News Archive
If education is central to the world’s future recovery, teachers need our support
25 January 2021
OUP's CEO discusses the value of supporting teachers through professional development
2,200 textbooks purchased for schools in rural areas of Zimbabwe
13 January 2021
OUP has partnered with the Camelthorn Foundation to support learning in Zimbabwe
Looking ahead to the next chapter, education and research will never be the same again
15 December 2020
OUP's CEO Nigel Portwood discusses the accelerating transition to digial, in his latest update.
Navigating our changing world: China
11 December 2020
In this series, colleagues from across OUP worldwide will be sharing their views and insights into how their markets are navigating the changes facing our industry, and what the future has in store.
OUP celebrates historic year with a trio of prestigious prizes
10 December 2020
We are celebrating a record as three OUP authors have won the trifecta of awards - the Pulitzer, Wolfson, and Cundill prizes for history.
Meet our people: Rhoda Frith
03 December 2020
Rhoda shares a little about her role, her love of volunteering, and how OUP supports her in this important work.
The power of words in a year like no other
26 November 2020
In his latest updatest update, OUP's CEO explores what an important role language has played in the unfolding events of 2020.
Oxford Languages announces ‘Words of an Unprecedented Year’
23 November 2020
In such an unusual year, instead of choosing a single word of the year, Oxford Languages have published a comprehensive new language report: Words of an Unprecedented Year.
Meet our people: Gloria Yip
11 November 2020
Gloria is a Systems Analyst at our New York office and has been redeployed to our Insight Team during the pandemic.
OUP titles awarded by the Federation of Indian Publishers
04 November 2020
OUP titles have been recognized at the Delhi Book Fair's Awards for Excellence in Book Production, organized by the Federation of Indian Publishers.
We must not allow young people to be held back by the pandemic
29 October 2020
In his latest update, OUP's CEO discusses the recent Oxford Language Report and the importance of helping young people make important transitions in their education.
Teachers fear pupils at risk of falling behind due to primary to secondary ‘word gap’
23 October 2020
The latest Oxford Language Report: Bridging the Word Gap at Transition has been released today in collaboration with the CfEY.
OUP celebrates International Open Access Week 2020
19 October 2020
For Open Access Week, we celebrate a busy year from launching a flagship OA series to extending our Read & Publish deals.
Things you might not know about jobs in publishing
15 October 2020
We asked some employees who work in the central service functions of OUP, what might surprise people about their roles.
OUP launches new Virtual Inclusion Programme for employees
08 October 2020
We have launched a new Virtual Inclusion Programme for all our employees, to help them recognize and tackle unconscious bias.
Celebrating World Teachers' Day
05 October 2020
To mark World Teachers' Day 2020, OUP leaders share stories of the positive impact teachers have had on their lives.
The future of research is more open
28 September 2020
In his latest update, OUP's CEO discusses the future of research.
Meet our people: Tasneem Bhopalwala
25 September 2020
Tasneem shares a bit about her role as a D&I executive and how it supports OUP’s D&I goals.
OUP launches new programme of digital events for English language teachers
21 September 2020
We have launched ELT Together—a month-long programme of digital events for English language teachers.
Meeting OUP’s mission through virtual volunteering
18 September 2020
Our employees share their experiences of remote volunteering through lockdown.
Helping thousands of young people to continue their education after dark
16 September 2020
We have supported SolarAid to distribute more than 2,230 solar lights, which has enabled around 12,500 young people to study after dark.
Meet our people: Tamira Hamam
13 September 2020
Tamira is OUP’s Group Senior Brand Manager, and is based at our headquarters in Oxford.
OUP and Mondly announce partnership for English language learning
10 September 2020
We have partnered with leading online language platform Mondly, on a new suite of custom English grammar and vocabulary tests for its language app.
OUP employees support Volunteers of America to help children in New York shelters
07 September 2020
During August, employees at the OUP New York office have been raising funds for Operation Backpack.
Lisa Attenborough appointed as OUP Group Communications Director
01 September 2020
We are pleased to have appointed Lisa Attenborough as our new Group Communications Director. Lisa will report directly to OUP’s CEO, Nigel Portwood.
Back to (a new kind of) school
27 August 2020
OUP's CEO shares his thoughts on the back to school season amid social distancing measures.
Being a Picker Pal: creating young environmentalists
26 August 2020
How OUP supports Picker Pals—a song and story-led environmental action initiative for schools, children, and their families.
Making the most of our talent
21 August 2020
How we have made the most of our talented employees during the pandemic
Free OUP children’s book translated into African languages
17 August 2020
We recently translated our free children’s book Everybody Worries into three African languages, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, and Sesotho.
