By Amber Lovell

8 things Kortext’s Student Ambassadors love about eTextbooks! 

February 14, 2022

Books are read, Pages turned too, Here’s 8 things Kortext Student Ambassadors love about eTextbooks,  Which they want to share with you!  1. “I love eTextbooks because there’s no need to carry around bulky books!” – Shakshi Deuja, Kortext Student Ambassador  This is a great point. Do you know that the average textbook weighs 4.5lbs?

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By Amber Lovell

Do you know why February is LGBTQ+ History Month?

February 14, 2022

Fear not, we’ll tell you! LGBTQ+ History Month was first observed in the US in 1994 and made its way across the Atlantic to the UK in 2005.  It is a month-long celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and non-binary history, including the history of LGBT+ rights and related civil rights movements to raise awareness

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By Amber Lovell

The challenge for HE leaders – wellbeing and inclusion in the age of blended learning

February 7, 2022

It’s self-evident that the pandemic facilitated – or accelerated – changes to learning and teaching. But what type of changes, and on what scale? – Writes Wonkhe’s Debbie McVitty in a landmark research piece published today. In the autumn, supported by our partners Kortext, we set out to capture the views of leaders of learning

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By Amber Lovell

Demand for university is high, as predicted!  

February 3, 2022

If we cast our minds back to October 2021, we wrote a piece on how to prepare for a paper shortage and the baby boom – and it turns out the time to prepare is now!  UCAS have released their End of Cycle data which reiterates the points we made in October regarding the increased

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By Amber Lovell

A student’s POV on the benefits of eTextbooks

February 2, 2022

By Radhika Morjaria Hello! I’m Radhika, an aspiring solicitor in my final year studying LLB Law at Middlesex University London. Being a Law student, reading textbooks is an integral part of my study routine to help me score high in my exams and assignments. Inevitably, purchasing multiple textbooks is a costly sacrifice in order to

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By Amber Lovell

New semester, new goals – What’s on the horizon for 2022?

January 31, 2022

In late 2021, we held the Kortext Winter Webinar, where we discussed the pricing models of eTextbooks and the everchanging landscape of the eTextbook market.  The current digital textbook market is not working The sentiments shared in the webinar were emphasised in an article published by Wonkhe, where Kortext’s CEO James Gray noted that there’s a ‘broad agreement’

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