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Table 3 Overview of licensing practices (2012–2013)

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

University

Publicly available SRL policy

Proportion of licenses that were non-exclusive

Proportion of licenses that included provisions to promote access in LLMICs

University of Bristol

Yes

96%

44%

Newcastle University

No

90%

–

University of Leeds

No

82%

–

University of Oxford

Yes

71–100%

81–100%

University College London

Yes

51–70%

41–60%

University of Glasgow

No

51–70%

0–20%

University of Edinburgh

Yes

31–50%

0%

Imperial College London

Yes

31–50%

21–40%

University of Leicester

No

11–30%

0–20%

University of Sheffield

No

11–30%

0–20%

University of Aberdeen

No

0–10%

81–100%

University of Birmingham

No

0–10%

0–20%

University of Manchester

Yes

0–10%

0–20%

University of Sussex

No

0–10%

0–20%

University of Southampton

No

9%

–

University of Dundee

Yes

0%

–

King's College London

No

0%

–

University of Nottingham

No

0%

–

Queen Mary

No

0%

–

University of Warwick

No

0%

–

Cardiff University

No

N/A

N/A

University of Liverpool

No

N/A

–

LSHTM

No

N/A

N/A

University of Reading

No

N/A

N/A

University of Cambridge

No

a

–

Correlation with presence of SRL policy

–

0.469 (P = 0.051)

0.286 (P = 0.346)

  1. Correlations given as Somers’ D, calculated from datasets with ‘N/A’,’—‘, and ‘a’ values censored
  2. ‘N/A’ indicates no licenses were executed during the time period
  3. ‘–’ indicates that this question was not answered via electronic survey, and could not be ascertained otherwise
  4. SRL socially responsible licensing, LSHTM London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, LLMICs low- and lower-middle-income countries
  5. aRefused to provide information requested under the Freedom of Information Act for this question