20 ways of thinking about digital literacy in higher education
From understanding what digital literacy is, to developing skills and establishing ethical principles for students, our live chat panel share ideas and resources for universities Josie Fraser , social and educational technologist, Leicester City Council First define what you mean by digital literacy: The definition I most frequently use is this one: digital literacy = digital tool knowledge ...

Where are all the innovators in academia?
Innovation regularly transforms the business world, but we have yet to see the equivalent in the university sector Universities are reasonably conservative places and virtually no institutions have moved away from the three-year undergraduate degree, or the one-year master's programme. The exceptions, such as the four-year classics programme at Oxford, are mainly historical anomalies rather than ...

William and Kate: Scenes From a Fairy Tale
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Al Edwards to head CVM
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Activists Failed To Hack Into GCHQ Website
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