Top universities’ journal subscriptions ‘average £4 million’
Subscriptions to academic journals are costing leading UK universities almost £4 million a year on average, new figures reveal.
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Subscriptions to academic journals are costing leading UK universities almost £4 million a year on average, new figures reveal.
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