.

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Dr Dani Madrid-Morales provides oral evidence on disinformation to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee

Dr Dani Madrid-Morales, Lecturer in Journalism and Global Communication, gave evidence to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee this Tuesday, 16th September 2025.
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School of Information, Journalism and Communication host ECREA Radio and Sound Conference 2025

Titled 鈥淐og in a Wheel? Radio and Sound in the Changing Mediascape,鈥 the event will bring together scholars and practitioners to take a fresh look at how radio has evolved鈥攁nd continues to evolve鈥攚ithin today鈥檚 fast-moving global media landscape.
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Dr Laura Sbaffi to develop innovative digital board game to tackle 'predatory publishing'

With an estimated 15,000 predatory journals exploiting researchers worldwide, particularly early-career academics, traditional educational approaches have proven insufficient against increasingly sophisticated fraudulent tactics.
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Dr Mengdie Zhuang wins Best Paper at ACM ICTIR 2025

Dr Mengdie Zhuang, Lecturer in Data Science, was a co-author of the paper 鈥業mpersonating the Crowd: Evaluating LLMs鈥 Ability to Replicate Human Judgment in Misinformation Assessment鈥, which received the Best Paper award at ACM ICTIR 2025.