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Annual Report 2024–25

Knowledge for All

Through global collaboration and thought leadership, we strive to reduce inequality, improve access and shape the future of knowledge. 

Knowledge Equity Network 

The Knowledge Equity Network aims to reduce inequality by increasing access to knowledge. It now enables global collaboration across 28 higher education institutions and 51 organisations in 69 countries. 

  • 12 online/hybrid events 
  • 543 attendees 

We presented at the: 

  • Knowledge Equity Symposium at the University of Salford in April 2025 
  • Open Education Policy Launch at the University of Leeds in July 2025 
  • Global Innovation Circle on Higher Education (GICHE) in Hanover in October 2025.

Knowledge Futures Symposium 

We hosted the first Knowledge Futures Symposium in June 2025. 

This one-day hybrid event discussed the future of knowledge in a time of global challenges and rapid technological change. Funders, partners and international guests gathered to consider how we can ensure that knowledge remains trusted and usable for generations to come. 

  • 237 attendees in person and online 

The library remains critical to the university as a place that can facilitate collaboration, address global issues and promote innovation. The academic library is the connective fabric that links the community together in a way that nothing else can. 

Jonathan Bengtson, University Librarian at the University of Victoria, British Columbia 

We must act now to reduce the misuse of knowledge and focus on knowledge preservation for the benefit of future generations.

Masud Khokhar, Chief Digital and Information Officer 

I found the day incredibly interesting, deeply thought-provoking and enormously timely… I’ve been left with a lot of insights and inspiration for what the future of knowledge production, dissemination, and sustainability should look like.

Ellie Weale, Librarianship student at the University of Sheffield 

AI doesn’t change reality; it is another artifice of humanity. AI is another version of a speaker, whose ideas need to be explored. We need to test the claims and understand. AI is one part in the ever-changing way we reconstitute the knowledge we have and create..

Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council.