News: academic

Manchester Metropolitan launches new Masters in publishing

Manchester Metropolitan University is teaming up with industry professionals including Comma Press for a new Masters course in publishing. Read more

IOP Publishing strikes Netherlands OA deal

Science publisher IOP Publishing has struck a series of "read and publish" agreements with Dutch universities. Read more

PA 'closely monitoring' China foreign textbook ban

The Publishers Association says it is closely monitoring the situation after China announced a ban on foreign textbooks in the country’s classrooms. Read more

Pearson to update GCSE history textbook after 'anti-Israel' claims

Pearson will publish a new version of its Edexcel GCSE history textbook on the Middle East following an independent review and allegations of anti-Israel bias.... Read more

Blackwell’s asks for 'promotional rebate' from publishers

Blackwell’s is requesting an additional 7% discount from academic and trade publishers, following a "strategic review" of the business. Read more

Wiley partners with Techstars on ‘imprint for innovators’

Wiley is to launch a new publishing imprint, Techstars Press, in conjunction with the Colorado-based seed accelerator company Techstars. Read more

Taylor & Francis buys F1000 Research

Taylor & Francis has acquired open research publisher F1000 Research from its founder Vitek Tracz. The acquisition sum was not disclosed. Tracz will remain owner of F1000Prime... Read more

Darlington Council to spend £2.9m on library spared from closure

Darlington Borough Council will pay £2.9m to keep one of its libraries open after abandoning plans to close it. Read more

Arts Council England boss suggests library funding boost

Arts Council England (ACE) could make funding public libraries one of its priorities over the next decade, the organisation’s c.e.o. has said.... Read more

Elsevier and Dutch research institutions reach framework OA agreement

The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), The Netherlands Federation of University Medical Centres (NFU), The Dutch Research Council (NWO), and the global information... Read more

STM and AAP raise alarm over US policy change on Open Access

The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) has written to the US Office of Science & Technology Policy expressing its “alarm” at rumours that... Read more

CILIP says libraries need £250m in demand to Johnson government

Library association CILIP says the library service needs up to £250m investment and has called for action from Boris Johnson’s government to secure its own... Read more

Pearson sells remaining stake in PRH, Fallon to depart

Pearson is selling its remaining 25% stake in Penguin Random House to Bertelsmann, as its c.e.o. John Fallon prepares to retire next year. ... Read more

cOAlition S accuses Springer Nature of ‘stalling progress’

Research funder consortium cOAlition S has accused publisher Springer Nature of “a tactic to stall progress”, in a robust response to the publisher’s open letter on... Read more

Springer Nature points out problems with cOAlition S transformative journals plan

In an open letter sent today (Tuesday 17th December) to research funder consortium cOAlition S, Springer Nature has urged the coalition to make amendments... Read more