What unites a Venezuelan computer scientist, a Swiss engineer, an Israeli professor and a American 'mad scientist'? The open access movement, of course. In September, twelve European nations and two charities announced their intention to make all science research they fund ...

On Monday, the Copyright Agency commenced legal action against Australia's universities. The text and image license provider lodged a claim with the Copyright Tribunal – administered by the Federal Court – after negotiations with universities over 2019 license fees failed. ...

Publishers of humanities and social science journals could go bankrupt if all academic papers became freely available after six months, a report commissioned by publishers has warned. The report, The Potential Effect of Making Journal Articles Freely Available in Repositories after ...

Originally conceived by Macquarie University applied linguistics professor Ingrid Piller as a way for her PhD students to form a community, the Language on the Move Blog [www.languageonthemove.com] now attracts 1000 visitors a day from around the world. Many of ...

The peak union for academic staff in Australia has joined a global campaign against Elsevier, one of the world’s largest publishers of academic papers. Elsevier has been criticised for business practices which keep information out of the public domain and a ...

The digital age will help everyone learn more, everywhere writes Jennifer Bennett. Online and blended learning offer the opportunity to attend university to more people than ever before, while upending notions of what a university actually is.  Two of Australia’s ...