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Research project will establish new methodological approach to reveal and address impunity for human rights violations against journalists

A new project has been launched to better understand why crimes against journalists so often go unpunished and inform safeguarding of journalists going forward.
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Lecturer submits written evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee to help improve menstrual education

Dr Maria Tomlinson, from the School of Information, Journalism and Communication hopes her research on the Government’s free period product scheme will lead to improvements in menstrual education and access to period products in schools.
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AI could learn from data beyond vision and language to make it more practical, trustworthy and improve its understanding.

New ‘blueprint’ for advancing practical, trustworthy AI

A new ‘blueprint’ for building AI that highlights how the technology can learn from different kinds of data to make it more deployable in the real world, has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield and the Alan Turing Institute.
Jackie Harrison, Diana Maynard and Jos Bartmann sitting behind a table under a screen displaying the title "the necessity of a safety barometer for journalists"

Using AI to understand violence against journalists

Professor Jackie Harrison and Dr Diana Maynard gave a presentation entitled 'Towards a journalist risk barometer using AI to understand contextual predictors of violence' at the World Press Freedom Day Academic Conference.

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Digital arts and culture - the perfect ‘hook’ for digital inclusion

New research will investigate how the arts and culture sector could help older people to engage with digital services.
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Journalism teacher nominated for national award 

Journalism teacher Polly Rippon has been nominated for The Conversation’s 2024 Sir Paul Curran award in academic journalism.