« UK Research and Innovation (better known as UKRI) directs the UK government’s research and innovation funding across all disciplines, to the tune of £8b annually, making it a force to be reckoned with in the UK and beyond. UKRI’s open access (OA) policy aligns with cOAlition S,…
« Since the launch of the UKRI open access (OA) policy for research articles in August 2021, we have delivered targeted interventions to help libraries and researchers meet the policy’s requirements. With our implementation phase now complete, we are looking ahead and considering what ongoing support our members…
« How to Begin the OA Transition: a guide for smaller and specialist publishers provides detailed
advice and guidance for both independent book publishers and those who work with larger
publishing partners.
UKRI, in partnership with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
(ALPSP), the British Academy,…
« Our annual report 2023 to 2024 sets out our milestones and achievements for the year. It incorporates UKRI and our nine councils and has been laid before Parliament. (…) »
« The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) digital research infrastructure committee (DRIC) aims to understand the potential for a ‘federated’ approach to the UK’s digital research infrastructure (DRI): what it might offer, what the scope and extent may be and how it might be defined and progressed to support the DRI’s…
« The UK Government has released its response to the independent review of research bureaucracy, with recommendations that Jisc helps improve digital platforms to reduce costs and free up researchers.. (…) »
« From 1 January 2024, monographs, book chapters or edited collections acknowledging funding from UKRI or any of its councils must be made open access (OA) within 12 months of publication. This is the first time that long-form research outputs have been included in UKRI’s open access policy.…
« From 1 January 2024, UKRI’s open access policy will apply to monographs, book chapters and edited collections that need to acknowledge UKRI funding. (…) »
« This report presents the findings of a study commissioned by UKRI to review interventions to the peer review processes used in R&I award funding. (…) »
« The findings of 3 reports initiated as part of the Future Research Assessment Programme (FRAP) have been published today (12 December 2022).
Together the reports caution against moving to a fully metricised system for the next UK research assessment exercise.
The reports do suggest ways in which metrics,…
