Universities lobby Lords on FOI research exemption

Universities UK, the vice-chancellors’ umbrella group, has produced a briefing for peers in the House of Lords on creating an exemption for unpublished university research data under the Freedom of Information Act.

Writing in a UUK blog post, Vivienne Stern, the organisation’s head of political affairs, says a House of Lords debate on the Protection of Freedoms Bill on 12 January is the UUK’s chance to make its case.