Open Access (OA) means that research outputs are made available online, in a digital format, at no charge to the reader and with limited restrictions on re-use.
The main routes to Open Access are:
2025 sees the renegotiation of the big 5 Open Access publisher agreements. For more information see the Next Generation Open Access tab.
Leeds Beckett University's Open Research Policy sets out our commitment to making the products of our research (both outputs and research data) publicly available. It also contains our statement on Rights Retention
The next REF
The next Research Excellence Framework will be REF 2029. We have updated our REF OA pages to reflect the new policy