A transition to full open-access publishing will cost UK higher education an extra £50 million or £60 million a year, according to a long-awaited report on how the country should make the change.
The government has defended the public financing of for-profit higher education providers and has said that it wants widening participation funding to be “better targeted”.
By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed
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The vice-chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire, Malcolm McVicar, is to step down after more than 14 years in charge at the institution.
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