by crauter | Feb 16, 2016 | Open Access, REF, Research News
We have noticed that people are often confused about which version of their article they should put in Cronfa. This isn’t surprising as articles have a lifecycle of their own. Typically you will have: First draft / preprint – this may well not have page numbers and...
by crauter | Jul 29, 2015 | REF, Research News
You may have heard a great collective sigh of despair last week (followed by the clink of gin bottles) as Research Librarians across the UK reacted to HEFCE’s “policy adjustments and qualifications” to the Open Access (OA) policy for the next REF. In...
by crauter | Mar 26, 2015 | Open Access, REF
Both HEFCE and RCUK representatives were presenting at the “OA Advocacy Workshop: Joining the Dots” event in London on Friday so it was a good chance to hear discussion and debate about their respective open access policies (up on the HEFCE and RCUK...
by crauter | Mar 6, 2015 | Open Access, REF
We had the first briefing today on the new HEFCE open access policy that will govern the post-2014 REF submissions. Lots of good questions and comments! We will be running more sessions over the coming months (years?) but the key information is available here:...
by crauter | Feb 27, 2015 | Open Access, REF, Research News
We are running some general briefings for any Swansea University research staff who wish to learn more about the HEFCW open access policy (and the University’s own Open Access mandate) and what it means for them: “Getting REF-ready: what you need to do for...
by crauter | Jan 20, 2015 | REF, Research News
The Centre for Research Communications at the University of Nottingham is developing a new SHERPA/REF service to help authors comply with the open access policy for a post-2014 Research Excellence Framework. All survey responders will be entered into a draw to...
