Carolyn Alderson and Greg Ince

1. Content Licensing for Transnational Education (TNE)
Carolyn Alderson & Greg Ince, Jisc Collections

2. What is Transnational Education (TNE)?
In the UK, this means UK degree programmes delivered outside of the
UK through:
•online/distance learning (either with or without local support)
•local delivery partnerships
•a UK institution’s physical presence in another country
UK TNE is delivered across almost all academic areas, at all levels of
study, in almost all countries, often with the option to study part time or
full time.
https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/International/heglobal/Pages/what-is-
transnational-education.aspx
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Education delivered in a country other than that of the awarding institution.

3. Library content licensing for UK TNE
“TNE aims to create an academic experience for overseas students that
is comparable to studying at the home institution.
Online resources licensed by UK higher education institutions should be
available to all registered and authenticated students, wherever they are
located.”
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The view from the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL)

4. Jisc’s TNE Licensing Pilot
Began in August 2017 and aimed to:
•Find a simpler way of licensing resources
to support TNE students
•Reduce duplication of effort across the
sector
•Minimise time spent negotiating with
publishers
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/tne-licensing-pilot4
A direct response to member demand
and growing complexity

5. Unravelling complexity and building a consortial approach
•Survey of UK HE TNE activities
•UK HE Library community workshop and interviews
•Navigated the semantic complexities of TNE!
•Analysed UK TNE data reporting sources
•Engaged with key UK HE sectoral agencies
•Highlighted the challenges for libraries with UK HE decision makers
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/tne-licensing-pilot5
What we’ve done (so far)

6. Unravelling complexity and building a consortial approach
•Developed a licensing approach aligned with UK TNE data reporting
•Developed a revised ‘Decision Tool’ for Jisc agreements
•Gathered examples of best practice and case studies for content
licensing and aspects of managing access
•Worked with community-prioritised publishers to establish viable TNE
licensing agreements and supporting processes
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/tne-licensing-pilot6
What we’ve done (so far)

7. Unravelling complexity and building a consortial approach
•TNE has grown in strategic importance for UK HE institutions and is
now commonplace
•UK TNE is happening at various scales and at various stages of
maturity, but is more often small in scale
•No two UK University TNE profiles are alike
•TNE language used locally by UK HE institutions is complex and
inconsistent
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/tne-licensing-pilot7
What we have established

8. Unravelling complexity and building a consortial approach
•UK TNE rarely generates large revenue streams (and this is usually not
the reason it’s being delivered)
•Libraries rarely have additional budgets to support TNE
•University expectations of library content delivery for TNE are out of
step with the realities of content licensing
•All implicated parties involved in content licensing for TNE would
welcome - and benefit from – clarity, guidance and reduced burdens
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/tne-licensing-pilot8
What we have established

9. What does UK TNE provision look like?
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/offshore
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/c18052/a/type9
UK TNE Activity is reported to the UK Higher Education Statistics Agency
(HESA), via the Aggregate Offshore Record (AOR)
85%
5%
5%
3% 2%
250 students or less
250-500
500-1000
1000-2000
2000+

10. Jisc TNE Licensing Approach (and the HESA AOR)
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/offshore
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/c18052/a/type
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Code 1 Code 2 Code 3 Code 4 Code 5
Overseas campus of
reporting provider
Other arrangement
including collaborative
provision
Distance, flexible or
distributed learning
Overseas partner
organisation
Other
Arrangement
Registered at
reporting provider –
studying overseas for
UK HEI award at
overseas campus of
reporting provider
Registered at
reporting provider –
studying overseas for
UK HEI award other
than at an overseas
campus of reporting
provider
Registered at
reporting provider –
distance, flexible and
distributed learning
for UK HEI award
where the location of
the student is known
to be overseas
Registered at
overseas partner
organisation –
studying overseas
for an award of
the reporting
provider
Any other student
studying overseas
for an award of
the reporting
provider

11. Jisc’s TNE licensing objectives
1. Accepting the TNE Licensing Approach for defining the status of
offshore users as either Authorised Users or Additional Authorised
Users in licence agreements.
2. Agreeing the circumstances (utilising a framework approach) under
which UK HEIs would NOT be expected to pay an additional Fee for
extending their licence agreement to include identified Additional
Authorised Users.
3. Providing a relevant pricing model to Jisc Collections in cases where
UK HEIs are expected to pay a Fee for extending their licence
agreement to include identified Additional Authorised User access.
http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/6941/1/Jisc_Collections_TNE_Licensing_Pilot_Approach_1.8.2018.pdf
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Our success depends on publishers:

12. Publisher Engagement
Jisc Collections:
• Wiley
• Springer
• T&F
• SAGE
• Elsevier
• CUP
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Discussions have been ongoing throughout the pilot
(Jisc) Chest:
• APA
• Emerald
Non-Jisc:
• Ebsco
• IEEE
• Lexis Nexis
• Proquest

13. Pilot status and next steps
Jisc’s Transnational Education (TNE) Licensing Pilot will be moving to a
service model from 1 August 2019.
Details on Jisc Collections website:
https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Catalogue/Overview/Index/2993
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Transition to optional licensing service

14. Thank you
UKSG Stand Number: 52/53
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/tne-licensing-pilot