The Kortext blog

School’s back for autumn – time to turn off the Alice Cooper and get students pumped for the next academic year. But we know that student engagement is no easy feat. As students and universities alike learn to navigate and master...

In under two weeks, throngs of nervous teens and beyond will be checking their emails and UCAS accounts to see whether they secured their place at university.  It’s a tense time for students and parents alike, so here’s the parent’s how-to guide for coping with...

Higher education can be difficult at the best of times, especially if there is something that students feel can hold them back.  Supporting neurodiversity Neurodiversity refers to the different ways the brain works and interprets information. It highlights what we’ve...

With just weeks to go until 610,000 university applicants find out whether they’ve secured their place at uni, we’re voyaging further into our exploration of how instant and equitable access to eTextbooks can benefit students and their institutions. Whilst we all know...

The NUS has this week revealed the true extent of student hardship in its latest survey which highlights how learning is yet another casualty of the ongoing cost of living crisis. Students struggling financially, says NUS A survey of 3,500 university students, college...

This blog was written by Rod Bristow, who has worked internationally in assessment, qualifications and publishing for 40 years. Rod was President, Global Online Learning & UK at Pearson and is Past President of the Publishers Association. He is Visiting Professor...

TechRound - the UK's independent voice for startups - caught up with Kortext's CEO and founder, James Gray, at Kortext's sun-drenched Bournemouth office to discover more about his entrepreneur journey and what the future holds for hybrid learning technology. From its...

Identified as one of the top strategic focus areas for UK university leaders, student mental health and wellbeing is high on the agenda in HE. Whilst it’s easy to praise some of the technological innovations being adopted across the sector, we recognise that the...

By David Kernohan, Acting Editor of Wonkhe. Ministers are demanding a return to normal, while universities are using an ever-greater range of technologies to support students - but what do those doing the teaching make of it all? David Kernohan has data from a new...