Welcome to Higher Education: Copyright and Intellectual Property
project homepage. The project is an exciting opportunity to engage in
creative and innovative inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research
dialogues.
The main focus of the project is a critical examination of the central issues of copyright and intellectual property which increasingly continues to affect developments with Higher Education. across the world today.
The project will critically engage with a number of core themes:
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the history of copyright and intellectual property
- definitions of copyright and intellectual property
- who owns what? And when? And for how long?
- creativity and ownership
- copyright, intellectual property and distance learning
- copyright, intellectual property and new technologies
- the challenges on online academic publishing
- copyright, intellectual property and the law
- copyright, intellectual property and financial issues
- policies, directives and agreements; international agreements and treaties
- the work of organisations and associations
- future trends in copyright and intellectual property development
Related themes will also be identified for development and exploration. Out of our deliberations it is anticipated that a series of related cross context projects will develop with projects looking at the links between higher education, business and professional applications.