Publishing Services

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        "description": "The University of Westminster seeks to appoint a suitably skilled and experienced service provider to deliver Publishing services. The University of Westminster Press operates within the Research Environment and Scholarly Communications area of the Research and Knowledge Exchange Office and publishes books and journals made available via open access.",
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