Global health equity in United Kingdom university research: a landscape of current policies and practices

Table 2 Overview of intellectual property licensing policy landscape

University	Has publicly committed to general principles of SRL	Plans to endorse SRL within 1 year	Has endorsed specific licensing strategies for promoting access	Has endorsed licensing strategies that prioritise generic production
University College London	Yes	N/A	Yes	No
University of Edinburgh	Yes	N/A	Yes	No
University of Manchester	Yes	N/A	Yes	No
University of Oxford	Yes	N/A	No	No
Imperial College London	Yes	N/A	No	No
University of Dundee	Yes	N/A	No	No
University of Bristol	Yes	N/A	No	No
LSHTM	No	Yes	No	No
University of Liverpool^a	No	Yes	No	No
University of Aberdeen	No^b	No	No	No
University of Nottingham	No^b	No	No	No
University of Sussex	No^b	No	No	No
University of Birmingham	No	No	No	No
University of Cambridge	No	No	No	No
Cardiff University	No	No	No	No
University of Glasgow	No	No	No	No
King’s College London	No	No	No	No
University of Leeds	No	No	No	No
University of Leicester	No	No	No	No
Newcastle University	No	No	No	No
Queen Mary	No	No	No	No
University of Reading	No	No	No	No
University of Sheffield	No	No	No	No
University of Southampton	No	No	No	No
University of Warwick	No	No	No	No

Data from systematic website searches (policies only), self-reporting via electronic survey, and responses to requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (practices only)
SRL socially responsible licensing, LSHTM London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
^aPolicies on intellectual property management in effect at the University of Liverpool do not affect the management of intellectual property at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the latter of which is not included in this study
^bResponses to surveys indicated general commitment to principles of SRL by the technology transfer office, but this commitment was not official or public at the time of data collection

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