Industry trends

Partnership will analyse how institutions support the Government’s eight priority Industrial Strategy sectors.

Expanded licence intended to help institutions address what it describes as a “growing permissions gap”

Discussion document, published in March, sets out considerations for handling peer-reviewed scholarly content

Researchers compiled a dataset of more than 18,700 adverts posted between March 2020 and early April 2026

Five-year deal marks a further strengthening of scientific collaboration between the UK and Japan

Principles include transparency, accountability, appropriate tool use, user awareness, integrity safeguards and equity

Initiative aims to take OA negotiations to next level, bringing together library consortia and research organisations

Pilot to evaluate whether structured MDAR reports can be created directly from submitted manuscripts in an automated process

Project will now incorporate dedicated surveys of both publishers and librarians around "zero-click search"

Outdated and fragmented technical systems "undermining resilience, innovation and long-term sustainability"