Permission Request

Dear Sir/Madam

[Insert name of project and institution/s] is being funded by the JISC and Higher Education Academy to preparedigital open learning resources as part of [Insert more detailed information about the aims/objectives of your project and the types of broader benefits that are likely to be realised by the release of this material as OER].

These learning resources will be made openly available online under a Creative Commons Licence [insert the type of licence here, making sure NOT to specify the version number of the licence nor the jurisdiction]. It is our intention that users will subsequently use and re-use the whole and parts of these learning materials in the development of their own educational resources.

We will give full credit to the original source, as requested by you.

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Please note that if you have assigned your copyright to a Publisher, or other rights holder, or if you have created the resource during the course of your employment without an agreement for you to retain the copyright, you may not have the rights to grant the permissions which we are seeking. We would be grateful if you might indicate if this might be the case. If you are not the owner of the material (above), including any third party materials which are contained within, please could you supply the name and address of the person/organization to whom requests should be directed?

If permission is granted, please sign the attached form below and return it to me by fax, e-mail or post by [Insert Date]

Yours faithfully

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I (WE) HAVE THE RIGHT TO GRANT PERMISSION FOR THE USE OF THE MATERIAL DESCRIBED ABOVE.

I (We) here grant the [insert name of institution] a non exclusive irrevocable licence to reproduce or, if it is necessary, to redraw or modify the material listed below in this and all subsequent versions of these learning materials, derivative works, in any form or medium, whether now known or hereafter developed, in all languages, for distribution in the United Kingdom and beyond under a Creative Commons Licence [insert the type of licence here, making sure not to specify the version or jurisdiction of the licence]. Permission is granted for use from [INSERT DATE] in perpetuity.

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