Nationally, there has been debate on the role of research within higher education and increased interest in the teaching/research nexus. A team of Academic Liaison Librarians at Anglia Polytechnic University was awarded funding to investigate the extent to which learning…

This paper represents a starting point in an information literacy research project by academic librarians in a UK university. The research project explores ways of enabling and encouraging quality student reading through the development of a University Reading Strategy, a…

The paper details a research project undertaken in a higher education institute (HEI) in the UK. The research adopted a case study approach and gathered data through 15 semi-structured interviews. Four key findings are discussed. Major differences in how responsibility…

As guest editors for this special issue entitled 'Exploring the meaning of responsibility', the authors use the final paper to extend the critical conversation that has run through this journal about the meaning and practice of responsibility. It draws together…

Newsletter, On Remembrance Day, all efforts are spent to remember those who fell in the various wars that have taken place and continue to take place all over the world. We are urged to observe a solemn two minute silence…