Category: Publishing

It was our privilege to support the launch of the widely anticipated book ‘Ableism is Academia: Theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illness in higher … Read more

At the start of 2020, it was impossible for us to imagine that a virus that most people had never heard of was about to … Read more

Are you a University of Kent author who wants to publish an online Open Access book? Sciendo – De Gruyeter have developed a new offer … Read more

A truism that has been proclaimed frequently in recent weeks is that once the coronavirus is tackled and the immediate crisis has passed, “things will … Read more

Research England has said that monographs must be published Open Access for inclusion in the ‘Next REF’ (Somewhat bizarrely, this doesn’t actually refer to the … Read more

Warning to the reader: this post would be nothing without the links. Please click on them, explore them & ask about them – I’d love … Read more

Being the editor of an open access academic journal is incredibly time-consuming and often frustrating, but in my case I enjoy having this kind of … Read more

It’s 11am and I’m already a few coffees deep.  I’m on the hunt for what is clearly the most important paper I will ever read … Read more

In November 2017 I published Thick Evaluation, a monograph with Oxford University Press.* “How exciting,” I hear you cry, “the world needs more academic books!” But, honestly, it was … Read more

When Roz and I had Supporting Open Access at Kent—New Staff Roles published, we wrote a blog post about our experience (Tasting our own medicine – … Read more