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About Us

The Chest team in Jisc Licensing negotiate preferential licence agreements for software and online resources for the academic sector. Chest have been doing this since 1988 when the first agreement for software was negotiated for universities. Further education colleges and other organisations that benefitted from licences for educational purpose soon followed. 

Chest Agreements:

  • Are open to more than 700 universities, colleges, research organisations and charities
  • Save time and licence costs for customers
  • Suppliers reach the market more quickly and gain from our in-depth understanding of the sector
  • Preferential licences guarantee the terms and conditions are explained in easy to understand language
  • Chest is impartial and focuses on what is right for customers and suppliers

Savings

We estimate that in 2020-21 Chest Agreements saved the academic community over £80 million collectively in licence costs and efficiency savings.

Chest is a Jisc Enterprise, a not-for-profit membership organisation that provides digital solutions for UK education and research.

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