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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>The UK’s Higher Education Funding Council for England has announced its consultation on Open Access in the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework. Details can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2013/201316/#d.en.82765">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2013/201316/#d.en.82765</a><BR>
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Responses should be made online by 1700 GMT on 30 October 2013.<BR>
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Alma Swan<BR>
SPARC Europe</SPAN></FONT>
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