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  1. A male student studying in a library.

    Digital transformation library lens: supporting digital practice in academic libraries

    Co-designing a new tool with the community based on our digital transformation framework to enhance libraries’ role in digital transformation.

    Our project partners:

    • SCONUL,
    • CILIP,
    • Research Libraries UK

    Project status: Just completed

    Duration: 1 year

    Project ended: 31 December 2026

  2. Students chatting between lessons

    Beyond blended: researching institutional approaches to blended learning in higher education

    Our pilot includes 17 universities who will use our resources to help them take forward their strategies and approaches for blended learning.

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 8 months

    Project ended: 31 July 2025

  3. Engineering students collaborating on computer design project

    Collaborative solutions for higher education challenges

    Identifying opportunities to optimise higher education operations through collaboration.

    Project status: Ongoing project

  4. A teacher supportively discusses attendance with a student.

    Enhancing the tools for UK universities to improve student engagement

    We’re upgrading our learning analytics platform, making it faster, more efficient and easier to use.

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 9 months

    Project ended: 28 October 2024

  5. Focused male computer programmer working on laptop at desk in office

    Security operations centre (SOC): defending UK education and research

    As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, we are taking a proactive stance to help our members navigate the challenges of protecting their valuable digital assets.

    Our project partners:

    • Splunk,
    • Microsoft Defender,
    • CrowdStrike

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 1 year and 4 months

    Project ended: 01 March 2025

  6. People negotiate in an office.

    Reviewing and enhancing our digital licensing service

    We are transforming our licensing service to negotiate an increased range of vendor solutions across the digital estate of education and research organisations.

    Project status: Just completed

    Duration: 2 years

    Project ended: 30 November 2025

  7. Students in the library talk next to a robot.

    Accessible digital futures

    Unlocking the potential for accessible digital and AI technologies in higher education (HE).

    Our project partners:

    • Glenlead Centre

    Project status: Just completed

    Duration: 1 year and 11 months

    Project ended: 30 September 2025

  8. Imagined connections through a city.

    Transforming education and research with 5G connectivity

    Empowering education and research with the speed, reliability, and control with private 5G cellular networks

    Our project partners:

    • University of Bristol,
    • BT

    Project status: Ongoing project

  9. A person in a library looks at a tablet screen.

    Adopting and managing institutional rights retention policies

    Supporting all higher education institutions in accelerating the implementation of institutional rights retention policies.

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 2 years and 3 months

    Project ended: 31 July 2025

  10. Students meeting in a large common area in a modern university building foyer.

    Introducing smart building management with advanced analytics

    Supporting the education sector with advanced building performance analytics for building management systems and connected Internet of things devices to provide real-time insights.

    Our project partners:

    • University of Gloucestershire,
    • Newcastle College Group,
    • Bishop Grosseteste University,
    • Honeywell Forge

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 2 years and 5 months

    Project ended: 01 August 2025

  11. Checking security of data centres

    Transforming education and research with hybrid cloud

    Delivering computing resources from the heart of Janet, at the edge of your network, to power education and research.

    Our project partners:

    • AWS,
    • Microsoft,
    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise,
    • Datastax,
    • Elastic

    Project status: Ongoing project

  12. International students smile as they use their laptops on a bench outside on campus.

    Researching international and transnational education students' digital experience

    Highlighting alternative perspectives and considering issues that might affect the digital experience of international and transnational education students.

    Project status: Ongoing project

  13. Students sitting at a library desk with laptops.

    Expanding Janet's reach: Jisc's managed SD-WAN revolutionises UK education access

    SD-WAN will build upon and extend our existing Janet infrastructure by providing more flexible, yet secure, access to the network via any internet bearer.

    Our project partners:

    • BT,
    • Fortinet

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 2 years and 9 months

    Project ended: 01 December 2024

  14. Researchers sitting at a desktop computer.

    Implementing the UKRI open access policy

    How we are supporting the research community to implement the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) open access policy.

    Our project partners:

    • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 2 years and 5 months

    Project ended: 31 July 2024

  15. Two scientists use a microscope.

    Supporting research teams with the technology infrastructure they need

    Accelerating the shift to flexible, sustainable and cost-effective digital research tools.

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 2 years and 1 month

    Project ended: 21 February 2024

  16. Student with a backpack and bicycle wanders through town.

    Extending eduroam: delivering eduroam through 4G and 5G cellular connectivity on a low-cost flexible device

    Extending the eduroam network to off-campus teaching and learning spaces.

    Project status: Ongoing project

  17. Positive digital practices: supporting mental wellbeing

    Focusing on part-time, commuter and distance learning students, this project created resources around the themes of positive learner identities, digital communities, and pedagogies.

    Our project partners:

    • Student Minds,
    • The Open University,
    • University Mental Health Advisers Network (UMHAN),
    • University of Bradford,
    • University of Warwick

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 2 years

    Project ended: 30 September 2023

  18. A research team in a meeting.

    Octopus.ac: Creating a new primary research record

    Developing a ground-breaking global service which could positively disrupt research culture, making it easier to share work of all kinds.

    Our project partners:

    • Octopus,
    • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI),
    • UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN)

    Project status: Ongoing project

  19. Two colleagues working on computers in library.

    Plan M: streamlining the bibliographic metadata marketplace

    Engaging with stakeholders throughout the supply chain to streamline workflows, enhance usability and facilitate collaboration through leadership and a vision for change.

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 4 years and 2 months

    Project ended: 30 June 2025

  20. Digitising the history of science in Great Britain

    Creating a new major digital collection for teaching and research.

    Our project partners:

    • Wiley,
    • British Science Association

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 2 years and 6 months

    Project ended: 31 March 2022

  21. A researcher studies a computer screen.

    A national persistent identifier research strategy

    Delivering sector-wide cost savings through improved automation and technical integration.

    Our project partners:

    • MoreBrains Cooperative

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 5 years and 3 months

    Project ended: 15 October 2024

  22. Building connectivity solutions to match your cloud strategy

    Ensuring members and customers continue to get the best and most cost-effective connectivity.

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 3 years and 7 months

    Project ended: 04 October 2022

  23. Shaping the future of Janet

    The Janet access programme will ensure that we continue to meet the needs of the UK education and research community.

    Our project partners:

    • Axians,
    • Ciena,
    • SSE Enterprise Telecoms

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 5 years and 7 months

    Project ended: 01 August 2023

  24. Transforming our library support services

    Developing a more effective, efficient and cohesive set of library services.

    Our project partners:

    • Research Libraries UK,
    • SCONUL

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 4 years and 5 months

    Project ended: 31 October 2020

  25. Janet end-to-end performance initiative

    Supporting user communities in making optimal use of the Janet Network for high-performance network applications.

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 8 years

    Project ended: 31 March 2023

  26. Transnational education (TNE)

    Delivering support for both established and developing TNE activities.

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 8 years and 4 months

    Project ended: 31 December 2021

  27. Moonshot

    A single, unifying technology that enables you to effectively manage and control access to a wide range of web and non-web services and applications.

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 7 years and 5 months

    Project ended: 28 September 2020

  28. National AAAI framework for researchers

    A project in collaboration with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and research organisations to design a national authentication, authorisation and accounting e-infrastructure (AAAI) framework.

    Our project partners:

    • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

    Project status: Archived project

    Duration: 9 years and 10 months

    Project ended: 01 November 2022

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