Last weekend I wondered around the British Museum and marvelled at the years of history compiled in their collections. Our world has changed. And never was I as much aware of this cliché as in that specific moment as I…
Month: March 2015
Rapid growth of open access journal publishing
Open access journal publishing has seen a rapid growth in recent years. The Directory of Open Access Journals lists thousands of peer-reviewed journals.The field of Education has a healthy but relatively small listing in DOAJ; there are 48 UK-published journals. This…
In the race to turn higher education into a market, we’re ignoring lessons from history
Universities around the world today face pressure to conform to economic rationality and contribute to national innovation. Though often presented as a revolution, driven by “globalisation” or other vague buzzwords, this is nothing new. Research and teaching have never been…