Giving young people a voice
11 August 2020
A group of OUP staff recently gave time to support the Orwell Youth Prize (OYP) by analysing entries for its 2020 competition.
Building on what makes us unique as we move towards a new reality
30 July 2020
In his July update, our CEO looks at what OUP has achieved despite the challenges of the pandemic.
A year of achievement at OUP despite coronavirus challenges
22 July 2020
We have released our 2019/20 Annual Report, highlighting a solid financial performance thanks to some significant achievements throughout the year.
Exploring children’s insight and empathy when writing about race
16 July 2020
We have analysed the 5,983 story submissions to 500 Words: Black Lives Matter 2020, and released our findings in a new report
New poll finds teachers think school closures will contribute to a widening of the word gap
08 July 2020
We collaborated with the Educational Research Forum to poll teachers and find out what impact they think remote learning will have on children’s vocabulary development.
Update from Nigel Portwood: June 2020
25 June 2020
OUP's CEO updates on how we are continuing to support education and research, and the role of publishers in tackling global issues.
500 Words: Black Lives Matter
24 June 2020
OUP is delighted to support the new 500 Words competition which builds on the international conversation around Black Lives Matter.
OUP title wins Wolfson History Prize 2020
23 June 2020
For the second year in a row, an OUP title has been awarded the Wolfson Prize for History, with Professor David Abulafia receiving the £40,000 grand prize for The Boundless Sea.
OUP enters partnership with LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall
19 June 2020
We are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Stonewall—Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ rights charity.
New toolkit aims to support students’ mental health and wellbeing
12 June 2020
Our new online toolkit aims to support university students in positively managing their mental, physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2020 is Coronavirus
10 June 2020
We have announced ‘Coronavirus’ as Children’s Word of the Year 2020, following its prevalence in story submissions to the BBC Radio 2 500 Words writing competition.
OUP agrees new Read & Publish deal in China
03 June 2020
We are pleased to announce a new Read & Publish agreement with the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
OUP and CUP publish report on the use of monographs in a digital environment
01 June 2020
We have worked with CUP to publish new report Researcher’s perspectives on the purpose and value of the monograph: Using and engaging with monographs in a digital environment.
Continuing to support customers during lockdown
28 May 2020
How our global Customer Services team adapted to new ways of working, so that they could continue to provide support to our customers during lockdown.
Recognizing the importance of our managers through COVID-19
22 May 2020
We are pleased to have launched two new employee learning modules, designed to support our managers during the coronavirus pandemic—Online Management Essentials and Leading through Crisis.
Update from Nigel Portwood: May 2020
15 May 2020
OUP's Chief Executive Nigel Portwood gives a further update on our response to the coronavirus outbreak.
OUP releases second free e-picture book to support children during the pandemic
13 May 2020
We have released a free e-picture book to support children who are finding the lockdown difficult.
OUP title wins Pulitzer Prize for second consecutive year
10 May 2020
Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America by W. Caleb McDaniel is the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in History.
OUP releases free e-book to ease children’s coronavirus worries
07 May 2020
We have released free e-picture book Everybody Worries for children who are feeling anxious about coronavirus.
Meet our People: Natalie Catchpole
04 May 2020
Natalie speaks to us about how she is staying connected to her colleagues and spreading positivity through mindfulness and creativity.
Working and living through the C-19 outbreak: learning from colleagues in China
08 April 2020
Weizhen shares her experience of our China office closure, the challenges of working from home, and what it feels like to begin the journey back towards normality.
Meet our people: Nicola Weideling
27 March 2020
Nicola speaks to us about how she manages as a remote worker.
COVID-19: a note from Nigel Portwood, CEO, Oxford University Press
25 March 2020
OUP's Chief Executive on how we are addressing the coronavirus crisis.
Supporting communities through COVID-19
17 March 2020
We are committed to supporting our customers and communities through the COVID-19 crisis, and ensuring education and research can continue on.
International Women’s Day at OUP
06 March 2020
For International Women’s Day, we asked some of our wonderful people how they support or empower other women through their work.
Meet our people: Raheela Baqai
04 March 2020
Raheela, Marketing Director for OUP Pakistan, shares her experieneces of career progression, female empowerment, and organizing one of Pakistan's biggest literature festivals.
Meet our people: Cécile Jenkins
03 March 2020
Cécile, Head of Internal Group Communications at OUP, shares her career story and the importance of female empowerment.
Working with Book Aid to bring books to refugee camps
21 February 2020
We are delighted to have received feedback from Book Aid on the impact of our support for a project to ship brand new books to refugee camps across Polykastro, Athens, Thessaloniki and Lesvos.
