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Lean as a Framework for Humanisation in Higher Education (2020)
Book Chapter
Yorkstone, S., Clarke, S., & Mann, J. (2020). Lean as a Framework for Humanisation in Higher Education. In C. Devis-Rozental, & S. Clarke (Eds.), Humanising Higher Education: A positive approach to enhancing wellbeing (221-241). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57430-7_13

Lean management is a compelling concept, with a significant history, and although not always described as lean in name, is having an impact in Universities worldwide. Central to lean is the idea of beginning from true purpose, and the authors seek to... Read More about Lean as a Framework for Humanisation in Higher Education.

The Political Histories of UK Public Libraries and Access to Knowledge (2020)
Book Chapter
Lawson, S. (2020). The Political Histories of UK Public Libraries and Access to Knowledge. In M. P. Eve, & J. Gray (Eds.), Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, Infrastructures, and Global Politics of Open Access (161-172). MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11885.001.0001

To complement contemporary discussions on open access, this chapter considers public libraries as one element of the longer history of access to scholarly knowledge. A historical perspective reveals that access to knowledge has undergone a long, slow... Read More about The Political Histories of UK Public Libraries and Access to Knowledge.

Transition to Postgraduate Study at Master’s Level: Lessons Learned from Students’ Evaluations of an Online Induction Resource (2020)
Journal Article
Robb, L., & Moffat, S. (2020). Transition to Postgraduate Study at Master’s Level: Lessons Learned from Students’ Evaluations of an Online Induction Resource. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 8(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v8i1.402

Evidence from UK universities’ Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) concluded that whilst confident and experienced in their area of practice, some find the prospect of returning to study in an on-line environment and making the transition to... Read More about Transition to Postgraduate Study at Master’s Level: Lessons Learned from Students’ Evaluations of an Online Induction Resource.

Jisc OA Annual Report 2019-20 for Edinburgh Napier University (2020)
Data
Ramage, L. (2021). Jisc OA Annual Report 2019-20 for Edinburgh Napier University. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17869/enu.2021.2830303

This dataset contains details of article processing charges (APCs) paid by Edinburgh Napier University to make publications open access during the academic year 2019-20. It has been completed using the Jisc APC template.

Journal subscription expenditure in the UK 2010-2019 (2020)
Data
Lawson, S. (2020). Journal subscription expenditure in the UK 2010-2019. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3657775

This dataset contains payments made by UK higher education institutions for access to academic journals from ten publishers from 2010-2019. The data was obtained by sending Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to institutions through the website Wha... Read More about Journal subscription expenditure in the UK 2010-2019.

Journal subscription expenditure in the UK 2017-2019 (2020)
Data
Lawson, S. (2020). Journal subscription expenditure in the UK 2017-2019. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3659970

This dataset contains payments made by UK higher education institutions for access to academic journals from ten publishers from 2017-2019. The data was obtained by sending Freedom of Information requests to institutions through the website https://w... Read More about Journal subscription expenditure in the UK 2017-2019.