Licensed software and content
Negotiating on your behalf
Jisc negotiates with vendors and publishers of digital content and software. We leverage the collective scale and spending power of UK higher and further education to secure affordable pricing and tailored licence agreements.
Our portfolio of over 300 agreements includes enterprise software, digital research tools and content, and teaching, learning and assessment solutions – from global vendors such as Microsoft, Adobe and Elsevier, through to new edtechs and not-for-profit publishers.
Working with you
We work collaboratively with our members, funders and representative bodies to address sector-wide challenges in our negotiations and licensing. Our strategic and expert groups ensure that we deliver outcomes that benefit the entire education and research community.
Procurement compliant
Our work in procurement and supplier management ensures our members obtain value for money. We offer a range of dynamic purchasing systems and framework agreements to address key sector challenges.
In collaboration with our procurement and purchasing consortia we ensure you can compliantly procure our negotiated agreements using Jisc frameworks, SUPC frameworks and APUC frameworks.
More than £500m in savings
Through centrally negotiated agreements that reduce costs, streamline procurement, and support digital transformation across the sector, we've saved our members £500m on licensed software and content in 2023/24.
Our portfolio
We focus on securing agreements that respond to our members strategic priorities and address challenges in licensing.
Employability and skills
Software and content licenses to support FE and HE to equip learners with the critical capabilities needed to thrive.
Employability and digital skills
Content and software designed to equip learners with the necessary knowledge and abilities to navigate the digital world and succeed in the workforce. These solutions aim to support digital fluency, wider skills development and career readiness across all disciplines.
Content and software designed to equip learners with the necessary knowledge and abilities to navigate the digital world and succeed in the workforce. These solutions aim to support digital fluency, wider skills development and career readiness across all disciplines.
Industry skills and resources
Specialist software and interactive content that develop sector-specific skills through access to authentic resources, virtual labs and simulated environments. These offer safe, flexible training for complex, real-world tasks.
Specialist software and interactive content that develop sector-specific skills through access to authentic resources, virtual labs and simulated environments. These offer safe, flexible training for complex, real-world tasks.
Careers management and employer engagement
Platforms that strengthen careers services and deepen collaboration with employers, supporting personalised guidance, meaningful work-based learning and smoother transitions from education into employment.
We are currently working with vendors in this space to negotiate agreements.
Platforms that strengthen careers services and deepen collaboration with employers, supporting personalised guidance, meaningful work-based learning and smoother transitions from education into employment.
We are currently working with vendors in this space to negotiate agreements.
Assessment and feedback
A suite of technological tools designed to complement your educational strategies, promote continuous enhancement, and anticipate your future needs through proactive and forward-thinking innovation.
Peer assessment
Tools and platforms that support peer review and feedback among students, encouraging collaboration, critical thinking, and reflective learning.
Tools and platforms that support peer review and feedback among students, encouraging collaboration, critical thinking, and reflective learning.
Assisted feedback and marking systems
Digital examinations and invigilation
Software and platforms that provide secure administration of online testing and examination.
Software and platforms that provide secure administration of online testing and examination.
Cyber security
Enhance your organisation's security posture and operational efficiency with our cyber security agreements.
Software asset management (SAM)
Endpoint detection response (EDR) and extended detection and response (XDR)
Real-time threat monitoring and automated responses by integrating data from various security tools.
Real-time threat monitoring and automated responses by integrating data from various security tools.
Email security solutions
Protect against phishing, malware and data breaches. Ensure secure communication and regulatory compliance. For more information, explore products on the Chest website:
Protect against phishing, malware and data breaches. Ensure secure communication and regulatory compliance. For more information, explore products on the Chest website:
Attack surface management
Continuously identify, monitor and reduce exposure across digital assets to prevent vulnerabilities and strengthen security posture. For more information, explore products on the Chest website:
Continuously identify, monitor and reduce exposure across digital assets to prevent vulnerabilities and strengthen security posture. For more information, explore products on the Chest website:
Research
Advancing collaboration, new discoveries and innovation through essential digital research content, tools and data.
Next generation open access
We are committed to resetting the UK’s open access agreements to achieve greater equity, inclusivity and financial sustainability. Find out more about our role in next generation open access.
We are committed to resetting the UK’s open access agreements to achieve greater equity, inclusivity and financial sustainability. Find out more about our role in next generation open access.
Dynamic purchasing scheme
Find the right electronic research notebook (ERN) through the ERN DPS, ensuring optimal procurement terms to save time, enhance standards and promote open research.
Find the right electronic research notebook (ERN) through the ERN DPS, ensuring optimal procurement terms to save time, enhance standards and promote open research.
"As a Trust, we have significantly benefited from the software licensing agreements negotiated by Jisc. These agreements have not only provided us with access to a broader suite of Microsoft tools and functionality, but they have also enabled us to streamline and scale our digital infrastructure."
Rachael Warwick, CEO, Ridgeway Education Trust
Optimising value
Our partnerships with vendors leverage the Jisc digital transformation framework to help our members achieve value from their investments in software and digital content.
Streamlined routes to procure
You can find all our software agreements available to purchase, including pricing and licensing terms and conditions on our Chest platform and all licensed digital content agreements via our license subscriptions manager platform. We are working to bring these platforms together to provide an improved customer experience.