The Kortext blog
Welcome to the Kortext blog, where you’ll discover insights, opinions and interviews from across the higher education sector.
What do we really know about how students use learning resources?
In the aftermath of the emergency online delivery that has characterised much of the Covid-19 pandemic, universities are asking serious questions about learning resources. The problem that everyone from the library to the...
Can eTextbooks save the environment?
It comes as no secret nor surprise that we’re in the midst of an environmental and ecological crisis. Our air is more polluted than it should be, babies are being born full of microplastics and we are having incredible trouble...
How to prepare for a paper shortage AND baby boom!
Around the world, the pandemic threw a lot of things off kilter. Many workers were relegated to their dining tables, the entire education system shifted online and the latest James Bond film was delayed by over a year. ...
An audience with Emily McIntosh
An audience with Emily McIntosh In August, we launched ‘An Audience With…’, which is a range of interviews based upon the future of teaching and learning. In our latest An Audience With… we sat down with Middlesex University’s Director of Learning, Teaching...
Kortext has been selected to be a part of Upscale 7.0!
Kortext has been selected as one of the seventh cohort of companies for the Upscale programme.
Kortext announces partnership with Student Minds!
Kortext announces partnership with Student Minds! We’re delighted to announce that Kortext has partnered with Student Minds, the student mental health charity, to help further support our student users throughout their studies. This partnership is particularly...
Kortext announces partnership with Student Minds!
We’re delighted to announce that Kortext has partnered with Student Minds, the student mental health charity. Learn more about our partnership
Over 50% of UK university students now use Kortext e-learning materials!
It brings us great joy to share that for the first time, more than 50% of UK university students now have access to digital learning materials.
Digital literacy among students
Digital literacy among students If you walked into a room of young people and asked them to help you with snapchat, change your notifications or set up an account for TikTok, there would be no questions about whether they’d be able to do this for you. Despite...