Announcements, programme reports and updates from our chapters — what we have run, what we have found and what is coming next.
What gets posted here
- Reports from training programmes, workshops and clinics.
- New publications and research findings.
- Chapter launches and campus activity.
- Policy and legislative developments that affect our constituencies.
- Calls for applications: internships, fellowships and collaborations.
Published as posts in the WordPress admin, newest first.
- FIRSTIP opens 2027–28 committee applicationsFive committees are now accepting volunteers for a one-year term, from academic programmes to the quarterly Bulletin.
- Field notes: what artisans asked us about copyrightA summary of the questions raised at our October awareness workshop, and the answers we gave.
- Five things students should know about internet governanceA primer ahead of our November webinar for students and young professionals.
- Registrations open for the patent drafting trainingA three-day, hands-on programme for researchers and student inventors in November.
- FIRSTIP responds to consultation on data protection rulesOur submission focused on small organisations, consent for children’s data and grievance redress.
- Documenting traditional knowledge without dispossessing its holdersWhy consent, benefit sharing and community control come before any database.