1. To advise and seek views from Research & Innovation Committee on
a. changes to the University’s Open Access Publications Policy anticipating and reacting to developments in Open Access dissemination both nationally and internationally, to best serve the University’s constituent parts
b. the allocation policy for Open Access block grants to ensure funds are allocated equitably without resulting in overspends or underspends
c. the consequent long-term resource implications of meeting the University’s responsibilities
2. To undertake advocacy and influence funders’ open access policies, including UKRI, Wellcome, Cancer Research UK, British Heart Foundation and COAF, together with publishers’ open access policies
3. To ensure implementation and compliance of open access policies for research assessment exercises
4. To monitor changing funder requirements and help researchers to meet these, keeping a watching brief on open access policies of significant funders at Oxford, and providing advice on changing requirements, ways to comply, sources of funding
5. To advise the Research Information Management and Technology Subcommittee on the system and related IT requirements of the Open Access service, for example Symplectic Elements and the Oxford Research Archive (ORA) or their replacements, their performance and enhancements, having regard for recommendations from the Open Access Operational Group and the Symplectic Elements User Forum
6. To advise on open access communication and support to the research community and the research support community
