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The following agreements are affected by the change of Jisc bands. The revised bands will come into effect for agreements which are renewed after 1 January 2026. Any resources you are currently licensing will not be impacted until that licence expires, at the end of its full term. (This list is correct up to April 2024)
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The 2019 Jisc bands are effective from 01 August 2019 to 31 July 2025 for all agreements negotiated between this period.
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The banding scheme in place at the time of subscribing will remain in force for the duration of the licence period.
Institution Name | 2019 banding | 2025 banding |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | 1 | 2 |
The University of Manchester | 1 | 2 |
University College London | 1 | 1 |
University of Cambridge | 1 | 1 |
University of Oxford | 1 | 1 |
King's College London | 2 | 2 |
The University of Nottingham | 2 | 3 |
The University of Sheffield | 2 | 3 |
University of Birmingham | 2 | 2 |
University of Edinburgh | 2 | 2 |
University of Glasgow | 2 | 2 |
University of Leeds | 2 | 2 |
Cardiff University | 3 | 3 |
Queen Mary University of London | 3 | 3 |
The Open University | 3 | 3 |
University of Bristol | 3 | 2 |
University of Liverpool | 3 | 3 |
University of Newcastle upon Tyne | 3 | 3 |
University of Southampton | 3 | 3 |
University of Warwick | 3 | 3 |
Coventry University | 4 | 4 |
London School of Economics & Political Science | 4 | 4 |
Queen's University of Belfast | 4 | 4 |
Sheffield Hallam University | 4 | 5A |
The Manchester Metropolitan University | 4 | 4 |
University of Durham | 4 | 4 |
University of Exeter | 4 | 3 |
University of Leicester | 4 | 5A |
University of Strathclyde | 4 | 4 |
University of York | 4 | 4 |
City, University of London | 5A | 5B |
Leeds Beckett University | 5A | 5B |
Loughborough University | 5A | 5A |
Nottingham Trent University | 5A | 4 |
Swansea University | 5A | 5A |
The University of Reading | 5A | 5A |
University of Aberdeen | 5A | 5B |
University of Bath | 5A | 5A |
University of Central Lancashire | 5A | 5A |
University of Dundee | 5A | 5A |
University of East Anglia | 5A | 5A |
University of Hertfordshire | 5A | 5A |
University of Kent | 5A | 5B |
University of Lancaster | 5A | 5A |
University of Northumbria at Newcastle | 5A | 5A |
University of Plymouth | 5A | 5B |
University of Portsmouth | 5A | 5A |
University of Surrey | 5A | 5A |
University of Sussex | 5A | 5A |
University of the Arts London | 5A | 5A |
University of the West of England, Bristol | 5A | 5A |
Anglia Ruskin University | 5B | 5A |
Birmingham City University | 5B | 5A |
Brunel University London | 5B | 5B |
Cranfield University | 5B | 6 |
De Montfort University | 5B | 5B |
Heriot-Watt University | 5B | 5B |
Kingston University | 5B | 5B |
Liverpool John Moores University | 5B | 5B |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | 5B | 5B |
Middlesex University | 5B | 5B |
Oxford Brookes University | 5B | 6 |
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College | 5B | 6 |
The University of Huddersfield | 5B | 6 |
University of Brighton | 5B | 6 |
University of Derby | 5B | 5B |
University of East London | 5B | 6 |
University of Essex | 5B | 5B |
University of Greenwich | 5B | 5B |
University of Hull | 5B | 6 |
University of Salford | 5B | 5B |
University of South Wales | 5B | 5B |
University of St Andrews | 5B | 5B |
University of Ulster | 5B | 5B |
University of Westminster | 5B | 5B |
University of Wolverhampton | 5B | 6 |
Aberystwyth University | 6 | 7 |
Aston University | 6 | 6 |
Bangor University | 6 | 6 |
Bournemouth University | 6 | 6 |
Canterbury Christ Church University | 6 | 6 |
Edge Hill University | 6 | 7 |
Edinburgh Napier University | 6 | 7 |
Glasgow Caledonian University | 6 | 6 |
London Business School | 6 | 6 |
London Metropolitan University | 6 | 7 |
London South Bank University | 6 | 5B |
Staffordshire University | 6 | 7 |
Teesside University | 6 | 6 |
The University of Northampton | 6 | 7 |
University of Bedfordshire | 6 | 6 |
University of Bradford | 6 | 7 |
University of Chester | 6 | 7 |
University of Keele | 6 | 6 |
University of Lincoln | 6 | 6 |
University of London | 6 | 7 |
University of Sunderland | 6 | 6 |
Bath Spa University | 7 | 8 |
Birkbeck College | 7 | 7 |
Buckinghamshire New University | 7 | 6 |
Cardiff Metropolitan University | 7 | 7 |
Goldsmiths' College | 7 | 7 |
Institute of Cancer Research | 7 | 7 |
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | 7 | 5B |
Robert Gordon University | 7 | 7 |
Roehampton University | 7 | 7 |
School of Oriental and African Studies | 7 | 8 |
Solent University | 7 | 7 |
