Open Access

The University Open Access policy is designed to ensure that the University of Huddersfield meets the Open Access requirements of the Research Excellence Framework (REF). 

• Open policy finder Helping authors and institutions to make informed and confident decisions in open access publication and compliance. Formerly Sherpa services.
• Creative Commons licence information

The UKRI Open Access policy requires use of the following licenses when publishing on open access:

• Gold Open Access – articles must be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY)
• Green Open Access – articles should be licensed to facilitate non-commercial re-use.  The Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license (CC-BY-NC) meets this requirement, though other licenses that facilitate the same goal can also be used.

Further information on CC licenses can be found on the Creative Commons website.

A useful guide to Open Access Terminology is available from University of Cambridge Libraries.