Partners Group backed SPi Global acquires majority stake in LearningMate – August 18, 2020
LearningMate, the leader in business to business ed-tech services, has sold a majority stake to SPi Global, the market leading content technology enterprise. SPi Global is owned by Partners Group, a global private markets investment management firm with over USD 96 billion… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry unveils new OA journal – Environmental Science: Atmospheres – August 18, 2020
Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the launch of a new open access atmospheric chemistry journal entitled Environmental Science: Atmospheres. The new journal is a cross-disciplinary journal spanning all aspects of atmospheric science. Environmental Science: Atmospheres is inviting contributions from fields across the entirety of… Read More
GigaScience Press and River Valley Technologies’ new journal brings data-centric research to life – August 18, 2020
GigaScience Press and River Valley Technologies have announced the launch of their new journal GigaByte: an online open-access, open data journal that allows rapid publication using new custom-built, end-to-end publishing technology. This platform enables accepted manuscripts to be converted to an online… Read More
Cengage and Online Learning Consortium collaborate to support institutions shifting to online and hybrid learning – August 18, 2020
Education and technology company Cengage has announced a partnership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) to offer professional development opportunities for faculty and administrators — via bootcamps, office hours and customised trainings — to support colleges and universities with online and blended learning. Cengage is also… Read More
Geological Society of America unveils new repository for sharing and citing supplemental material – August 18, 2020
The Geological Society of America (GSA) has launched a new repository for storing, sharing, and citing supplemental material found in journal and book publications available at gsapubs.figshare.com. All supplemental material is openly available on its own webpage with a unique DOI,… Read More