News: academic

Pearson reports flat revenue in nine-month update

Pearson has reported flat revenue in its nine-month trading update but that the company is "on track" to deliver underlying profit growth in 2018.... Read more

Palgrave Higher Education rebrands as Red Globe Press

Macmillan International Higher Education list Palgrave Higher Education is rebranding as Red Globe Press, a move it says will ensure it “establishes a distinctive position... Read more

Cengage reaches resolution with authors over subscription lawsuit

Cengage has reached a resolution in the court case which had seen two authors file a suit in the US over the inclusion of their... Read more

SAGE buys start-up Lean Library

SAGE has acquired technology start-up Lean Library and its associated products, for an undisclosed sum. Read more

Liverpool University Press partners with The Conversation

Liverpool University Press has become the inaugural university press partner of The Conversation UK, an independent source of news and views sourced from university academics... Read more

Bibliotech raises $4m, will double London staff

E-textbook platform Bibliotech has raised $4.2m in its latest funding round and plans to double the size of its 15-strong software and sales team in... Read more

Wiley sees 23.5% lift in operating income in first quarter

Wiley saw flat revenue in the first quarter of the fiscal year, ending 31st July, at $410.9m (£317.5m). Read more

SAGE buys technology company Talis

SAGE has bought technology company Talis and Talis Aspire, its course resource list management system, for an undisclosed sum. Read more

Cengage responds to subscription lawsuit

Cengage has responded to a federal lawsuit claiming its forthcoming US subscription service, Cengage Unlimited, will cost authors in sales and royalty payments. Read more

Further sales and profit lifts at CUP

Cambridge University Press saw turnover of £316m in the year to 30th April 2018, a headline rise of 3.1% on the previous year's total of... Read more

Pearson encouraged by 'good first half' but reports sales fall for PRH

Pearson has reinforced guidance that it expects to return to underlying profit growth in 2018 after posting underlying revenue growth of 2% and adjusted operating profit up 46% year-on-year for the... Read more

Cond made first UK board member at AUPresses

Liverpool University Press m.d. Anthony Cond has become the first non-North American board member of the Association of University Presses (AUPresses), formerly the Assocation of... Read more

Turnover dips at OUP after 'challenging' year in Education

Turnover dropped 0.9% at Oxford University Press in the year to 31st March 2018, to a total of £840.1m. Read more

Dada appointed OUP's new Oxford Education m.d.

Oxford University Press (OUP) has appointed Fathima Dada, currently global m.d. for English and Schools at Pearson, as the new managing director of its Oxford Education... Read more

Jane Harley appointed chair of PA’s Educational Publishers Council

Jane Harley, strategy director of UK Education for Oxford University Press, has been appointed chair of the PA’s Educational Publishers Council. ... Read more