John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary [pictured left] will retire in October after 37 years at the publication.

Simpson was promoted to chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary in 1993 and 60,000 new words and meanings have been added to the dictionary under his leadership. The team...

Oxford University Press will shortly launch a consultation over jobs in its English Language Teaching division, with a "significant" change in roles expected.

The publisher told The Bookseller it would begin the consultation process with staff in the publishing division of its ELT arm this week, as a prelude to...

Oxford University Press will be supporting the BBC Radio 2 "500 Words" story competition with children's language research for the second year running.

The publisher will track children's language by analysing all the words in the stories entered into the 2013 Radio 2 “500 Words” short story competition,...

Oxford University Press and the Guardian are teaming up to run a competition that will pay a student’s tuition fees for a year.

The publisher and newspaper are running a short film competition, with the winner receiving £9,000, to promote OUP’s Very Short Introductions series.

Students are asked to...