SRUC | 7 | 8 |
St George's Hospital Medical School | 7 | 8 |
The Royal Veterinary College | 7 | 7 |
The University of Cumbria | 7 | 8 |
The University of West London | 7 | 6 |
University of Gloucestershire | 7 | 8 |
University of Stirling | 7 | 7 |
University of the Highlands and Islands | 7 | 6 |
University of the West of Scotland | 7 | 6 |
University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 7 | 6 |
University of Worcester | 7 | 8 |
University for the Creative Arts | 8 | 8 |
University of Winchester | 8 | 8 |
Abertay University | 9 | 9 |
Arts University Bournemouth | 9 | 9 |
Birmingham Newman University | 9 | 10 |
Falmouth University | 9 | 8 |
Glasgow School of Art | 9 | 9 |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama | 9 | 10 |
Harper Adams University | 9 | 9 |
Hartpury University | 9 | 9 |
Leeds Trinity University | 9 | 9 |
Liverpool Hope University | 9 | 9 |
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 9 | 9 |
Ravensbourne University London | 9 | 10 |
Royal College of Art | 9 | 8 |
St Mary's University, Twickenham | 9 | 9 |
The University of Bolton | 9 | 7 |
The University of Chichester | 9 | 9 |
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance | 9 | 10 |
University College Birmingham | 9 | 9 |
University of St Mark & St John | 9 | 10 |
University of Suffolk | 9 | 7 |
Wrexham Glyndwr University | 9 | 9 |
York St John University | 9 | 8 |
Arts University Plymouth | 10 | 10 |
Bishop Grosseteste University | 10 | 10 |
Courtauld Institute of Art | 10 | 10 |
Health Sciences University | 10 | 10 |
Leeds Arts University | 10 | 10 |
Leeds Conservatoire | 10 | 10 |
National Film and Television School | 10 | 10 |
Norwich University of the Arts | 10 | 10 |
Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance | 10 | 10 |
Royal Academy of Music | 10 | 10 |
Royal Agricultural University | 10 | 10 |
Royal College of Music | 10 | 10 |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | 10 | 10 |
Royal Northern College of Music | 10 | 10 |
St Mary's University College | 10 | 10 |
Stranmillis University College | 10 | 10 |
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts | 10 | 10 |
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | 10 | 10 |
Writtle University College | 10 | 10 |
Further Education institutions are listed according to their band classification (A to J).
All FE bands were reviewed and implemented from 01 August 2020
Institution Name | 2020 banding |
Activate Learning | C |
Cardiff and Vale College | C |
Chichester College Group | C |
City of Glasgow College | C |
Grŵp Llandrillo Menai | C |
Leeds City College | C |
LTE Group | C |
NCG | C |
New City College Corporation | C |
New College Lanarkshire | C |
Nottingham College | C |
South & City College Birmingham | C |
South Thames Colleges Group | C |
The WKCIC Group | C |
Bedford College Group | D |
Belfast Metropolitan College | D |
Birmingham Metropolitan College | D |
Bradford College | D |
Coleg Cambria | D |
Coleg Gwent | D |
Cornwall College | D |
Edinburgh College | D |
HCUC | D |
Lincoln College | D |
Milton Keynes College | D |
South Essex College of Further and Higher Education | D |
Sunderland College | D |
United Colleges Group | D |
West College Scotland | D |
Weston College | D |
Ayrshire College | E |
Barnet and Southgate College | E |
Blackburn College | E |
Blackpool and The Fylde College | E |
Bridgwater and Taunton College | E |
Bromley College of Further and Higher Education | E |
DCG | E |
DN Colleges Group | E |
East Sussex College Group | E |
Fife College | E |
Gateshead College | E |
Glasgow Clyde College | E |
Hull College | E |
Neath Port Talbot College | E |
North East Scotland College | E |
RNN Group | E |
South Eastern Regional College | E |
The City of Liverpool College | E |
The Sheffield College | E |
Warwickshire College Group | E |
West Nottinghamshire College | E |
Barnsley College | F |
Cambridge Regional College | F |
Cheshire College - South and West | F |
City College Norwich | F |
City of Bristol College | F |
Colchester Institute | F |
Coleg Y Cymoedd | F |
Dudley College of Technology | F |
East Kent College | F |
Exeter College | F |
Gower College Swansea | F |
Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education | F |
Havant and South Downs College | F |
Kirklees College | F |
Leicester College | F |
Middlesbrough College | F |
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group | F |
Newham College of Further Education | F |
Solihull College and University Centre | F |
South West College | F |
Southern Regional College | F |
Truro and Penwith College | F |
Tyne Coast College | F |
West Herts College | F |
Askham Bryan College | G |
Barking and Dagenham College | G |
Bury College | G |
