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Open Textbooks

TRU Working on Ways to Cut Textbook Costs

December 31, 2018February 5, 2019 Posted in Student CaucusTagged Open Textbooks, Student Budget Consultation

As another semester – and its dreaded textbook bill – approaches, the Students’ Union is grateful to report that caring and creative folks from across TRU are working to cut Continue reading →

FREE Open Textbooks Developing at TRU

October 27, 2018October 26, 2018 Posted in Student CaucusTagged Open Textbooks

With mid-term exam season in full swing, students have been hitting the textbooks hard. But not before those textbooks hit their wallets even harder this September. Fortunately, help is on Continue reading →

Open Textbook Grants Program

Student Call for an Open Textbooks Grants Program at TRU

March 15, 2017April 3, 2017 Posted in News, Student CaucusTagged Open Textbooks

The Thompson Rivers University Students’ Union (TRUSU) is advancing a proposal for a grants program that would support faculty to create, adapt, adopt, and use open textbooks, which are free Continue reading →

Library Budget “Cannot Sustain” Textbooks on Reserve

January 11, 2017February 6, 2017 Posted in Student CaucusTagged Open Textbooks, Student Budget Consultation

As a new semester starts, students are preparing for (or desperately avoiding) another enormous textbook bill. The Student Caucus regrets to report that a recommendation from the Student Budget Consultation Continue reading →

No Action on Open Textbooks

Lack of Budget Action on Open Textbooks Disappointing

December 7, 2016December 13, 2016 Posted in Student CaucusTagged Open Textbooks, Student Budget Consultation

It is with disappointment that the Student Caucus reports that recommendations from the Student Budget Consultation Report 2017/18 to promote and advance cost-saving open textbooks have so far been dismissed. Continue reading →

Open Textbooks Campaign Launch

August 29, 2016October 18, 2016 Posted in Campaigns, Student CaucusTagged Open Textbooks

TRUSU launches Open Textbook campaign to save students $300,000  Kamloops – On August 30, 2016, the Thompson Rivers University Students’ Union (TRUSU) launched its campaign to encourage and support Thompson Continue reading →

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