OUP sees decrease in gender pay gap
13 February 2020
We have released our UK gender pay gap report for the financial year ending March 2019, which shows a decrease since last year.
OUP to develop PISA 2024 Science Framework
03 February 2020
We are delighted to have won a competitive tender by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to develop the Science Framework for PISA 2024.
'Samvidhaan' announced as Oxford Hindi Word of the Year 2019
28 January 2020
We have announced 'Samvidhaan' (which translates to 'Constituion') as our Hindi Word of the Year 2019.
International Volunteer Day at OUP
09 December 2019
On Thursday 5 December for International Volunteer Day, we celebrated our first employee volunteering fair.
Word of the Year 2019 is Climate Emergency
21 November 2019
We have announced Word of the Year as climate emergency—a situation needing urgent action to reduce or halt climate change and avoid potentially irreversible environmental damage resulting from it.
Celebrating 60 years of The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
20 November 2019
We recently hosted a half-day conference in our Oxford office, to celebrate 60 years of the OUP title first published in November 1959.
Work in Publishing Week
18 November 2019
18 -24 November is Work in Publishing Week—a UK campaign from The Publishers Association designed to ‘inspire young people aged 14-24 to pursue a career in publishing’.
Collaborating with local businesses to support disadvantaged children
05 November 2019
A team of around 40 OUP employees spent the morning building bikes to help children whose parents are in prison.
OUP named as one of the best companies to work for in Spain
20 October 2019
We are delighted that OUP has appeared in Actualidad Económica’s 100 best companies to work for in Spain for the second year running.
OED update or fake news?
14 October 2019
The Oxford English Dictionary has announced its latest update which includes ‘fake news’, ‘omnishambles’, and a collection of Star Wars terms.
Biff, Chip and Kipper to become CBeebies show
11 October 2019
We are delighted that our bestselling reading scheme Oxford Reading Tree (ORT) is to become a CBeebies series next year.
Supporting mental health awareness at OUP
10 October 2019
OUP colleagues around the world have been carrying out activities to support wellbeing and mental health throughout September and October.
Researchers’ perspectives on the purpose and value of the monograph
04 October 2019
We have collaborated with Cambridge University Press on research that asks how our authors, readers, and researchers see the monograph.
First OUP careers fair supports employee development
01 October 2019
On 30 September we held the first internal careers fair for employees at our Oxford office.
OUP recognized for collaboration with China’s biggest foreign-language publisher
29 September 2019
We are delighted to have received an award for Outstanding Collaboration from China’s largest foreign-language publisher, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP).
OUP combines two education divisions
20 September 2019
We are pleased to announce we are bringing Oxford Education and Asia Education into one new business operating across the world.
OUP joins Liulishuo for China Rural Teachers Support Plan
17 September 2019
We havecollaborated with the Corporate Social Responsibility team at AI company Liulishuo, on their Rural Teachers Support Plan.
OUP retains Secondary Publisher of the Year in Australia
11 September 2019
We are proud to have retained our place as Secondary Publisher of the Year at the Educational Publishing Awards Australia 2019
Meet our people: Arthur Baker
02 September 2019
Arthur, Managing Director of OUP Australia and New Zealand, talks about his typical day at OUP
Bringing the art of bookmaking to all
26 August 2019
This summer, we were delighted to host an interactive ‘Art of Bookmaking’ session at Karachi’s Deaf Reach school.
Finding the words
20 August 2019
Amanda Wood is Director of Business Integration in OUP’s Academic Division and founded our Befriender Network in the UK.
Meet our people: Calliste Lelliot
15 August 2019
Calliste is Head of Platforms and Content Operations for our Oxford Education division.
Supporting the education of refugees in Leicester
15 August 2019
We are pleased to have donated more than 60 graded readers to the University of Leicester to support the education of refugees and asylum seekers within its community.
Bringing government style into the digital age
06 August 2019
We are collaborating with the Australian National Dictionary Centre to update the Australian Government’s Style Manual and make it more relevant for the digital age.
Vocabulary building with Oxford Dictionary Week
01 August 2019
Oxford Dictionary Week aimed to promote the importance and usage of dictionaries among young people and improve their vocabulary-building skills.
Meet our people: Carmen Gould
18 July 2019
Carmen is the Marketing and Customer Experience Director at OUP Australia and New Zealand (OUP ANZ).
Understanding and unpicking unconscious bias
15 July 2019
OUP recently welcomed writer, broadcaster, and award-winning social advocate, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, to hold a talk on unconscious bias for employees.
