The Kortext blog

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...

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...

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   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...

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 important as...

Time running away from you? We feel you! Here are Kortext's six top tips on time management so you can be both entertained and educated!  There are only so many hours in the day, and let’s be real, we all know we’d rather spend our time on TikTok watching Arryn Skelly...

There’s nothing worse than having to wait forever for your dinner to cook after a long day, and those first few days at uni will fly by, but the incredible amount of pasta and rice you stocked up on will still be waiting for you…...

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...

 Back in April, we announced that Kortext were the proud sponsor of the Times Higher Education Award for the Outstanding Library Team.  Widely known as the "Oscars of higher education", this year marks the 17th annual THE Awards, with 20 categories in total, covering...