Fireside Chats at the Open Publishing Festival

Fireside Chats at the Open Publishing Festival

Fireside Chats at the Open Publishing Festival Project co-lead Cameron Neylon writes about online festivals, celebrating success and the challenges of infrastructure.For the past two weeks there has been a very different kind of event running online. The Open...
How else can community be built?

How else can community be built?

How else can community be built? Arcadia Project Update By Professor Cameron Neylon – COKI Project co-lead In September last year – or in another universe, depending on how you want to look at it –  the COKI project received funding from Arcadia to develop...
Spotlight on an invisible continent

Spotlight on an invisible continent

Spotlight on an invisible continent While many universities across Africa have grown their research productivity over the past 20 years, the scale of and impact of their outputs are not recognised by world university rankings. South Africa and Egypt dominate research...
UK Universities face diversity dilemma

UK Universities face diversity dilemma

The intersections between less privileged groups are easy to overlook – but essential to understand in order to develop a clearer picture of equity, diversity, and inclusion. For example, a person who is both a woman and non-white may experience bias and...
Universities find relevance in sharing knowledge

Universities find relevance in sharing knowledge

Open Access and Open Data are critical elements of effective vibrant scholarly communication systems. However, they are not sufficient on their own to guarantee that universities remain relevant and engaged. To unlock the potential for the production and mobilisation...