Question follow-through · 9904
Research: Publishing
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with universities on the value for money of their contracts with academic publishers for (a) journal subscriptions and (b) open-access publishing.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 18 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with universities on the value for money of their contracts with academic publishers for (a) journal subscriptions and (b) open-access publishing.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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24 Oct 2024
Answer published
Jisc is an independent nonprofit company that supports universities with the transition to open access. It does this through negotiating a range of transitional open access agreements and institutional access to journal publications. These agreements enab...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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