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Frank Manista reports from the General Assembly for OpenAire Advance and Legal Entity meeting held in Hungary in January. 34 members of the OpenAire Advance…
![Wellcome Institute amended Open Access Policy 2020](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2018/11/wellcome-logo-black.jpg)
The Wellcome Institute – amended open access policy The Wellcome Institute recently announced that it’s making changes to its Open Access Policy. The new policy…
![Sconul welcomes UKRI commitment to open access "Plan S".](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
UKRI and Science Foundation Ireland along with nine other European funding agencies have signed up to “Plan S”. The plan is seen as a transformative…
![Open Access week of webinars from OpenAire](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
October 24th – 30th 2016 is the 9th International Open Access week. OpenAire is offering a week of webinars on Open Science themes. These free,…
![Open Access Week 2015 at Edinburgh Napier University](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/10/28795.jpg)
After a very busy Open Access Week we thought it would be a good idea to do a round-up post. The foyer roadshows were well attended and on each…
![How accurate is SHERPA/FACT?](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/07/sherpafact.jpg)
Well, the answer is that SHERPA/FACT is more than 95% accurate at checking publisher’s policies against funders open access requirements. A recent study by the…