News: academic

Glasspool appointed to EUP Board

Jonathan Glasspool, formerly m.d. of Bloomsbury's non-consumer division and president of Bloomsbury USA and India, has been appointed as a non-executive board member at Edinburgh... Read more

Springer Nature now carbon neutral for offices, fleet and flights

Springer Nature Group has revealed that it is now carbon neutral for emissions associated with its offices, company vehicles and flights.... Read more

CUP launches 'unprecedented' Open Access expansion with 129 US deals

Cambridge University Press (CUP) says it has launched an “unprecedented” expansion into Open Access (OA) journals, signing 129 new “read and publish” deals with US institutions.... Read more

Ishiguro and Collins profiles to feature in new BBC programming

The BBC has announced profiles of Kazuo Ishiguro and Quentin Blake, and a documentary about Jackie Collins, in its latest tranche of literature-inspired programming. ... Read more

Yale University Press' UK arm's revenues nudge up after 'year of two halves'

The UK arm of Yale University Press says it is satisfied with its 2019/20 results, following a “year of two halves” that saw it finish with... Read more

Sulley retires after nearly 20 years at Hodder Education

Hodder Education's Robert Sulley is retiring after nearly two decades with the company. Read more

Councils urged to protect libraries as cost-cutting measures proposed

Councils are being urged not to shut their libraries amid a squeeze on finances, with a string of local authorities proposing cost-cutting measures to their services.... Read more

Pearson to retain office locations in Strand, Oxford and Harlow

Pearson has confirmed it will be keeping office locations at Oxford and Harlow, and at its headquarters at 80 Strand WC2, despite this week announcing a strategy of "significantly"... Read more

Pearson releases editorial guidelines to combat systemic racism

Pearson has released a series of editorial guidelines on ethnicity and race, aiming to help fight systemic racism in education. Read more

University presses add to warnings over UKRI's new OA policy

Several university presses have echoed concerns raised in a highly critical report commissioned by the Publishers Association into UK Research & Innovation's proposed new Open Access policy,... Read more

Perlego rolls out free online access for Arden University

Perlego, the online subscription service for educational books, has partnered with digital-first university Arden to provide all its students with free online textbooks and additional... Read more

PA warns of huge financial hit from proposed Open Access policy

A proposed new Open Access (OA) policy from funding body UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) could see UK universities and journals take a huge financial hit, a... Read more

Welsh government announces £2.25m rescue for National Library of Wales

The Welsh government has announced a £2.25m rescue package for the National Library of Wales after proposed cuts at the institution sparked uproar. Read more

CILIP calls for National Library of Wales cuts to be abandoned

CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals, has called for planned cuts to the National Library of Wales to be abandoned, ahead of... Read more

Pearson joins Lit in Colour to help diversify curriculum

Pearson is joining Lit in Colour, the programme launched by Penguin Random House UK and race equality think tank The Runnymede Trust to support UK schools in diversifying... Read more