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Open Access Consultations: SRHE Responses

In January 2013, The House of Lords Select Committee on Science Technology held an Inquiry into Open Access Publishing. Whilst there are a range of views across the membership of the Society, there are a number of shared concerns in relation to the high cost of the planned implementation of this policy, the risks to authors in terms of licensing, and the proposed embargo period for Humanities and Social Science publications. Accordingly, the SRHE made a considered response to this Inquiry, and this is available below:
SRHE Submission to House of Lords Select Committee Inquiry on Open Access (January 2013).

The House of Lords Select Committee have now published their report, and many of the issues raised in the SRHE submission have been picked upon in this report, which is available below
House of Lords Select Committee Report.

The Department for Business, Innovations and Skills (BIS) Select Committee have also now held an Inquiry into the government policy on Open Access. The SRHE response to this is detailed below:
SRHE Submission to BIS Select Committee Inquiry on Open Access(February 2013).

Once published, this report will appear on the BIS webpage under the 'Publications' section at Parliament UK BIS

Furthermore, the Society has also made responses to the Research Councils (RCUK) Consultation on Open Access on March 20th
SRHE Submission to RCUK (March 2013).

and to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Consultation on Open Access and Submissions to the Research Excellence Framework post-2014 on March 25th
SRHE Submission to HEFCE (March 2013).

Fellowship of the Society

Do you know of anyone suitable to suggest for a fellowship of the SRHE? Fellowship of SRHE should be seen as a fitting reward and public recognition for those who have made a significant contribution in the field of research into higher education. For further details, download the following form SRHE Fellowship Details Form.

This form must then be returned to Helen Perkins, Director, SRHE at hsperkins@srhe.ac.uk by Friday 17th May.

SRHE Research Awards

SRHE is delighted to announce the following four proposals as the winners of the 2012 SRHE Research Awards:

The transferability of (under-)graduate knowledge gained in UK higher education institutions (HEIs) within the European Higher Education Area by Dr Heike Behle (University of Warwick)

Academic journal editors’ professionalism: perceptions of power, proficiency and personal agendas by Professor Linda Evans - with Dr Matthew Homer (University of Leeds)

Leading university teaching: exploring the uses of higher education research by Dr Anna Jones & Professor David Smith (Glasgow Caledonian University)

Discipline and workplace learning in practice: an exploratory study of academic work by Dr Janice Malcolm (University of Kent) and Professor Miriam Zukas (Birkbeck, University of London)

and the following two Scoping Awards

Enhancing employability and building bridges: Evaluation of public engagement opportunities within undergraduate STEM curricula by Dr David Lewis (University of Leeds)

Students as co-developers of learning and teaching: Redefining expertise and student voice through student participation in professional development by Dr Saranne Weller & Dr Camille Kandiko (King's College, London)

We would like to congratulate all the above Award winners, but also to thank the many entrants for these awards for the time and effort invested in submitting these applications.

The planned launch date of the SRHE Awards for 2013 is currently 1st July 2013,and for reference only, details of the 2012 award scheme will remain available from SRHE Research Awards.

SRHE Book Series

Five books in this series are now available, the latest being ‘Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education’ by Professor Roger Brown, Professor of Higher Education Policy at Liverpool Hope University and Dr Helen Carasso, University of Oxford.

For further details on the book series visit SRHE Book Series