News
12 Southern Hemisphere
General
South Africa: Unesco Chair in Open Education Resources for Glenda Cox – December 2, 2021 (allAfrica)
Launch of the UNESCO dynamic coalition for open education resources (OER) – April 1, 2020 (UNESCO)
Symposium to consider how open education fits in reforms – December 5, 2019 (Otago Daily Times)
IFAP supports national information policies and knowledge strategies in Africa – March 18, 2019 (UNESCO)
UNESCO Chair for ‘open education’ professor – March 8, 2019 (University of Cape Town News)
Open educational practice (OEP)
“Game-changer for higher education in NZ” launched in Otago – July 4, 2019 (Voxy.co.nz)
Open educational resources (OER)
Where EAC open education resources? – August 24, 2019 (The New Times)
VE reforms provide opportunity for open educational resources – April 4, 2019 (Voxy.co.nz)
Academic calls for embracing of open educational resources – March 13, 2019 (Fiji Sun)
Publishers/publishing
Competition regulator challenges publishing giants’ union – December 12, 2019 (Times Higher Education)
Textbook costs
Pirated textbooks flood market…parents turn to the street for cheaper editions – January 16, 2020 (The Herald)
Photocopies proliferate as textbook prices soar – January 15, 2020 (The Herald)