We are committed to supporting Open Access research and strive to make ourÌýresearch data as accessible as possible. By having the research of our academics and students online for everyone to access,Ìýthis enables the impacts of our research to reach global communities and societies almost instantly. WeÌýpride ourselves on research that makes a real difference to the world around us.Ìý
Discover our Open Access research
Explore our research repository, Ìý, home to thousands of Open Access research outputs such asÌýjournal articles, book chapters and conference papers produced by ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ staff and students, as well as our collection of PhD theses. ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥RO is linked to our research data repository, .
Open Access for ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ ResearchersÌý
Here at ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥, we provide support for ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ researchers to make their research Open Access through twoÌýroutes;Ìýthe 'Gold' routeÌýand the 'Green' route.
The Gold route requires authors to pay the publisher to publish outputs open access directly. This route has been supported by ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ since 2011 by our institutional Open Access Publication Fund.
The Green route requires authors to deposit the accepted manuscript into an Open Access Repository. This route has been supported by ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ since 2008 by ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥RO.
The ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Open Access PublicationÌýFund
The is available to any ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ researcher, academic or student, who is ready to submit a peer-reviewed article for publication. This is a centralised fund which was launched in 2011 in response to and in support of various developments in research communication and publication trends.Ìý
Visit the for further information on the Open Access Fund and the criteria required to apply.
