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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A future for learning resources that supports learners and librarians   The shift to emergency online learning threw outdated assumptions about learning resources and student engagement into sharp relief.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...

Digital delivers borderless opportunities   The recent announcement that the University of Cambridge is to offer online courses aimed at professionals worldwide wanting to upskill illustrates the opportunities that are opening up for universities and students who...

 We are pleased to introduce 'An Audience With...', which will be a range of interviews based upon the future of teaching and learning. Beginning our series is the educational pioneer and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, Sir Tim O’Shea. ...

Nothing screams summer like a bucket, spade, and a webinar. Wait, what? Okay, you got us! But it’d be rude not to celebrate the success of our summer webinar! On Tuesday 8th June, we hosted academics, librarians, students and more, at our Kortext Summer 21 Webinar on...

Whilst some may have reached webinar fatigue, we can promise that our Summer 21 Webinar will definitely be different from the webinars you’ve been subjected to as of late. First of all, it’s going to be full of good, summer vibes, which is almost enough to make you...

Insights from the Kortext Spring 2021 Webinar   On March 18th, we were joined by over 150 librarians from higher education institutions across the UK for our spring webinar, titled ‘The Road Ahead Is Not The Same As The Road Travelled Down’;  inspired by a quote...