Teaching
Our ten-month residential MSc in Social Science of the Internet offers students from a wide variety of backgrounds Internet-related courses in law, policy and other social sciences in the context of this dynamic and supportive multi-disciplinary department.
The doctoral programme (DPhil) in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences is offered to students wishing to undertake groundbreaking, detailed study of the Internet and its social impact. Students are encouraged to ask original, concrete questions and to adopt incisive methodologies for exploring them, in order to help positively shape the development of digital networked space and those whose lives are affected by it.
Our Summer Doctoral Programme provides top doctoral students from around the world with the opportunity to work for a few intensive weeks with leading figures in Internet research.
If you have any queries about our teaching programmes, please email teaching@oii.ox.ac.uk (Laura Maynard, Graduate Studies Coordinator) or telephone +44 (0)1865 87222.
News
Oxford seeks to widen MBA appeal
14 November 2011 Financial Times
Oxford University is in the final stage of approval of a 1+1 programme, which will enable students to study an Oxford specialist master's degree - such as the OII's MSc in Social Science of the Internet - and an MBA in two years.
Oxford University Teaching Awards for OII Faculty
3 November 2011 Oxford Internet Institute
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.
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.
First OII Virtual Student Open Day Wins an Oxford University "OxTALENT" Award
20 July 2011 Oxford Internet Institute
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.
Online Social Networks: Student Showcase
3 June 2011 Oxford Internet Institute
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.
OII Student Jon Penney Receives Google Policy Fellowship
28 April 2011 Oxford Internet Institute
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.
OII MSc Student Alec Dent in Winning University Boat Race Crew
28 March 2011 Oxford Internet Institute
OII MSc student, Alec Dent, was a member of the Oxford crew which won a commanding victory in the annual University boat race on Saturday 26 March.
CDT's Alissa Cooper Named to the Internet Architecture Board
3 February 2011 Center for Democracy and Technology
Alissa Cooper, CDT Chief Computer Scientist and OII DPhil student, is named to the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), a technical committee that provides architectural oversight to the IETF, one of the world's premier Internet standards organizations.
Last updated on: 2 December 2011
