The Kortext blog
Welcome to the Kortext blog, where you’ll discover insights, opinions and interviews from across the higher education sector.
LGBT+ History Month – an open access collection
Read our blog to discover five free-to-access LGBTQ+ titles from our curated LGBT+ History Month open access collection.
Data: turning insights into action at Teesside University
How can universities move beyond dashboards? Professor Mark Simpson shares how Teesside University used data-driven insight to improve student outcomes and institutional performance.
Transform or be transformed: why digital strategy is now central to university survival
Professor Amanda Broderick reflects on UEL’s Vision 2028 strategy, sharing how digital-first transformation has driven resilience, growth and sector-leading outcomes.
AI is challenging us to relocate our sense of educational purpose in the outward-future rather than the inward-past
As AI transforms higher education, Sam Grogan urges universities to look beyond efficiency and assessment to reconsider the true purpose of education.
Advanced searches & more: updates to acquire
Read about how our enhanced search function on Kortext acquire enables academic librarians to streamline content acquisition using brand new filters.
Kortext and iCaves partner to advance digital learning in the Asia-Pacific
Read our press release to discover more about how the new partnership between Kortext and iCaves will transform engagement for higher education institutions in the Asia-Pacific region.
Literary studies – an open access collection
Our new open access literary studies collection, bringing together research that analyses how literature is read, interpreted and studied across periods and approaches.
Kortext 2025: our year in review
We’re looking back on a year of growth at Kortext in 2025, from key platform developments and exciting new partnerships to how students around the world engaged with their learning materials.
Read aloud now available on the Kortext Mac app
Our December 2025 app enhancements have landed just in time for Christmas. Read our blog to find out more!