Mission
Our mission is the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and understanding.
The University views Informatics as a discipline central to a new enlightenment in scholarship and learning, and critical to the future development of science, technology and society. In the age of information, computing technology is changing the ways we work and play. Informatics is changing the way we think.
Our outreach programmes promote exploitation, public understanding, and informed debate through projects and initiatives that support engagement with industry and society:
- Engagement - enhancing understanding and knowledge of informatics and its past, present and future impacts on society by stimulating interest, and making information accessible.
- Dialogue - stimulating informed debate to raise awareness and understanding of informatics and its achievements and the social opportunities and challenges this affords.
- Exploitation - promoting informed application of knowledge and understanding, to the benefit of science and society.
- Reflection - informing the School's strategy and policy in relation to public feedback, and the needs, interests and concerns of society.
This article was published on Feb 16, 2010