Higher Education Licence

What does the CLA Higher Education Licence permit?

The following information applies to both copyright licences for the Higher Education sector:

Make copies from books, magazines, journals, and websites.
Share copies with students and staff.
Store copies on your intranet.
From a book, copy up to one chapter or 10% of the total, whichever is greater.
From a journal issue, copy up to two whole articles, or, in some cases, any number of articles – or 10%, whichever is the greater.
Extend the value of the licence with access to the Digital Content Store and other CLA digital tools.
Copy publications from the UK and international mandate publishers plus 42 international territories.

Make sure your organisation is protected

CLA is recognised by the government as the collective licensing body for the reuse of text and images from books, magazines, journals, and websites.

Higher Education Licence extensions

We have developed HE-specific extensions to the CLA HE licence tailored to the sector’s needs. Get more from the CLA Licence with the following extensions.

SEPS

The Second Extract Permissions Service is our time-saving solution that allows customers to buy additional permissions on a pay-as-you-go basis.

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EHESS

Buy copyright fee-paid and high-quality outsourced scans using this streamlined document supply service provided by the British Library and CLA.

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Existing users

If you are already registered to use EHESS or SEPS, you can access your account here.

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Supporting tools

The "Check Permissions" feature is available to everyone, even if you don't have a licence. You can use it to verify whether an article, book, or website is subject to the CLA licence.

The DCS is a reporting and workflow tool that manages licence reporting and facilitates sourcing, copying, and sharing of content.

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Licence documents

Higher Education Licence support documents - including DCRF reporting documents and role guidance.

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International territories

See the full list of territories that we have agreements with.

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Included publishers

The list below shows UK digital material publishers that have opted-in to the Higher Education Licence

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Webinars

Keep up to date with our DCS webinars!

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Higher Education Licence FAQs

Find out more about the Higher Education Licence and how it can protect and support your organisation

Can anyone at my HEI copy under the Licence?

Can I copy more than 10%?

Who can I make copies for?

How much can I copy?

Does it cost anything to use the DCS?

Name	Provider / Domain	Expiration	Description
cla_customer	https://cla.co.uk/	Session	This cookie is used to remember the state of the “CLA Customer” toggle in header. No personal information stored.
cla-form-submitted	https://cla.co.uk/	1 month	This cookie is used to check if a user has access to a restricted page. No personal information stored.
cla_user_licence_id	https://cla.co.uk/	Session	This cookie is used to remember the user selected licence. No personal information stored.
cla-jwt	.cla.co.uk	1 hour	The cla-jwt cookie is a distinctive token utilised within our license permissions system integrated into the website. It ensures seamless operation and access management. This cookie does not store any sensitive information, ensuring user privacy and data security.
jwt-expiry	.cla.co.uk	1 hour	It is employed to store the expiration date of the cla-jwt token. This cookie aids in maintaining accurate session timing and enhancing user experience by managing token validity efficiently. This cookie does not store any sensitive information, ensuring user privacy and data security.
cla-course-login	cla.co.uk	1 month	This cookie is set when a user logs in to our website. It contains a unique user identifier, allowing the user to access courses seamlessly. The cookie does not store any sensitive information and is designed to enhance the user experience by maintaining login sessions. It is set to expire in 30 days, ensuring that users remain logged in without needing to re-authenticate frequently.
Recite.Persist	cla.co.uk	1 year	This cookie is used when the Recite.me Assistive Toolbar is launched and allows the toolbar to persist across subsequent web pages on the website.
Recite.Preferences	cla.co.uk	1 year	This cookie is used when the Recite.me Assistive Toolbar is launched and allows user-selected settings to auto-load on subsequent web pages on the website.
ASLBSACORS	cla.co.uk	Session	This cookie is likely associated with load balancing to ensure that visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.
ApplicationGatewayAffinity	cla.co.uk	Session	This cookie is used to maintain user session affinity, ensuring that a user's requests within a session are sent to the same server for consistent interaction with the web application.
sp_landing	Spotify Inc. .spotify.com	1 day	Required to ensure the functionality of the integrated Spotify plugin. This does not result in any cross-site functionality.
sp_t	Spotify Inc. .spotify.com	1 year	Required to ensure the functionality of the integrated Spotify plugin. This does not result in any cross-site functionality.
CookieScriptConsent	CookieScript cla.co.uk	1 month	This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.
__cf_bm	Cloudflare Inc. .canva.com	30 minutes	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
ASLBSA	cla.co.uk	Session	This cookie is typically used to ensure a consistent and efficient user experience by managing load balancing on the web server, helping to ensure that user requests are directed to the same server in any browsing session.
PHPSESSID	PHP.net cla.co.uk	Session	Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages.

