From the 1980s until the mid-2000s, the monoculture around Microsoft ruled. Users logged into Windows-managed computers and used Office and Windows File Server; businesses relied on Microsoft Active ...

Traditional grantmaking, whereby individual groups or people apply for pools of funding through a linear, all-or-nothing process, is inefficient, wasteful, and opaque to applicants and other outsiders ...

As the holidays approach, many of us are wondering what we're going to do differently in the middle of this ongoing pandemic — how will we celebrate? Should we travel? As my family has considered ...

University of Cambridge provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. To sustain a population of 9.7 billion people by 2050 the world is going to need innovations that make careful use of the ...

Earlier this week, people attending OpenUK’s State of Open Con were presented with a vision of open government that has the potential to improve efficiency and transparency. Given Channel 4’s recent ...

Massive Open Online Courses – better known as MOOCs – are a hot topic in higher education. They offer free study over the internet to anyone who cares to follow them. Most courses offered so far have ...

Last week, a report by the all-party parliamentary group on mental health said people with mental health problems receive substandard care (Report, theguardian.com, 4 March). In response, the ...