Open Educational Resources (OER), funded by HEFCE and run by the Academy and JISC, aims to make a wide range of learning resources created by academics freely available, easily discovered and routinely re-used by both educators and learners. On June 24, 2009 the Higher Education Academy and JISC officially launched its Open Educational Resources programme, helping to drive open innovation across the UK. The announcement by David Lammy (UK Minister for Higher Education and IPR) to create an online innovation fund and the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP?s celebration of the Open University show the importance of accessing and opening up digital education resources.