News
This is the news coverage and formal press releases from the department. To keep in touch with all our activites, you can subscribe to our monthly news mailing list. Press members seeking background or quotes should contact the OII Press Officer at: press@oii.ox.ac.uk, telephone: +44 (0)1865 287228.
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26 January 2012
UK Parliament
Public Administration Select Committee publishes report on Government and IT
The Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) publishes its report on Government and IT that insists Government has still to address the challenges of "intelligent" procurement. Helen Margetts was an expert witness.
1 December 2011
ULab Project
Ulab Newsletter 1. December 2011.
First newsletter from the ULab project, which aims to create the right framework in which best practices in the field of research management will be identified, tested and evaluated.
11 November 2011
European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
Ian Brown is an author of the EU's cyber security agency ENISA's report on the future impact of life-logging and online personal data: "To log or not to log? Risks and benefits of emerging life-logging technologies".
3 November 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford University Teaching Awards for OII Faculty
We are extremely pleased to announce that three members of the OII teaching faculty are to receive awards from the University of Oxford, in recognition of their excellent contributions to the department's teaching over the past year.
17 October 2011
University of Oxford
Are you a Next Generation User of the Internet?
The OxIS 2011 survey shows that nearly half of Internet users in Britain are 'Next Generation Users', who routinely access the Internet on the move using portable devices - more than double the proportion in 2007.
17 October 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
The Internet in Britain, 2011: Topline Findings from the Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS)
Topline findings from the Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) 2011 Report: "Next Generation Users: The Internet in Britain 2011", presenting data on British access, use and attitudes to the Internet 2003-2011.
14 October 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Call for Papers: Policy and Internet Special Issue on Online Collective Action and Policy Change
Policy and Internet, the first major peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journal investigating the impact of the Internet on public policy, invites submissions for a special issue on Online Collective Action and Policy Change to be published in January 2013.
29 September 2011
University of Oxford
Internet glitterati gather at Oxford
The OII's tenth anniversary was celebrated at a gala dinner and awards ceremony in Balliol College. Lifetime awards were presented to people pivotal in shaping the Internet, including OII founding Director William Dutton.
28 September 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Masters student Ulrike Rauer has received the 2011 OII MSc thesis prize, for her thesis on patient trust in Internet-based health records.
19 September 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Professor Helen Margetts Appointed Director of the Oxford Internet Institute
Professor Helen Margetts has been appointed as the new Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, taking up her position from 1 October 2011. She succeeds Professor William Dutton.
7 September 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
38 Degrees Receives "Best UK Internet NGO" Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
The innovative online action group, 38 Degrees receives a "Best UK Internet NGO" award from the Oxford Internet Institute, in recognition of its exemplary efforts in using the Internet for the public good in Britain.
7 September 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Simon Rogers, editor of the Guardian's Datablog and Datastore, receives a "Best UK Internet Journalist" award from the OII, in recognition of his innovative use of the Internet to widen access to socially and politically important data.
7 September 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
MP Tom Watson Receives "Best Internet Politician" Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
Tom Watson, Labour MP West Bromwich East, receives a "Best UK Internet Politician" award from the Oxford Internet Institute, in recognition of his significant role in shaping Internet policy for the public good in Britain.
22 July 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Dr David Clark, Senior Research Scientist at MIT, has been awarded an OII Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his intellectual and institutional contributions to the advance of the Internet.
22 July 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Computer Scientist Wendy Hall Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton, has been awarded an OII Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her significant contributions to the development of web technologies and web science research.
22 July 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Technology activist, commentator and entrepreneur, Joi Ito, has been awarded an OII Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his role as one of the world's leading advocates of Internet freedom.
22 July 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Dr Vinton G. Cerf has been awarded an OII Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his role in designing the TCP/IP protocol and his extensive and long-lasting contributions to the development and oversight of the Internet's technical architecture.
22 July 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Niklas Zennström has been awarded an OII Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his role founding and running some of the Internet's most transformative technology companies, including Kazaa and Skype.
22 July 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Professor Manuel Castells has been awarded an OII Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his seminal contribution to sociology and communication research.
20 July 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
First OII Virtual Student Open Day Wins an Oxford University "OxTALENT" Award
Our first virtual student open day, held on 7 December 2010, has won an award for "Use of Technology for Impact and Outreach" from OxTALENT, a group aiming to stimulate use of IT in teaching and learning across the University of Oxford.
8 July 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Summer Doctoral Programme 2011: Starting Monday!
The ninth OII Summer Doctoral Programme starts next week, with 29 talented doctoral students arriving at the OII from top universities all over the world for a fortnight of study.
3 June 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Online Social Networks: Student Showcase
OII course tutor Bernie Hogan compiles a showcase of network graphs created by students as part of the OII's Online Social Networks course 2011.
20 May 2011
JISC
What impact are your resources making?
Eric Meyer's JISC report on "research impact" recommends using a variety of qualitative and quantitative measures to understand the types of impacts resources have on research, teaching, learning, and for the wider public.
16 May 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
Policy and Internet Call for Papers: Special Issue on eHealth
Policy and Internet, the first major peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journal investigating the impact of the Internet on public policy, is inviting submissions for a special issue on ehealth to be published in May 2012.
28 April 2011
Oxford Internet Institute
OII Student Jon Penney Receives Google Policy Fellowship
DPhil student Jon Penney joins the 2011 class of Google Policy Fellows, spending two months this summer at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab where he'll work on a range of projects including the OpenNet Initiative, which documents online censorship.
Last updated on: 13 February 2012
