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?”
A quick overview of TEF results
Earlier this week, ‘providers’ (i.e. participating universities and colleges) were informed by HEFCE of their Year 2 TEF results, and at midnight today all the results were made public on the HEFCE website. Alongside the final results all metrics data and written submissions have been made public, too (although universities have the right toContinueContinue reading “A quick overview of TEF results”
Conference: The Incredible Machine – What next for TEF?
The TEF results were due to be released this week, coming only second to the General Election as the most anticipated day this year in the UK Higher Education sector. The day after the election, the Department of Education announced a postponement of the publication of TEF results; a new date has yet to beContinueContinue reading “Conference: The Incredible Machine – What next for TEF?”
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)”
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