oxford university press schools package JISC Collections for Schools

Relevance to the National Curriculum

Oxford University Press Schools Package is suitable for the teaching, learning and coursework requirements of an extremely broad range of subject areas from modern languages to music, art, history, English, citizenship, geography, theatre studies, ICT and science and technology at Key Stages 4 as well as at A/AS level.

Grove Art Online, Grove Music Online, Oxford Reference Online and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography have applications that are both subject-specific and cross-curricular.

Content

Oxford University Press Schools Package comprises of all five Oxford University Press resources.

Grove Art Online

Grove Art Online covers all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day - from art and architecture to ceramics and photography.

Grove Music Online

Grove Music Online covers all aspects of music - from Bach to the Blues, from the early beginnings of music to present day.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography explores the lives of over 56,000 people worldwide who have shaped the British past over the last 2,400 years - from the 4th-century BC Greek explorer Pytheas to the Queen Mother, and from the founding fathers of America to the Nawabs of Bengal.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online offers up-to-date, accurate, and authoritative translations for millions of words and phrases in French, German, Spanish, and Italian.

Oxford Reference Online

Oxford Reference Online is a comprehensive online library, offering access to the contents of over 175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.

Access options

A range of access options is on offer to enable teachers and learners to use JISC Collections for Schools resources both within the school (for example by IP address) and from home (for example via Shibboleth, a link on the school's secure intranet, and / or username and password).

Pricing

Pricing is calculated on the basis of the total number of learners at schools that choose to subscribe to Oxford University Press Schools Package, either independently or as part of a buying group.

Individual schools may subscribe at the price based on the total number of learners in their school.

Download the price list for all resources for individual state-funded schools
Download the price list for all resources for individual independent schools
Download the price list for all resources for buying groups
Download a spreadsheet enabling individual schools and buying groups to calculate prices for all resources

Subscription and invoicing information

Schools or buying groups can join the agreement at any time from 1 April 2008.
The licence agreement runs until 31 July 2011, with a potential opt-out on 31 July 2009 (with 3 months notice).
After 1 August 2009 subscribers are required to maintain their subscription until 31 July 2011.
Subscribing schools or buying groups will be invoiced annually. The first invoice is on receipt of the Licence Agreement Form. Subsequent invoices will be sent 1 August for the lifetime of the agreement.
Schools or buying groups entering into an agreement from 1 April 2008 to 31 July 2008 will pay the pro-rata amount of Year 1 prices, from the date at which they enter the agreement until 1 August 2008.
Schools or buying groups entering into an agreement during the course of the subscription year, will pay the pro-rata amount from the date at which they enter the agreement until 31 July of the subscription year.

See our subscription faqs for more information.

How to get the best price

Regional Broadband Consortia are taking an active role in coordinating buying groups to achieve the highest possible discount for individual schools in their region. In places where this is not the case, JISC Collections is aggregating orders at a regional level.

If your school is interested in placing an order, or finding out about buying groups in your region, please email jcs-info@jisc.ac.uk

4 steps to subscription

Organise your buying group. Your buying group can be an individual school, an informal group of schools making a single transaction, a local authority for some or all of the schools in its region, or a Regional Broadband Consortium for some or all of the schools in its region.
Become a member of JISC Collections. Download the membership registration form if you are an English or Scottish school, local authority or Regional Broadband Consortium not already a member of JISC Collections. Contact jcs-info@jisc.ac.uk if you are an individual school, local authority or Regional Broadband Consortium in Northern Ireland or Wales not already a member of JISC Collections.
Download and read the licence and retain a copy for your records.
Download and complete 3 copies of the appropriate agreement form.
Keep 1 copy of the agreement form for your records and send the other two copies to:

JISC Collections for Schools
JISC Collections
Brettenham House
5 Lancaster Place
London, WC2N 7EN

Help with subscription

To complete the Licence Agreement Form you will need to have the names of schools represented within your buying group, the total number of learners represented, and the IP range of the schools represented.

On receipt of the agreement, an invoice will be sent to you and access to the resource will be set up for the schools represented in you buying group.

If you need any help, email jcs-info@jisc.ac.uk who will assist you. Please ensure that you have ready the total number of learners represented by your school or buying group.

Support for teachers

Support for teachers differs from resource to resource across the Oxford University Press Schools Package. Please see individual product pages to learn more on how each resource can support teaching.

Free trials

If you would like to evaluate Oxford University Press Schools Package before making a purchasing decision, you can have free access for 30 days. This trial access is provided through IP Access. Note the access will only be active for 30 days - so please ensure that you and your colleagues take advantage of the opportunity for free evaluation.

Email jcs-info@jisc.ac.uk to set up the 30 day free trail.

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