• The JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) coordinates educational IT structures in the UK. Directly funded by the state at the same level as research councils.
• JISC runs the physical network for HE and FE, provides services, and funds applied research.
• OSS Watch is funded from 2003-2006 as a UK national Open Source Advisory Service.
• OSS Watch has 3.25 FTE based in Oxford University Computing Services' Research Technologies section.

OSS Watch provides unbiased advice and guidance about free and open source software for UK further and higher education.

OSS Watch is not an open source advocacy group.