Discussion addresses the open-access mandate for monographs in the Research Excellence Framework, suggesting upcoming changes.
HEFCE, the precursor to Research England, [announced in 2016](http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/HEFCE,2014/Content/Pubs/2016/201636/HEFCE2016_36.pdf) that "we intend to move towards an open-access requirement for monographs in the exercise that follows the next REF (expected in the mid-2020s)." This was published in 2016 as, "[g]iven the length of time required to produce and publish monographs," HEFCE wished "to give due notice to the sector" by
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