Higher Education Blog

Welcome to our blog series written especially for Higher Education. We’ve been working hard on it and we hope you like it and find it useful. If you want to add your voice to any of the blogs then we encourage you to add your comments after the blog. We want to hear your thoughts!

We will be publishing several blogs a month – some written by us, and some written by you. We’re looking for guest writers from the world of Higher Education to write about anything that is of interest and relevance to you. If you would like to get involved and write a blog that we can publish here, please complete this form.

Are assessments in January the best way to ring in the new year?

15th January 2018

Tess Pilgrim

Higher Education (HE) courses’ assessment schedules can vary wildly, but January remains a popular time for coursework deadlines and exams. We spoke to a group of recent graduates about their experiences and what they think of January assessments.

Looking Forward: The DCS in 2018

8th January 2018

David Duffield

In our first blog of 2018, David Duffield, the DCS Product Manager, talks through what you can expect from the system in the new year.

Christmas came early—it’s the Winter CITE Meeting catch-up!

18th December 2017

Alexandra Reed

Last Tuesday, the Winter Meeting of the Copyright Information and Technologies in Education Forum, better known as the CITE Forum, took place at King’s College London. Don’t worry if you weren’t able to make it on the day, this blog should fill you in on all that went on!

For the first day of Christmas, my BA sent to me, a month in the library

11th December 2017

Tess Pilgrim

Many students will make use of Higher Education libraries and campuses through the holidays, so why not encourage them to enjoy themselves and have fun while they study.

All Change Please: our DCS journey… so far

4th December 2017

Dayna Miller

Dayna Miller lets us know how and why Kingston University decided to go with the DCS in its first year.

Milling around: Why are an increasing number of students trying to submit plagiarised work?

27th November 2017

Sarah Haile

Sarah Haile discusses how essay mill websites target anxious students and why it's good we're considering the demand, as well as the supply side of this equation.

Save the Data: How the Digital Content Store helps authors and publishers get royalties

13th November 2017

Eleanor Austin

We've heard a lot about how the Digital Content Store makes copyright simple for HE Library and digitisation professionals, but Eleanor Austin, Bibliographic Assistant at CLA, tells us how the DCS helps to streamline data loading and reporting processes for the Operations team.

Why we use the DCS

6th November 2017

Ruth O'Connor

This month we heard from Ruth O'Connor at Edge Hill University on why they use the Digital Content Store and their experience with the system.

Copyright Risk Assessment for Universities

23rd October 2017

Lesley Ellen Harris

Lesley Ellen Harris, copyright consultant and educator, gives some advice and recommendations on how your university can avoid the risk of copyright infringement.

It's all Greek to me: Discovering the value of content in different languages

16th October 2017

Rhodri Hughes

Rhodri Hughes, Product Development Executive at CLA and native-Welsh Speaker, shares his thoughts on the benefits and difficulties of utilising non-English content in Higher Education.

Mae Rhodri Hughes, Swyddog Gweithredol Datblygu Cynnyrch at CLA, a siaradwr Cymraeg brodorol, yn rhannu ei feddylion ar y manteision ac anawsterau o ddefnyddio cynhwysion mewn ieithoedd anghyffredin mewn Addysg Uwch

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Welcome to our blog series written especially for Higher Education. We’ve been working hard on it and we hope you like it and find it useful. If you want to add your voice to any of the blogs then we encourage you to add your comments after the blog. We want to hear your thoughts!