Press Releases
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Ulrike Rauer Receives the 2011 OII MSc Thesis Prize for Thesis on Patient Trust in Internet-based Health Records
28 September 2011
Masters student Ulrike Rauer has received the 2011 OII MSc thesis prize, for her thesis on patient trust in Internet-based health records.
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Professor Helen Margetts Appointed Director of the Oxford Internet Institute
19 September 2011
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.
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MP Tom Watson Receives “Best Internet Politician” Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
7 September 2011
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.
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Guardian Journalist Simon Rogers Receives “Best UK Internet Journalist” Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
7 September 2011
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.
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38 Degrees Receives “Best UK Internet NGO” Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
7 September 2011
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.
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Sociologist and Communication Scholar Manuel Castells Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
22 July 2011
Professor Manuel Castells has been awarded an OII Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his seminal contribution to sociology and communication research.
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Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist, Vinton G. Cerf, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
22 July 2011
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.
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Computer Scientist David Clark Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
22 July 2011
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.
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Computer Scientist Wendy Hall Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
22 July 2011
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.
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Director of MIT Media Lab Joi Ito Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
22 July 2011
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.
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Internet Entrepreneur Niklas Zennström Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet Institute
22 July 2011
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.
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First OII Virtual Student Open Day Wins an Oxford University “OxTALENT” Award
20 July 2011
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.
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Online Social Networks: Student Showcase
3 June 2011
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.
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What impact are your resources making?
20 May 2011
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.
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Policy and Internet Call for Papers: Special Issue on eHealth
16 May 2011
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.
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OII Student Jon Penney Receives Google Policy Fellowship
28 April 2011
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.
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Oxford awards for movers and shapers of the Internet
6 April 2011
The "OII Internet and Society Awards" have been launched to mark the OII's tenth anniversary year, as a means to recognising publicly some of the individuals and organisations that have played a pivotal role in shaping today's Internet.
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Top Internet Shapers to be Honoured by Oxford Internet Institute: Nominations Invited for “OII Internet and Society” Awards
28 March 2011
The "OII Internet and Society Awards" have been launched to mark the OII's tenth anniversary year, as a means to recognising publicly some of the individuals and organisations that have played a pivotal role in shaping today's Internet.
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OII MSc Student Alec Dent in Winning University Boat Race Crew
28 March 2011
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.
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Professor Helen Margetts Elected Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences
23 March 2011
Professor Helen Margetts is elected Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.