DTI caught in free-data row

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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has, at the urging of big industry players, brought pressure on the UK's research councils to dilute plans to make research freely available online, it is claimed. Research Councils UK had been due to release a statement in November 2005 supporting "open-access publishing" and calling on researchers to deposit research papers in online publication banks, but this statement has been delayed, leading to the suggestions that the DTI intervened on behalf of publishing companies who perceived a threat to their profits.

Organizational history, Research and Testing Services, Scientific Research and Development Services, Services information, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING, Publishing, Publishing Industries, Printing & Publishing, Science, Research & Development, Basic Research, Scholarly publishing, Publishing industry, Services, Political activity, Influence, Political aspects, Research, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, United Kingdom. Department of Trade and Industry, Company organization

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Public cash to secure future of animal labs

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The government has pledged to underwrite costs associated with new animal laboratories at universities in the UK after committing up to GBP 100 million to protect animal facilities at Oxford University. Costs of security at the lab in Oxford have rocketed due to a prolonged campaign by anmial-rights extremists.

Government expenditures, University of Oxford, Public opinion, Animal experimentation, Animal rights, Government finance

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