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±¬ÁÏTV 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

±¬ÁÏTV 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’s impact and empower ECRs to drive it forward.
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New research suggests ChatGPT ignores article retractions and errors when used to inform literature reviews

A paper co-authored by Professor Mike Thelwall and Dr Irini Katsirea examines issues of Large Language Models (LLMs) failing to flag articles which have been retracted or are discredited when asked to evaluate their quality.
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How to speed up peer review - research co-led by Prof Stephen Pinfield featured in Nature and Science

The experimental ‘Distributed Peer Review’ system more than doubles the speed of reviewing grant applications, and has been featured in the two journals’ news sections after being presented at the MetaScience 2025 conference.
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Prof Mike Thelwall wins grant to use large language models to predict reviewer scores for grant proposals

Professor Thelwall will lead the UKRI Metascience Sandpit grant to assess whether it is reasonable to give large language models any role in the peer review of grant proposals.
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Dr Susan Oman and Dr Irini Katsirea appointed members of the DCMS College of Experts

Dr Susan Oman and Dr Irini Katsirea have been appointed members of the UK Government’s Department of Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) College of Experts to apply innovative scientific methods to support government policy.