The Awards Announcement Photo
By Amber Lovell

Times Higher Education Awards shortlist announced!

September 9, 2021

 Back in April, we announced that Kortext were the proud sponsor of the Times Higher Education Award for the Outstanding Library Team.  Widely known as the “Oscars of higher education”, this year marks the 17th annual THE Awards, with 20 categories in total, covering a wide range of university activity.  Once the nomination window opened, an incredible flurry of nominations flew in,

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By Amber Lovell

Why textbooks should be included in tuition fees

September 7, 2021

Why textbooks should be included in tuition fees By Taylor Williams Picture this: you’re just about to begin your first year of university. You’re moving away from home, living independently, it’s the beginning of the rest of your life… and you find out your loan barely covers your rent. Then you get an email with

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By Gery Borisova

University – Expectations VS. Reality

August 23, 2021

Brace yourselves! September is coming … And guess what that means? Uni is right around the corner! We’re sure that you’re going to have the best time of your life being a student, however, sometimes, especially if it is your first year being at university, things may not go as you’d always envisioned them. We

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Happy Students
By Amber Lovell

It was a record breaking Results Day!

August 12, 2021

 I can remember opening my A-Level results as if it was yesterday. By the time I arrived at sixth form, UCAS had already emailed me to alert me I secured my place at my chosen university, but I was still full of both excitement and trepidation to find out whether all the stress was worth it. It was… kind

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By Amber Lovell

An audience with… Krishna Roy Chowdhury

July 27, 2021

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 and academic services team, as well as the scholarly communications team, which looks after research and Open Access data and publications. 

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