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Student view: ±¬ÁÏTV hosts its second Data and Design Hackathon

Two BA Journalism Studies students, Sophie Stanley and Varvara Riepina, report on the recent Data and Design Hackathon hosted by the School of Information, Journalism and Communication.
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New website launched to examine and tackle legal threats against journalists

The Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) has built a new site to provide information and training relating to Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs), launched to coincide with World Press Freedom Day 2026.
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Students from across the University develop interdisciplinary solutions to real-world problems at 'hackathon' event

The Data and Design Hackathon 2026 brought together 65 students from across disciplines to develop solutions to problems proposed by real organisations over three days, using the University’s cutting-edge computer labs.
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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Mike Thelwall and Dr Irini Katsirea examines issues of Large Language Models (LLMs) failing to flag articles which have been retracted or are discredited when asked to evaluate their quality.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.