We’ve just updated our Open Source Options for Education list, providing a list of alternatives to common proprietary software used in schools, colleges and universities. Most of the software we list is provided by the academic and open source communities via our publicly editable version. Some new software we’ve added in this update includes: SageMath … Read more
As a result of the OSS Watch National Software Survey, we now have 10 years of survey data on open source in universities and colleges in the UK, so we can look at some long term trends. Today I’ve been looking at institutional IT policies. Back in 2003, most IT policies in colleges and universities … Read more
Last month we officially kicked off a new EU project aimed at getting students involved in free and open source software projects. Inspired by Google Summer of Code, the idea is to enable students to obtain academic recognition for their contributions to open software communities. The project itself is called VALS, and will be running … Read more