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Open Access to published scholarly research offers significant benefits to the UK, according to two reports released today by the UK Open Access Implementation Group.

In partnership, the BBC, British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC) and Jisc today announce the launch of Chronicle, a project to make BBC Northern Ireland’s television news from the 1960s and 1970s available to the academic community online.

The true cost to a university of processing a freedom of information (FOI) request has been revealed by Jisc infoNet.

As Michael Gove calls for universities to play a greater role in the development of A-Levels a major new website is launched to help universities reach their prospective students and give those students a taste of university teaching.

Universities and researchers will be able to improve the efficiencies of their research and remove obstacles in their collaborations, thanks to a new strategic partnership between the UK and Canada.

Humanities and social science researchers are being invited to help Jisc Collections understand the future of the monograph through an online survey.

The Spring edition of Jisc Inform launches today with a UK exclusive interview with the driving force behind the Digital Public Library of America, Professor Robert Darnton, director of the Harvard University library.

Technology which translates sign language into text is being developed by scientists in Aberdeen as part of a small business research initiative (SBRI) managed by Jisc TechDis, a leading UK advisory service on technology and inclusion.

A new Jisc report shows that text mining - a complex and innovative method of searching and analysing data - has huge potential benefits for the UK economy and knowledge base, but its use is being held back by copyright law and other barriers.

Colleges, universities and other learning providers around the UK are celebrating open education week.