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Kortext's 2023: our year in review highlights   2023 has gone in a flash! It’s been a busy – and very exciting – year at Kortext. We had the pleasure of meeting thousands of students at Freshers’ Fairs up and down the UK. Kortext colleagues attended events around...

Kortext Winter Webinar 2023 – our round-up   The Collins Dictionary named ‘AI’ as their word of the year for 2023. AI has certainly been a topic of much debate in higher education, sparked by the launch of ChatGPT on 30 November 2022. On 12th December, we held...

Navigating the new horizon: challenges and opportunities in higher education post-Covid Last month, we launched a white paper in partnership with Wonkhe to explore the landscape for digitally enabled higher education. The echoes of the Covid-19 pandemic have forged a...

Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) have paved the way for transformative applications across many sectors. From these, two branches have emerged – open AI and responsible (or trusted) AI. In this blog, we’ll explore the differences between them...

ChatGPT-3 was launched less than a year ago, on 30 November 2022, and since then has taken the higher education sector by storm. While no definitive statistics on student use are available yet, a freedom of information request made to Scottish universities revealed...

This year, Black History Month is dedicated to honouring the achievements of Black women. The theme of ‘Saluting Our Sisters’ recognises the exceptional contributions that pioneering Black women have made to all aspects of society. To that end, we’re sharing a list of...

Empowering librarians: harnessing the potential of AI tools   We spoke to Mike Jones from Solent University about the synergies between AI literacy and information literacy in higher education. Read on to find out how AI tools could empower librarians to position...

Change the game with Kortext this academic year!   In our second blog on inspection copies, we’ll explore how Kortext can help you get ahead when preparing for the new academic year. Read on to take a deeper dive into how our inspection copies make it simple to...

Kortext Annual Librarian Survey 2023 – the results!   We received a fantastic response to this year’s survey. 68 library staff took part, with roles including Director of Student and Library Services, Acquisitions and Reading List Coordinator, and Faculty...