Chesterfield College | G |
City College Plymouth | G |
Coleg Sir Gar | G |
Dundee and Angus College | G |
Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College | G |
Eastleigh College | G |
Forth Valley College of Further and Higher Education | G |
Glasgow Kelvin College | G |
Gloucestershire College | G |
Heart of Worcestershire College | G |
MidKent College | G |
Nelson and Colne College | G |
New College Durham | G |
North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College | G |
North West Regional College | G |
Northern Regional College | G |
Oaklands College | G |
Pembrokeshire College | G |
Salford City College | G |
Sandwell College | G |
South Devon College | G |
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College | G |
St Helens College | G |
The Bournemouth and Poole College | G |
The College of West Anglia | G |
The Trafford College Group | G |
Walsall College | G |
Wiltshire College | G |
Workers' Educational Association | G |
Abingdon and Witney College | H |
Aylesbury College | H |
Bolton College | H |
Bridgend College | H |
Brooklands College | H |
Burnley College | H |
City of Wolverhampton College | H |
Coventry College | H |
Croydon College | H |
East Coast College | H |
East Surrey College | H |
Halesowen College | H |
Harlow College | H |
Hartpury College | H |
Havering College of Further and Higher Education | H |
Herefordshire and Ludlow College | H |
Hopwood Hall College | H |
Lambeth College | H |
Loughborough College | H |
Myerscough College | H |
New College Swindon | H |
North East Surrey College of Technology | H |
North Hertfordshire College | H |
North Kent College | H |
Northampton College | H |
Peterborough Regional College | H |
Petroc Preston College | H |
Reaseheath College | H |
Riverside College Halton | H |
Runshaw College | H |
Shrewsbury Colleges Group | H |
South Staffordshire College | H |
Sparsholt College, Hampshire | H |
Stockton Riverside College | H |
Stoke-on-Trent College | H |
Tameside College | H |
Telford College | H |
The Oldham College | H |
The Windsor Forest Colleges Group | H |
Unified Seevic Palmer's College | H |
Wakefield College | H |
Warrington & Vale Royal College | H |
West Kent and Ashford College | H |
West Suffolk College | H |
Wigan & Leigh College | H |
York College | H |
Barton Peveril Sixth Form College | I |
Basingstoke College of Technology | I |
Bath College | I |
Berkshire College of Agriculture | I |
Bishop Auckland College | I |
Bishop Burton College | I |
Boston College | I |
Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | I |
Brockenhurst College | I |
Burton and South Derbyshire College | I |
Calderdale College | I |
Capel Manor College | I |
Cardinal Newman College | I |
Central Bedfordshire College | I |
Chelmsford College | I |
Christ the King Sixth Form College | I |
Cirencester College | I |
Craven College | I |
Darlington College | I |
Derwentside College | I |
Dumfries and Galloway College | I |
East Durham College | I |
East Riding College | I |
Easton and Otley College | I |
Fareham College | I |
Farnborough College of Technology | I |
Furness College | I |
Greenhead College | I |
Hadlow College | I |
Hartlepool College of Further Education | I |
Havering Sixth Form College | I |
Hertford Regional College | I |
Highbury College | I |
Hills Road Sixth Form College | I |
Holy Cross College | I |
Huddersfield New College | I |
Hugh Baird College | I |
Isle of Wight College | I |
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College | I |
Lakes College West Cumbria | I |
Lancaster and Morecambe College | I |
Leeds College of Building | I |
Leyton Sixth Form College | I |
Lighthouse Learning Trust | I |
Loreto Sixth Form College | I |
Luton Sixth Form College | I |
Merthyr Tydfil College Limited | I |
Morley College Limited | I |
Moulton College | I |
New College Stamford | I |
Newham Sixth Form College | I |
Oldham Sixth Form College | I |
Peter Symonds' College | I |
Plumpton College | I |
Priestley College | I |
Queen Mary's College | I |
Reigate College | I |
Richmond upon Thames College | I |
Sir George Monoux College | I |
Southampton City College | I |
Southport College | I |
Stephenson College | I |
Strode College | I |
Suffolk New College | I |
Swindon College | I |
The Blackpool Sixth Form College | I |
The City Literary Institute | I |
The Sixth Form College Colchester | I |
The Sixth Form College Farnborough | I |
Waltham Forest College | I |
West Lothian College | I |
West Thames College | I |
Weymouth College | I |
Wirral Metropolitan College | I |
WQE and Regent College Group | I |
Xaverian College | I |
Yeovil College | I |
Ada National College for Digital Skills | J |
Addysg Oedolion Cymru / Adult Learning Wales | J |
Aquinas College | J |
