Cambridge University Press & Assessment
StatusDepartment of the University of Cambridge
Founded1534 (1534); 2021 (merger of Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment)
Headquarters locationCambridge, England
Key people
RevenueIncrease £1 billion (2022)[1]
No. of employees6,560 (2022)[1]
Official websitecambridge.org
The Tower at the Triangle Building, part of the main headquarters of Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is a non-teaching department of the University of Cambridge. It was formed in August 2021, when the University of Cambridge merged its global academic research and education publisher Cambridge University Press and worldwide assessment arm University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES, also known as Cambridge Assessment).[2][3][4]

The organisation operates in more than 170 countries around the world and has offices in 50 locations,[5] with its headquarters in Cambridge, England.

Two years on from the merger between Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment, the combined group now calculates that it reaches 100 million learners worldwide, with 85% of its revenues coming from overseas. It reported a turnover of £1 billion in 2023, up from £868 million the previous year.[6]

Being part of the University of Cambridge gives Cambridge University Press & Assessment a non-profit status. It is led by Chief Executive Peter Phillips who reports to the Vice-Chancellor of the university.

Organisation structure

Cambridge University Press & Assessment's operations include four main product groups in English, International Education, Academic and UK Education.


Products and services

Cambridge University Press & Assessment also works in partnership with Cambridge University on mathematics curriculum (Cambridge Maths) and on supporting education at a national level (Cambridge Partnership for Education).

Governance

The organisation is governed by a ‘Syndicate’ (Press & Assessment Syndicate) of 18 senior members of the University of Cambridge. The Press & Assessment Syndicate governs the group's activity and exercises oversight through the Press & Assessment Board and its committees. Day-to-day management of the business is delegated by the Syndicate to the Cambridge University Press & Assessment's Chief Executive Peter Phillips, working with its executive board. Updates from the syndicate are published by the official newspaper of the University of Cambridge, The Reporter.


History

Cambridge University Press & Assessment was formed on 1 August 2021. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II approved amendments to University of Cambridge Statutes,[7] which formally recognised the operational merger of Cambridge Assessment and Cambridge University Press, presented at a Privy Council meeting on 15 December 2021.[8] The main changes to Statute J were to replace references to the University Press with references to the merged entity under the title of the Press and Assessment Department, and to update the name of the Press Syndicate to the Press & Assessment Syndicate.[9]

The two founding organisations have an entwined history, since December 1858 when Cambridge University Press first printed exam papers for UCLES.[10][11]

At the 2022 Education World Forum, Cambridge University Press & Assessment Chief Executive Peter Andrew Jestyn Phillips warned of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' mental health, urging the gathering of education ministers and leaders to "put wellbeing at the heart of everything we do."[12]

External references

  1. 1 2 "Annual Report 2022-2023" (PDF). Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Cambridge University Press to join with Cambridge Assessment". University of Cambridge. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Cambridge University Press to merge with Cambridge Assessment | Business Weekly | Technology News | Business news | Cambridge and the East of England". www.businessweekly.co.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Shepard, Gabriel (5 August 2021). "Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment merge". CambridgeshireLive. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "What we do". Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cambridge University Press & Assessment hits £1bn in revenue". The Bookseller. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "University of Cambridge Statutes & Ordinances". University of Cambridge.
  8. ↑ "Issue 6642: Wednesday 12 January 2022". Cambridge University Reporter.
  9. ↑ "Statutes & ordinances: Statute J" (PDF). University of Cambridge.
  10. ↑ Black, Michael (2000). A Short History of Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77572-4.
  11. ↑ "Our Story - Timeline". Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Global education in "worst crisis in a century" following pandemic". thepienews.com. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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