For the second year running, the Academic Book Trade Conference (ABT) was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the centre of Stratford-upon-Avon; also for the second year running the BA chose two gloriously sunny days. The conference took place on Thursday and Friday, 10th and 11th of May. This year’s conference theme was TheContinueContinue reading “Academic Book Trade Conference 2018”
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How are Students and Lecturers Using Educational Resources Today?
[Press Release] SAGE Publishing and Gold Leaf partner on major study to provide insight into the UK higher education pedagogical environment Higher Education in the UK is undergoing huge change. Much of this is directly affecting how students, faculty and librarians interact with pedagogical resources. But what impact are these developments having on learning? HowContinueContinue reading “How are Students and Lecturers Using Educational Resources Today?”
Academic Book Trade Conference 2017 (part 2)
(part 2) On Thursday evening, the conference Awards dinner took place, during which this year’s ABT awards were presented jointly by Stephen Lotinga and Tim Godfray, who took the occasion to prove his talent as a singer-songwriter and presented a musical welcome. As they did last year, OUP won the “Best Academic Publisher” award, andContinueContinue reading “Academic Book Trade Conference 2017 (part 2)”
Academic Book Trade Conference 2017 (part 1)
“Leadership and Influence in a TEF-led world” On a sunny May 18th, more than 100 delegates came together at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the centre of Stratford-upon-Avon for the two-day annual Academic Book Trade Conference (formerly: APS Group Conference). This year, the conference programme focused on the Teaching Excellence Framework [TEF] and student engagement.ContinueContinue reading “Academic Book Trade Conference 2017 (part 1)”
The TEF report
Our report on the TEF [Teaching Excellence Framework]: 140 pages full of information about the TEF and on how the TEF will/can/may impact Academic Publishing and Bookselling. The Methodology that we used to research the TEF report was unusual: normally, studies like this consist of a great deal of quantitative information, often collected via SurveymonkeyContinueContinue reading “The TEF report”
Gold Leaf 