Ashton Sixth Form College | J |
Bexhill College | J |
Bilborough College | J |
Birkenhead Sixth Form College | J |
Bolton Sixth Form College | J |
Borders College | J |
Brooksby Melton College | J |
Carmel College | J |
Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College | J |
City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College | J |
East Norfolk Sixth Form College | J |
Esher College | J |
Fircroft College of Adult Education | J |
Franklin College | J |
Gateway Sixth Form College | J |
Godalming College | J |
Grantham College | J |
Hereford College of Arts | J |
Hereford Sixth Form College | J |
Hereward College of Further Education | J |
Inicio Academies - Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College | J |
Itchen College | J |
John Leggott College | J |
Kendal College | J |
Kensington and Chelsea College | J |
King Edward VI College Nuneaton | J |
King Edward VI College Stourbridge | J |
Kingston Maurward College | J |
Long Road Sixth Form College | J |
Longley Park Sixth Form College | J |
Macclesfield College | J |
Mary Ward Settlement | J |
National College for Creative & Cultural Industries | J |
New Collaborative Learning Trust | J |
Newbattle Abbey College | J |
Newbury College | J |
Northern College for Residential Adult Education | J |
Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College | J |
Portsmouth College | J |
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College | J |
Richard Huish College | J |
Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College | J |
Rochdale Sixth Form College | J |
Ruskin College | J |
Scarborough Sixth Form College | J |
Selby College | J |
Shipley College | J |
Sir John Deane's College | J |
St Brendan's Sixth Form College | J |
St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College | J |
St David's Catholic College | J |
St Dominic's Sixth Form College | J |
St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College | J |
St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College | J |
St Mary's College | J |
Stanmore College | J |
Summit Learning Trust | J |
The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | J |
The Henley College | J |
The Northern School of Art | J |
Thomas Rotherham College | J |
Varndean College | J |
Wilberforce College | J |
Winstanley College | J |
Woking College | J |
Woodhouse College | J |
Worcester Sixth Form College | J |
Working Men's College Corporation | J |
Wyke Sixth Form College | J |
We license content for a range of research organisations. We use a research banding methodology based on FTE, which reflects the original Research Councils /RescoLinc methodology. Research institutes are closely aligned to our academic HE members and participate in agreements we have licensed for the HE sector, with the agreement of the publisher. This arrangement has been in place for many years.
We have the following organisations banded as Research Organisations:
This will be a new band, which is currently being assessed, based on all the relevant staff/researcher FTE in UKRI. This band will be used when we license resources using Jisc banded pricing, for access by all UKRI staff.
For some agreements, we license at UKRI research council level. Each UKRI research council has been designated its own band based on the same FTE schema:
Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) - 10
Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) - 5A
Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) - 10
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) - 9
Medical Research Council (MRC) - 7
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - 7
Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) - 5B
Innovate UK - 9
Each research council has research institutes within the council. Where the research council doesn't want to license for all science researchers in the council, we may on occasion license an agreement just for a component research institute. The bands for each research institute this may apply to are shown below and use the same FTE schema for consistency (Science FTE shown in brackets):
Babraham Institute (125) - 10
Pirbright Institute (178) - 10
Rothamsted Institute (123) - 10
Norwich Biosciences Institutes (532) - 8
Earlham Institute (87)
John Innes Centre (318)
Quadrum Institute (127)
Most of the non-commercial research institutes were at one time a constituent part of a UK research council, and/or receive the majority of their funding from a funding council such as UKRI, Wellcome Trust or NIHR. All, or most of the entities shown below may, on occasion, license content as part of a research institutes consortium along with UKRI research councils and institutes, dependent on the publisher concerned.
