Projects
Take a look at our services in development and other innovation projects, all made possible by our major funders.
Explore 21 projects
Transforming education and research with 5G connectivity
Empowering education and research with the speed, reliability, and control with private 5G cellular networks
Our project partners:
- University of Bristol
Project status: Ongoing project
Adopting and managing institutional rights retention policies
Exploring how we could provide member higher education institutions with a range of information, support and guidance to implement and maintain an IRRP.
Project status: Just completed
Duration: 3 months
Project ended: 31 July 2023
Transforming education and research with edge computing
Delivering computing resources from the heart of Janet, at the edge of your network, to power education and research.
Our project partners:
- AWS
Project status: Ongoing project
Implementing the new UKRI open access policy
How we are supporting the research community to implement the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) open access policy.
Our project partners:
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Project status: Ongoing project
Supporting research teams with the technology infrastructure they need
Accelerating the shift to flexible, sustainable and cost-effective digital research tools.
Project status: Ongoing project
edubox: delivering eduroam through 4G and 5G cellular connectivity on a low-cost flexible device
Extending the eduroam network to off-campus teaching and learning spaces.
Project status: Ongoing project
Positive digital practices: supporting mental wellbeing
Funded by the Office for Students, this collaborative project aims to embed and sustain positive practices that support mental wellbeing.
Our project partners:
- Student Minds,
- The Open University,
- University Mental Health Advisers Network (UMHAN),
- University of Bradford,
- University of Warwick
Project status: Ongoing project
Octopus: creating a new primary research record for science
Developing a ground-breaking global service which could positively disrupt research culture for the better.
Our project partners:
- Octopus,
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI),
- UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN)
Project status: Ongoing project
Plan M: streamlining the bibliographic metadata marketplace
Engaging with stakeholders throughout the supply chain to streamline workflows, enhance usability and facilitate collaboration through leadership and a vision for change.
Project status: Ongoing project
Managing open access publication workflows and compliance
A flexible workflow solution to support universities and funders in monitoring open access publications.
Project status: Ongoing project
Transforming Jisc's domain name system (DNS)
Investing in Jisc’s core DNS to protect the .ac.uk namespace; strengthening resilience, ensuring high availability and introducing self-service.
Our project partners:
- CentralNic Registry,
- Infoblox,
- Khipu
Project status: Ongoing project
Managed firewall and routing service
Ensuring Janet-connected customers have access to cost-effective managed firewall and routing services.
Project status: Archived project
Duration: 2 years and 7 months
Project ended: 07 June 2022
Digitising the history of science in Great Britain
Creating a new major digital collection for teaching and research.
Our project partners:
- Wiley,
- British Science Association
Project status: Archived project
Duration: 2 years and 6 months
Project ended: 31 March 2022
A national persistent identifier research strategy
Delivering sector-wide cost savings through improved automation and technical integration.
Our project partners:
- MoreBrains Cooperative
Project status: Ongoing project
Building connectivity solutions to match your cloud strategy
Ensuring members and customers continue to get the best and most cost-effective connectivity.
Project status: Archived project
Duration: 3 years and 7 months
Project ended: 04 October 2022
Shaping the future of Janet
The Janet access programme will ensure that we continue to meet the needs of the UK education and research community.
Our project partners:
- Axians,
- Ciena,
- SSE Enterprise Telecoms
Project status: Just completed
Duration: 5 years and 7 months
Project ended: 01 August 2023
Transforming our library support services
Developing a more effective, efficient and cohesive set of library services.
Our project partners:
- Research Libraries UK,
- SCONUL
Project status: Archived project
Duration: 4 years and 5 months
Project ended: 31 October 2020
Janet end-to-end performance initiative
Supporting user communities in making optimal use of the Janet Network for high-performance network applications.
Project status: Archived project
Duration: 8 years
Project ended: 31 March 2023
Transnational education (TNE)
Delivering support for both established and developing TNE activities.
Project status: Archived project
Duration: 8 years and 4 months
Project ended: 31 December 2021
Moonshot
A single, unifying technology that enables you to effectively manage and control access to a wide range of web and non-web services and applications.
Project status: Archived project
Duration: 7 years and 5 months
Project ended: 28 September 2020
National AAAI framework for researchers
A project in collaboration with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and research organisations to design a national authentication, authorisation and accounting e-infrastructure (AAAI) framework.
Our project partners:
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Project status: Archived project
Duration: 9 years and 10 months
Project ended: 01 November 2022