University quality healthcheck delivered through collaboration between three sector agencies - April 25, 2018
Cooperation between three higher education organisations has helped to create a tool allowing universities to perform an in-house quality healthcheck. Since 2016, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), Jisc, and the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) have explored increased collaboration and cost sharing for the benefit of… Read More
Registrations for 10th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing now open - April 24, 2018
Registrations are now open for the 10th anniversary of the annual conference, the Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP). The conference will take place on September 17th-19th, 2018, at the University of Vienna, Austria. As in previous years discount is being offered on registration… Read More
The American Phytopathological Society to preserve e-journals with Portico - April 24, 2018
The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is working with Portico to preserve its Phytopathology, Plant Disease, Plant Health Progress, and Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions e-journals content, as well as its new Open Access title, Phytobiomes, ensuring that these journals will be secure and available… Read More
Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2018 awarded to Dutch physicist for his contributions in the field of interface engineering - April 24, 2018
The 2018 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Guus Rijnders of the University of Twente in the Netherlands for his research on pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The award, which includes a prize of US$5,000, will be presented at the Magnus-Haus in Berlin,… Read More
Oxford Brookes University selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new library services platform - April 24, 2018
Oxford Brookes University, one of the UK's leading universities, has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as its new library services platform. Oxford Brookes University occupies a strong position in UK higher education. As part of its ongoing strategy, Oxford Brookes… Read More
American Journal Experts promotes three PhDs to top executive level positions - April 24, 2018
Author services provider American Journal Experts (AJE) has announced the promotion of three long time employees to executive positions. Dr. Sarah Taylor has been promoted to General Manager of American Journal Experts (AJE). She will have the primary responsibility of converting vision into execution across… Read More