Meet our people: Michael Dela Cruz
12 July 2019
Michael is an Ethics and Compliance Advisor based in our New York office.
Empowering our people through diversity and inclusion
08 July 2019
This year, we launched a range of initiatives designed to foster a diverse and inclusive culture at OUP.
Law Teacher of the Year 2019
05 July 2019
Sabrina Germain of City from University of London has been named Law Teacher of the Year.
Growth and investment at OUP in 2018/19
04 July 2019
We are pleased to have released our 2018/19 Annual Report.
Two new Directors join OUP HR team
03 July 2019
We are pleased to have appointed key new members to our Group HR team.
Extending our mission through employee volunteering
21 June 2019
Members of OUP’s Group Communications team based in Oxford recently spent an afternoon volunteering for local charity African Hospital Libraries.
Children’s Word of the Year is……Brexit
11 June 2019
Following analysis of short story entries in this year’s BBC Radio 2 500 Words competition, we have announced ‘Brexit’ as Children’s Word of the Year.
Addressing maths anxiety in the UK
16 May 2019
On 15 May we championed the National Numeracy Challenge in support of National Numeracy Day and our commitment to dispelling negative associations with maths.
Meet our people: Hannah Turner Wright
10 May 2019
Hannah is a Senior Marketing Manager for Oxford Dictionaries, and is based at our Oxford office.
OUP book wins Pulitzer prize
17 April 2019
We are delighted that the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Biography has been awarded to OUP author Jeffrey C. Stewart, for his Oxford title The New Negro.
OUP Gender Pay Report released for 2017/18
21 March 2019
We have released our UK Gender Pay Gap Report for the financial year ending March 2018, in line with UK government regulations.
New OUP book captures storytelling’s naughty words
07 March 2019
We have collated the cheekiest words used by the world’s number one storyteller and published them in Roald Dahl’s Rotsome & Repulsant Words.
The importance of the mother tongue in EMI
01 February 2019
We recently published The role of the first language in English Medium Instruction, which highlights future directions for teaching English in countries where it is not the first language.
500 Words 2019 launches
29 January 2019
We have joined forces with BBC Radio 2, to launch the 500 Words children’s short-story writing competition for 2019.
Nari Shakti announced as Hindi Word of the Year
27 January 2019
Oxford Dictionaries has announced Hindi Word of the Year 2019 as ‘Nari Shakti’, a term used to symbolize women taking charge of their own lives.
Bringing English language learning to life with AR
24 January 2019
We are delighted to announce that we have entered into an agreement with MXR International, who specialize in augmented reality solutions for education.
Meet our people: Daisy Rono
18 December 2018
Daisy is our Marketing & Communications Manager at OUP East Africa (OUPEA), and represented Kenya in the Global Youth Leaders (GYL) program in Canada.
Tackling the aftermath of Hurricane María
10 December 2018
A translation deal of one of our titles will facilitate the training of healthcare specialists in Puerto Rico, to tackle the emotional effects of Hurricane María in 2017.
Meet our people: Fabiana Pellegrino
30 November 2018
Fabiana, a Sales Support & Control Analyst for our English Language Teaching division in Brazil, shares what it’s like to work in her role.
‘Creativity’ leads Australian schoolyard prose in 2018
22 November 2018
We have announced ‘Creativity’ as Australian Children’s Word of the Year 2018, following a national writing competition.
Word of the Year 2018 is…Toxic
15 November 2018
We have announced ‘toxic’ as our Word of the Year 2018—a word or expression chosen to reflect the passing year in language.
Supporting the local community in Africa
11 November 2018
Our teams in Africa have collaborated to donate a hand-painted sea container filled with more than 700 donated books, to a primary school in Cape Town.
Promoting best practice teaching of comprehension in Australia
05 November 2018
We have collaborated with education expert Susan Taylor on new white paper Reading for Meaning: A guide to the research on best-practice teaching of comprehension in today’s world.
Exploring why children still write letters
30 October 2018
We collaborated with UK TV show Blue Peter and the National Literacy Trust to explore why children still love to write letters despite so many digital alternatives.
In memory of Lieze Kotze
19 October 2018
We are sad to announce that Lieze Kotze, Regional Director of OUP in Africa, passed away peacefully last night, following a diagnosis of cancer earlier this year.
Learning English with virtual reality
18 October 2018
We have collaborated with VictoryVR on a new virtual reality product for Mandarin speakers looking to learn English in a real-world setting.
Supporting World Mental Health Day
15 October 2018
On World Mental Health Day employees at our Melbourne office in Australia held events to raise funds for ReachOut Australia.
