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Understanding key concepts in the UKRI open access policy: new support resources available

As the Open Access (OA) landscape continues to evolve, with updated government funder policies affecting OA requirements, we’ve created a series of short guides which explain key concepts in the UKRI open access policy, as well as open access more broadly. Originally envisaged as resources to support publishers in understanding the steps they needed to […]

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Collective models for open access books – an institutional decision-making process

This a guest post written by Jacqueline Proven, Head of Open Research at the University of St Andrews. At the University of St Andrews (USTAN), we believe that “Open Access (OA) must be globally sustainable and equitable and make the best use of resources…” [see our open access publications policy statement for more detail].   In order […]

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How Jisc enhanced and developed the REF2021 dataset (to support the UKRI Open Access policy for longform publications) 

  The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the UK’s system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). Institutions are invited to make submissions in 34 subject-based units of assessment (UoAs).  For each submission, three distinct elements are assessed by an expert panel: the quality of outputs (e.g., publications, performances, and […]