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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...

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...

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...

 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...

An audience with… Krishna Roy Chowdhury The third guest in our ‘An audience with…’ line-up is University of East London’s Krishna Roy Chowdhury.  At present, Krishna is UEL’s Head of Content and Digital Environments. Her role includes overseeing archives, the digital...

By using online capabilities, higher education could be transformed from a privilege into a basic human right for anyone who wants it says Sir Tim O'Shea Before the pandemic hit in March 2020, many were dubious about the prospect...

An audience with… Dr David Kellermann   Last month, we introduced ‘An Audience With…’, it’s a variety of videos and interviews based upon the future of teaching and learning.  We began our series with educational pioneer and former Vice Chancellor of University...

A future for learning resources that supports learners and librarians   The shift to emergency online learning threw outdated assumptions about learning resources and student engagement into sharp relief. Libby Hormer, Ramy Badrie, and Michelle Morgan sketch out...