Keynote paper at the History of Education Society conference

In November Peter Webster gave a keynote lecture to the HES conference in Exeter, with the title ‘Doing history in a 360-degree digitised world: how we got here, and what to do about it’. It was a great pleasure to spend time with the Society, and Peter greatly appreciated the invitation to come and speak. … Continue reading Keynote paper at the History of Education Society conference

The Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History

I was very thankful for the opportunity to sponsor the first iteration of the Richard Deswarte Prize for Digital History, in memory of a much-missed friend and colleague who passed away in 2021. The first award of the prize was made to Pim Huijnen and Joris van Eijnatten for their outstanding article, ‘Something happened to … Continue reading The Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History

New article: reconstructing a late Nineties Web sphere

Peter Webster recently contributed a chapter to a collection of essays with the title The Past Web : Exploring Web archives, published by Springer. It is entitled ‘Digital archaeology in the Web of links: reconstructing a late-1990s Web sphere’. Using an iterative computational method of interrogating the graph of links for the archived UK web, … Continue reading New article: reconstructing a late Nineties Web sphere

New report for the University Council on Modern Languages

We were delighted to be commissioned by the University Council on Modern Languages, in conjunction with the British Academy, to produce a report on recent trends in university admissions. The study “unearthed a more vibrant languages landscape in UK higher education than recent reports of ‘crisis’ suggest.” The report was based on analysis of UCAS … Continue reading New report for the University Council on Modern Languages

New Digital Preservation Coalition guidance note

WR&C has contributed the first in a new series of Technology Watch Guidance Notes from the Digital Preservation Coalition, entitled How researchers use the archived Web.  We were very pleased to be commissioned to write this short note on the current state of the art. In a context of both novelty and diversity, the Guidance … Continue reading New Digital Preservation Coalition guidance note

WR&C contributes to new British Academy report

The British Academy have just published a new report, entitled Open Access and Book Chapters. We were delighted to be commissioned to both help define the scope of this study, and to contribute to the research and the writing. The report is available on the British Academy site. From the British Academy site: “Open Access … Continue reading WR&C contributes to new British Academy report

Helping the IIPC understand its members

We were particularly delighted to work with former colleagues in the International Internet Preservation Consortium, to design, deliver and analyse a survey questionnaire of its membership. The survey gathered information on all aspects of Web archiving in national, regional and university libraries across the world. It covered selection policies, the profile and management of existing … Continue reading Helping the IIPC understand its members

Research report: The Resilient Business

We’re very pleased to announce the publication of a new report, commissioned from WR&C by the Jubilee Centre, the Christian thinktank for social and economic ethics. It examines the recent history of a group of businesses, all founded with a Christian ethos, and the means that they have adopted to ensure that that ethos has … Continue reading Research report: The Resilient Business