Meet our people: Martin Barron
12 October 2018
Martin, Reprints Team Leader in our English Language Teaching (ELT) division, just celebrated a milestone at OUP.
OUP China-Hong Kong certified by the Good Employer Charter
09 October 2018
We are delighted that OUP China-Hong Kong has been recognized for fostering a good employer-employee relationship and culture.
Bringing Dora the Explorer to classrooms worldwide
02 October 2018
We are pleased to announce that we have entered into a global agreement with Viacom/Nickelodeon Consumer Products.
OUP remains Australia's Secondary Publisher of the Year
27 September 2018
We are delighted to have retained our title of Secondary Publisher of the Year at this year’s Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAAs).
Sadie Visick to lead OxfordAQA
18 September 2018
We are pleased to announce that Sadie Visick has been appointed as Managing Director of Oxford International AQA Examinations (OxfordAQA).
Reading and feeding in Cary
14 September 2018
Last month, our Cary team in North Carolina spent a day volunteering for local literacy charity Read and Feed.
Celebrating learners in Karachi
11 September 2018
On 5 September, teachers and students from around Karachi came together to attend a joint awards ceremony at our office there, as part of Oxford Teachers’ Academy (OTA) and Oxford Big Read (OBR).
New partnership with Edify
20 August 2018
We are happy to announce that we have entered into an agreement with Auckland based Educational Publishing and Distribution Company Edify.
OUP and ICCA National Mooting Competition 2018
20 July 2018
Last month saw the final of the OUP and ICCA National Mooting Competition 2017-18.
A strong year in Academic publishing
05 July 2018
We have released our 2017/18 Annual Report, showing that we came close to equalling the strong trading performance of last year.
Fathima Dada joins OUP as Oxford Education MD
04 July 2018
We are pleased to announce we have appointed Fathima Dada as the new Managing Director of Oxford Education.
Law Teacher of the Year 2018
27 June 2018
Lydia Bleasdale of the University of Leeds has been named Law Teacher of the Year at our Celebrating Excellence in Law Teaching conference.
Supporting refugees to learn English
20 June 2018
We are pleased to have established a new partnership with Soutien Belge Overseas (SBO).
Children’s Word of the Year 2018 is……
06 June 2018
After analysing 134,790 short stories submitted since January, we have announced ‘plastic’ as Children’s Word of the year 2018.
Real learning, virtual adventures
03 June 2018
We are pleased to have collaborated with Google Expeditions to provide content for their new augmented reality app that launched this month.
Oxford STAR launches in India
07 May 2018
We are happy to announce that OUP India launched a new assessment solution, Oxford STAR, at an event in Chennai.
New HR Director appointed
30 April 2018
We are delighted to announce we have appointed Lesley Sommerville, Global HR Director at Informa Plc, as our new Group HR Director.
Happy 90th birthday to the Oxford English Dictionary
26 April 2018
BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans Show has launched the Oxford English Dictionary’s (OED) 90th birthday celebrations.
Ameena Saiyid awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz
19 April 2018
Ameena Saiyid OBE, Chair of OUP Pakistan, has been awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Distinction) .
Closing the word gap
18 April 2018
Today we announce the findings of our recent educational research into the vocabulary levels of primary and secondary school children around the UK.
Our UK Gender Pay Gap Report
29 March 2018
We have released our UK gender pay gap report, revealing a median pay gap of 12.6 per cent, and a mean pay gap of 24.1 per cent.
Rebuilding lives and literacy in Mosul
13 March 2018
Book Aid International has announced that more than 7,000 brand new books donated by UK publishers, including OUP, have arrived in Mosul, Iraq.
Helping the homeless
06 March 2018
Homelessness charity Crisis visited our Oxford office to talk to OUP employees about their work helping the homeless.
A book for every child
01 February 2018
We are delighted to have been able to support SEQIP—the Kenyan government’s plan to improve the country’s educational outcomes.
Hindi Word of the Year is… aadhaar!
30 January 2018
In November 2017, we announced our search for a Hindi Word of The Year, calling on speakers of the language to help choose a word that captures the prevailing ideas, attitudes, and concerns of 2017.
Collaboration for academic access
23 January 2018
We are pleased to announce that we have joined the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC).
Improving children’s language skills
18 January 2018
We are happy to announce that we are the new publishing partner for the Nuffield Foundation’s Nuffield Early Language Intervention.
500 WORDS competition launches to find 2018’s Children’s Word of the Year
15 January 2018
We have teamed up with BBC Radio 2's 500 WORDS story competition for a seventh year.