Spotlight on... Professor Elizabeth Shepherd

This week we meet Professor Elizabeth Shepherd, Head of the UCL Department of Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Here, she chats to us about celebrating 100 years of the Department of Information Studies. What is your role and what does it involve?. I am Head of the Department of Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, which means I am responsible for oversight of people, finances, student numbers, our educational programmes and our research activities, including the REF submission process last year. My main role during the Covid-19 pandemic has been to keep the Department together as a family by trying to support everyone, staff and students. How long have you been at UCL and what was your previous role?. I have been at UCL since 1992! So I have held a number of roles over that time, including Programme Director for the MA in Archives and Records Management, Departmental Graduate Research Tutor, Director of Research and Departmental Lead on REF2014 and REF2021.