The following institutes may be included in some UKRI agreements:
The Francis Crick Institute - 5A
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) - 9
Wellcome Sanger Institute - 5B
National Marine Biological Association (MBA) - 10
Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS - Part of UHI) - 5B
Other research institutes:
The Alan Turing Institute - 10 (Academic affiliate)
Catapult Network - 5A (Non-Academic affiliate)
National Oceanographic Centre (NOC) - 3 (Academic affiliate)
UK Atomic Energy Authority - 5B (Academic affiliate)
UK Health Security Agency - 4 (Non-Academic affiliate)
Subscription costs of agreements are based on the Jisc banding below. Specialist Colleges are listed alphabetically by name.
A
Arden College J
Ashford College J
B
Beaumont College J
Belford College J
Bridge College J
D
Dame Hannah Rogers School and Further Education Unit J
David Lewis Centre J
Derwen College J
Dilston College of Further Education J
Doncaster College For The Deaf J
Dorton College Of Further Education J
E
Ealing Leap Services - The National Autistics Society J
ESPA Colleges (Ashleigh)(South Hill)(Tasker) J
F
Fairfield Opportunity Farm (Dilton) Ltd J
Farleigh Sixth Form College J
Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy J
Foxes Academy J
G
Green Laund J
H
Hinwick Hall College of Further Education J
Homefield College J
Hope Lodge School J
hsbp Henshaws College J
I
Interact Centre J
Iver House Ltd J
K
King’s School Rochester J
Kisharon College J
L
Landmarks J
Langdon College J
Lindeth College of Further Education J
Linkage College - Toynton Hall Campus- Weelsby Hall Campus; Sampson Campus J
Loppington House J
Lufton Manor College J
M
Meldreth Manor J
Minstead Training Project J
Mount Camphill Community Ltd J
N
Nash College of Further Education Centre J
National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (NCYPE) J
National Star Centre College of Further Education (CABIR Unit) J
O
Oakwood Court J
P
Pennine Camphill Community, Wakefield J
Portland College J
Q
Queen Alexandra College J
Queen Elizabeth's Foundation Brain Injury Centre & Queen Elizabeth's Foundation Development Centre J
R
RNIB New College Worcester J
RNIB Vocational College, Loughborough J
Royal National College for the Blind J
Royal School for the Deaf, Manchester J
Royal West of England School for the Deaf J
Ruskin Mill Further Education Unit & Glasshouse Project J
S
SENSE East J
St. Elizabeth’s School J
St. John’s Catholic School for the Deaf J
Stanbridge Earls School J
Strathmore House, Stoke on Trent J
T
Thornbeck College J
Treloar College J
W
West of England School (for Children with little or no sight) J
Westgate College J
Whitegates Further Education Unit J
William Morris Camphill Community J
Academic-related Affiliate Members include Republic of Ireland Universities, Alternative Providers of Higher Education in the UK, newly-established HEIs outside the Jisc membership, and other not-for-profit organisations that work closely with the HE sector. Banding for these institutions is based on institutional income and follows our UK HE banding methodology or FE banding methodology.
Current academic-related Affiliate Members and their bands are listed below.
HE Academic Affiliate Members:
The Alan Turing Institute - 10
The Architectural Association School of Architecture - 10
Arden University - 9
BPP University - 5A
David Game Higher Education - 10
Dublin City University - 6
The Francis Crick Institute - 5A
The James Hutton Institute - 9
London Churchill College Ltd - 10
London Interdisciplinary School - 10
National Marine Biological Library - 10
National University of Ireland Galway - 5A
New College of the Humanities - 10
The Pirbright Institute - 10
Regent's University London - 8
Rothamsted Research - 10
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew - 6
Royal College of Physicians of London - 9
Royal College of Surgeons of England - 9
The University of Buckingham - 9
Trinity College Dublin - 4
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - 9
University Centre Quayside - 10
Union Theological College - 10
University Centre Peterborough - 10
University of Gibraltar - 10
University of Law - 7
University of Limerick - 5B
The Wellcome Trust - 10
FE Academic Affiliate Members
Our non-academic Affiliate Members include cultural organisations, museums and galleries, and scientific entities.
Current non-academic Affiliate Members and their Jisc bands are outlined below:
*Organisations without a band will be allocated one when we receive details of staff headcount following an evaluation of the institution concerned as part of the process for establishing a new affiliate member.