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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24 April 2012
Oxford Internet Institute
Three winners have been chosen from over 100 excellent submissions for an online competition we ran to identify the most innovative outreach and public engagement activities carried out by European Universities.
13 April 2012
Oxford Internet Institute
Civic by default - when opting in is not a choice
Rebecca Eynon and Anne Geniets discuss the topical issue of the UK's digital inclusion strategy, discussed at last week's OII workshop on low and discontinued Internet use by young people in Britain.
3 April 2012
University of Oxford
Oxford research into online activism funded by Google
The Oxford Internet Institute has been awarded a grant of more than £40,000 to fund research into online political activism by Google. The year-long project will investigate which factors influence the success or failure online political mobilizations.
22 March 2012
Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford Internet Institute Produces Its First Interactive iBook of Research
Using the most innovative technology, the Oxford Internet Institute has created an interactive iBook of research data allowing users to choose details they want to read using moving graphics and zoom functions. Freely available from Apple’s iBookstore.
19 March 2012
Oxford Internet Institute
The OII's graduate degree programmes have been approved as a recognised doctoral training pathway for research students in Oxford University's ESRC-funded Social Science Doctoral Training Centre.
8 March 2012
Oxford Internet Institute
OII MSc Student Elizabeth Dubois in Oxford's Winning Rugby Blues Squad
Elizabeth Dubois, reading for an MSc in the Social Sciences of the Internet at the OII, played in the Oxford University Women's Rugby Varsity Match against Cambridge on March 3, 2012.
1 March 2012
Oxford Internet Institute
OportUnidad is an action-research project supported by the EC under the EuropeAid ALFA III programme with the aim of promoting the adoption of Open Educational Practices (OEP) in Latin America.
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.
Last updated on: 16 May 2012
