News: academic

CUP launches HE textbook website

Cambridge University Press has brought its higher education textbooks together on a new, tailor-made website. Read more

Pearson pulls BTEC results on eve of release

Pearson pulled its BTEC results last night (19th August), the evening before they were to be released, saying it is regrading them in line with... Read more

CUP signs Open Access deal with Hindawi

Cambridge University Press has signed an Open Access partnership with Hindawi Limited for five of its journals. Read more

Longest running conservation journal goes Open Access

Oryx, the international journal of conservation published by Cambridge University Press, is to become Open Access from January next year.... Read more

EUP 'tried to censor' journal article over transphobia concerns

Three academics have claimed Edinburgh University Press tried to censor their journal article on gender self-identification in an “exceptional breach of normal practice” over transphobia... Read more

CUP scores slim revenue rise despite Covid-19 hit

Cambridge University Press saw sales at £336m in the year to end April 2020, a rise of 2.8% (2% at constant currency). However, operating profits... Read more

OECD wins University Press Redux Sustainability Award

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is the first recipient of the University Press Redux Sustainability Award, for its digital discovery tool SDG Pathfinder. ... Read more

Pearson reports first-half revenue drop of 17%

Pearson has reported revenue fell 17% in the first half of 2020 as the result of “significant disruption” caused by Covid-19. However, the company has... Read more

RELX revenues drop 10% as Exhibitions business plunges

RELX, parent of Reed Exhibitions and Elsevier, recorded a 10% revenue drop in the six months to end June 2020, to £3,501m (from £3,888m), with... Read more

Anne Osbourn to chair Royal Society Science Book Prize

The judging panel has been announced for this year's Royal Society Science Book Prize, featuring professor Anne Osbourn as the chair of judges. Read more

National Poetry Day to highlight 40 new books focusing on poetry participation

The 2020 campaign to mark National Poetry Day on 1st October will highlight a list of 40 new books focused on poetry participation, including work from Michael Rosen, Inua Ellams... Read more

Witherby, with Edinburgh Napier and Stirling, launches publishing scholarships

Witherby Publishing Group has joined forces with Edinburgh Napier University and the University of Stirling to launch two publishing scholarships. Read more

CILIP warns librarians over contact tracing

Library and Information Association CILIP has warned librarians not to participate in the government's contact tracing programme unless a series of criteria are met first.... Read more

Talis and Perlego partner to create digital reading list

Online learning resource Perlego has partnered with education supplier Talis to provide access to digital content for university students' courses, as many prepare for remote learning from... Read more

'Challenges ahead', as university presses adapt to Covid changes

University presses have faced “more change in the past 12 weeks than in the preceding 12 years”, The Bookseller has been told, as publishers develop their digital offerings to cope... Read more