For articles included in theses, the policy component for open access to journal articles and conference publicationsis applied.1. Higher education institutions provide support and templates for obtaining permission to republish articles included in theses.2. For article-based theses, the use of delayed publication (embargoes) should be avoided. 3. Authors' awareness of predatory publishers and their practices will be increased. +
By 2025, higher education institutions provide thesis supervisors and authors with support and guidance on how to open theses responsibly. Thesis supervisors and authors will have the necessary skills to open theses responsibly. +
Accessibility requirements apply to all theses. Higher education institutions will provide thesis authors with an accessible template for the textual material as well as guidance and support for its use. Support will also be provided for other thesis formats to ensure the thesis author can make them accessible. +
Portfolios and theses containing prior learning outputs may be subject to the policy on open education and educational resources. Where appropriate, prior learning or theses will be identified and recognised. +
By 2025, higher education institutions provide a contract template for theses conducted in cooperation with companies and other organisations (such as research institutes). Conditions for open access will be defined as part of the contract template. +
The metadata of theses, excluding abstracts, will be openly published under a CC0 licence.1. Organisations will provide support and guidance for metadata production. +
Higher education institutions aim to cover reasonable costs of open access publication of theses (e.g. article processing charges, Teosto fees).1. Thesis authors are informed about open access article publication channels without author fees. +
From 2025 onwards, higher education institutions support and train thesis supervisors and authors in data management. The thesis author will write a data management plan to the extent required by the thesis level, if the thesis involves research data. 1. Both the supervisor and the thesis author have knowledge of and skills to apply the FAIR principles. The organisation provides support for FAIR management, e.g. in the form of guidelines. If research data included in the thesis is opened, it will be handled in accordance with the policy for open research data and methods. +
Higher education institutions recommend that the archivable part of the thesis be licensed under a Creative Commons license, taking into account copyright. Other open licences, such as open-source licences, may also be used depending on discipline. 1. Institutions of higher education develop guidelines for thesis supervisors and authors on how to open theses responsibly.2. Organisations offer support to the thesis supervisor and the author in choosing the appropriate open licence. Third party rights must be taken into account when licensing. +
Open education and educational resources, open access to scholarly publications. National policy and executive plan by the higher education and research community for 2021–2025: Policy component for open access to theses +
Open education and educational resources, open access to scholarly publications. National policy and executive plan by the higher education and research community for 2021–2025: Policy component for open access to theses +
Open education and educational resources, open access to scholarly publications. National policy and executive plan by the higher education and research community for 2021–2025: Policy component for open access to theses +
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