Name	Provider / Domain	Expiration	Description
cf_clearance	Cloudflare, Inc. cla.co.uk	1 year	This cookie is set by Cloudflare, a service that improves website security. This temporary cookie helps ensure a smooth browsing experience.
_clck	cla.co.uk	1 year	Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie. It anonymously tracks visitor behaviour to enhance the browsing experience and website performance. The cookie gathers data on visitor numbers, source (where they came from), and pages viewed.
_clsk	Microsoft cla.co.uk	1 day	Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie. It links various page views from a single visitor into one session. This helps analyse how visitors navigate the website. The cookie collects anonymous data.
_vwo_uuid	Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd https://cla.co.uk/	1 year	The _vwo_uuid cookie generates a unique ID for each visitor. It helps distinguish one visitor from another and is used for report segmentation in VWO. Importantly, it does not contain any personal data.
_vwo_ds	Wingify https://cla.co.uk/	3 months	This cookie stores persistent user-level data for VWO Insights.
Pardot	https://cla.co.uk/	Session	The pardot cookie is set while the visitor is logged in as a Pardot user. The cookie indicates an active session and is not used for tracking.
_vis_opt_s	Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd https://cla.co.uk/	3 months 10 days	The _vis_opt_s cookie tracks session creation for a visitor. It counts the number of times the browser was closed and reopened. Used for A/B testing, rollouts, personalization, and insights.
_vwo_uuid_v2	Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd .cla.co.uk	1 year	This cookie name is associated with the product Visual Website Optimiser, by USA based Wingify. The tool helps site owners measure the performance of different versions of web pages. This cookie ensures a visitor always sees the same version of a page and is used to track behaviour to measure the performance of different page versions.
ar_debug	.googleadservices.com	3 months	This cookie is used for troubleshooting and analytical purposes, intended to track errors and improve services by providing insights into how the website is functioning.
_ga	Google LLC .cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
_ga_6E28TL5ZLG	.cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
YSC	Google LLC .youtube.com	Session	This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.

Name	Provider / Domain	Expiration	Description
loc	Oracle Corporation https://cla.co.uk/	1 year	AddThis sets this geolocation cookie to help understand the location of users who share the information.
uvc	Oracle Corporation https://cla.co.uk/	1 year	addthis.com sets this cookie to determine the usage of addthis.com service.
In_or	.linkedin.com	1 day	LinkedIn sets this cookie to registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website for internal analytics.
UTM and CLAID	https://cla.co.uk/	1 month	UTM and CLAID cookies are used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.
utm_medium	cla.co.uk	1 month	This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.
visitor_id699783-hash	.pardot.com	1 year 1 month	A Pardot cookie security measure that prevents malicious users from faking a visitor and accessing prospect information. The cookie contains the account ID and stores a unique hash
_fbp	Meta Platform Inc. .cla.co.uk	2 months 29 days	Used by Meta, the _fbp cookie is used to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website.
_gcl_au	Google LLC .cla.co.uk	2 months 29 days	Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services
UTM	cla.co.uk	1 month	This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.
visitor_id699783	.pardot.com	1 year 1 month	A Pardot cookie that appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The visitor_id699783 cookie tracks user interactions and helps personalize marketing content.
IDE	Google LLC .doubleclick.net	1 year	The IDE cookie is used for advertising purposes. It registers and reports user actions after viewing or clicking on ads.
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	YouTube .youtube.com	6 months	.youtube.com - This cookie is used to store the user's consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor's consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honoured in future sessions.
bcookie	Microsoft Corporation .linkedin.com	1 year	The bcookie cookie tracks user behavior across LinkedIn services and helps with ad targeting and analytics.
visitor_id699783-hash	cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	A Pardot cookie security measure that prevents malicious users from faking a visitor and accessing prospect information.
pum_alm_pages_viewed	cla.co.uk	3 months	A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.
test_cookie	Google LLC .doubleclick.net	15 minutes	This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies.
pum_alm_last_activity	cla.co.uk	23 hours 59 minutes	A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.
visitor_id699783	cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	This is a cookie pattern that appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The cookies in this domain have a lifespan of 10 years.
lpv699783	pi.pardot.com	30 minutes	A pi.pardot.com cookie for tracking user activity on website.
pum_alm_first_activity	cla.co.uk	23 hours 59 minutes	A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.
CLAID	cla.co.uk	1 month	This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.
pum_alm_popup_open_counts	cla.co.uk	3 months	A cookie that remembers a user's previous activity in relation to forms and popups.

Name	Provider / Domain	Expiration	Description
__atuvc	Oracle Corporation https://cla.co.uk/	1 year	The __atuvc cookie stores performed actions on a website. It helps track user interactions and actions related to sharing content.
__atuvs	Oracle Corporation https://cla.co.uk/	30 minutes	Similar to __atuvc, the __atuvs cookie also stores performed actions on a website.
_vis_opt_test_cookie	Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd https://cla.co.uk/	Session	The _vis_opt_test_cookie detects if cookies are enabled in the visitor’s browser. It also tracks the number of browser sessions.
_vwo_sn	Wingify https://cla.co.uk/	30 minutes	This cookie stores session-level information.
test_cookie	Google LLC https://cla.co.uk/	15 minutes	This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Google LLC .youtube.com	6 months	This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface.
lidc	Microsoft Corporation .linkedin.com	1 day	LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data centre selection.
li_gc	LinkedIn Corporation .linkedin.com	6 months	Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes

Higher Education Licence Solutions

What does the CLA Higher Education Licence permit?

Make sure your organisation is protected

Higher Education Licence extensions

SEPS

EHESS

Existing users

Supporting tools

Useful links

Licence documents

International territories

Included publishers

Webinars

Keep up to date

Higher Education Licence FAQs

Do you need a licence?

Select your industry