Following a process of consultation. the four UK funding bodies have published their decisions on several areas of the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021). The document provides guidance on staff, outputs, UoA…
In this post we look behind the scenes into how we capture publications in order to achieve Open Access... Celebratory tiramisu Yes, the pudding is correct, we now have over 50,000 publications records in Pure! At the…
Last week the St Andrews Research Repository reached a new milestone: 8000 items! The last major content milestone we celebrated was when we reached 5000 items, this was back in February 2015. The blog post we wrote…
Open Access is now an essential feature of scholarly communications. As well as maximising visibility of the University’s research outputs, Open Access is now a requirement of many funders. It is also critical for…
The REF2020 Open Access policy comes into force on the 1st of April 2016. To recap, the REF2020 Open Access policy requires UK academics to deposit their peer-reviewed accepted manuscripts for articles and conference…
The results for the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) are due in this week, but work is already well under way to prepare for the next one! What is the REF? The REF is a system for assessing the quality and…
Following the announcement by HEFCE of open-access requirements in the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework, guidance is being offered to the research community on practical steps towards implementation. Ben…
The UK has taken another huge step towards open access of its research outputs, with the announcement of a new policy from HEFCE on behalf of all 4 UK funding bodies. The policy describes new eligibility requirements…