« In this new Policy Note, Dr John Chapman, Head of Jisc’s Security Operations Centre, reports on the cyber-security risks facing universities based on Jisc’s own work in this area. (…) »
« This report is a synthesis of two events: the first was an event for arts and humanities learned societies and subject associations, held at the British Academy on the 11 September 2018; the second event was a workshop for publishers held at UUK’s offices in Woburn House on the 4…
« The wait is over! We are excited to announce that 24 members of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) have launched a new publication platform; AMRC Open Research. The platform gives researchers funded by the 24 charities the ability to share any and all of…
« Jisc and the British Library share an interest in the persistence and open access of the UK research record, and work together towards this aim. As the UK national library, the British Library is an integral part of the UK research infrastructure, a legal deposit library and a research organisation…
« UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) welcomes the publication of two independent reports on open research, commissioned by government and published today. Both reports contain a series of recommendations for UKRI and other stakeholders. (…) »
« Following the implementation of policy, the Government aims to complete a post-implementation review (PIR). These reviews evaluate whether the regulation has met the intended objectives, and are usually carried out five years after implementing the policy. (…) »
« Wellcome, in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), have engaged Information Power to explore a range of potential strategies and business models through which learned societies can transition to Open Access and adapt and thrive under…
« Cambridge University Press has launched a new publishing model to provide an outlet for world-class research and writing that sits outside the traditional formats of book or journal article.
Work of between 50-120 pages will be published digitally and through print-on-demand as ‘Cambridge Elements’ – concise, peer-reviewed guides to key…
« Jisc and Elsevier have signed an agreement setting out how they will work together to support institutions to comply with UK open access policies, as part of their Open Science partnership.
The two organisations share a commitment to help institutions implement the open access eligibility criteria for the UK…
« Two of the world’s largest biomedical research funders have backed a plan to make all papers resulting from work they fund open access on publication by 2020. (…) »