New SAGE report calls for £4.7 billion annual increase in UK’s social science and...
SAGE, a leading independent academic publisher, and strong advocate for the social sciences, today published a major new report, written by the Campaign for...
Wellcome Trust appoints new Director of Innovations
Professor Caddick, who is currently Vice Provost Enterprise and London at University College London, succeeds Dr Ted Bianco, who retires from the Trust later...
IPR License enhances search functionality for rights buyers
IPR License, the global platform for the trading of subsidiary book rights, has enhanced its search functionality to make it even simpler for rights...
Almost half of IT staff in HE are not involved in the delivery of...
Almost half of IT staff in higher education (HE) are not involved in the delivery of transnational education (TNE) by their own institution overseas,...
The Max Planck Society and De Gruyter sign an agreement to share bibliographical references
The Max Planck Society, which runs a large number of research institutes throughout Germany and beyond, and academic publisher De Gruyter have reached an...
Macmillan Science and Education to merge with Springer Science+Business Media
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Holtzbrinck) and BC Partners (BCP) announced today that they have reached an agreement to merge Springer Science+Business Media (owned by funds...
Elsevier Adds Polymer Matrix Composites Database to Knovel
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of the Knovel Polymer Matrix Composites Database....
Elsevier and ISTE Press Announce Publishing Alliance
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, and ISTE Press Ltd, a London-based international publisher of scientific and...
Wellcome Trust appoints new head of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Wellcome Trust has announced that John Isaac has been appointed the new head of Neuroscience and Mental Health. John joins the Trust from Eli...
New trustees to join Jisc’s board
Jisc is pleased to announce two new representatives on our board of trustees, who will help determine our strategic direction and priorities to reflect...
UK science strategy leaves many questions unanswered
The government has published its long awaited science and innovation strategy, but many of the questions asked by the science community won’t be answered...
IOP Publishing is now CrossMark and FundRef compliant
IOP Publishing promotes the development of new and innovative technologies to speed and facilitate scholarly research and is now compliant with two CrossRef initiatives,...