Earlier this week, a historic decision was made that could pave the way for more changes worldwide on the equality of print and digital publishing. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council decided on Tuesday at a meeting in Luxembourg to allow EU Member States to align the VAT rates they set for e‑publications with thoseContinueContinue reading “An end to literary discrimination? Changes to the VAT rate for e-books announced”
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Academic Book Trade Conference 2018
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”
TEF (and KEF?) – the latest developments and what it means for publishers
Since the announcement of TEF results in June, the publishing industry has been relatively quiet on this subject (partly because of summer holidays). However, the Higher Education sector has been very busy during this period. First of all, the TEF’s official name has changed from “Teaching Excellence Framework” to “Teaching Excellence and Student Outcome Framework”,ContinueContinue reading “TEF (and KEF?) – the latest developments and what it means for publishers”
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?”
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