We’re thrilled to share our latest Responsible Publishing Report, highlighting the progress we have made towards our responsible publishing goals over the past year.
Celebrate our journey with us – read the full report here:
The ‘goblin community’ has spoken!
We’re pleased to announce goblin mode as the
#OxfordWOTY
2022.
Read more about this year’s winning choice here
#TeamGoblinMode
:
Word of the Year 2023 is...
#RIZZ
(n.) style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner.
Tag someone who's got plenty of it 👇
#WOTY23
#rizz
For the first time in its history, we're opening up Oxford Word of the Year to you.
Are you ready to choose the word you feel reflects 2022 best?
Take a look at the
#OxfordWOTY
finalists and vote below ⤵️
Welcome to the Oxford Word of the Year 2022!
We’ll bring you updates from our exclusive launch event, hosted by
@susie_dent
with our panel of language experts.
In a year defined by change, we’ve reshaped our approach to selecting
#OxfordWOTY
- stay tuned as all will be revealed!
In the
@OxLanguages
Words of an Unprecedented Year report, we capture how English in different regions has adapted to reflect global circumstances
#WOTY
#WOTY2020
3⃣ Goblin Mode
As we’ve emerged from lockdowns all over the world, the phrase has been used in rejection of returning ‘back to normal’.
#OxfordWOTY
#TeamGoblinMode
@AlanConnell71
Thanks for bringing this to our attention and we’re sorry for any offence caused. We’ll take steps to update this entry online as soon as we can, and also update this in the next printed edition.
From a child reading their first words to a researcher expanding the frontiers of their field, OUP advances knowledge and learning of all kinds. But the world—and the needs of our education and research—are constantly evolving, and so are we.
From
#Japanese
language, this word is used when something evokes a fond memory from your past.
More than remembering, it’s about the passion of keeping the memory alive. 💭
It’s a feeling or state that cannot be expressed in
#English
directly.
@susie_dent
@bgzimmer
Now, over to you!
Vote for your
#OxfordWOTY
now and keep an eye on our social media channels for more opportunities to get involved.
Get your vote in here:
Accuracy is at the forefront of the
#lexicographer
's mind when preparing any entry for inclusion in the
@OED
.
Fiona McPherson discusses the importance of presenting accurate information in
#dictionaries
in this
#MatterOfFact
case study.
Read here:
🗣️ Indian English pronunciations are now featured in the
@OED
.
The dictionary has been expanding its coverage of pronunciations of global varieties of
#English
since 2016.
Find out more:
Research for our Oxford Language Report shows many UK school children have a limited vocabulary (a word gap) that affects their learning, and we need your help to close that gap!
#words
#schools
#language
#wordgap
Read more:
'We must remember that even with all these vocabulary differences, at the end of the day, all English speakers speak the same language—English—and we share a common core of the language that allows us to understand each other.'
#EnglishLanguageDay
We’re honoured that the Archbishop of Canterbury has chosen OUP to produce the Bible to be used during the ceremony of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.
We are delighted to have been able to donate a batch of OUP medical books to the Department of Medical Education at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital to help them at this challenging time.
#MedicalEducation
#Mission
#Coronavirus
It is with sadness that we hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
The University has been honoured by a close relationship with The Queen over many decades:
More than 40 New Zealand English entries have been added to the
@OED
. ✍️
The new additions include words that New Zealanders might hear or use in daily life, as well as words that do not have an easy English equivalent.
We've kicked off a campaign within OUP to say 'thank you' to our wonderful employees for their hard work and support for each other, especially in these uncertain times. Over the next couple of weeks, look out for examples of our employees as they
#PassThePraise
to one another.
Build connections across academic disciplines with Oxford Intersections – a new interdisciplinary
#research
resource addressing the world’s most complex and urgent challenges.
Find out more here:
We are proud to support the donation of over 25,000 books to Ukraine last week as part of PEN Ukraine and
@Book_Aid
’s ‘Unbreakable Libraries’ project. Read more about the project and what our CEO, Nigel Portwood, had to say here:
ICYMI: To celebrate
@OED
's 90th anniversary, we are offering free online access to UK state
#schools
, and US and Canadian public K-12 schools, who are not current subscribers for the 2018/19 academic year:
@Motherfocloir
Thanks for bringing this to our attention and we’re sorry for any offence caused. We’ll take steps to update this entry online as soon as we can, and also update this in the next printed edition.
"The books that children encounter should be more diverse to encourage all children to see people ‘like themselves’ and people ‘different to themselves’ in what they read. This is important."
@ShareenAdvice
talks diversity in our first
#LitinColour
blog
Today,
@OxUniPress
announced its Word of the Year…
#Rizz
- Meaning style, charm, or attractiveness 💁
And our sofa has bags of it tonight! 🤩
Watch
@tomhanks
, George Clooney and Callum Turner on
#TheOneShow
now 👉
In World War 1, 50% of the 700 men working for OUP were conscripted and 45 lost their lives. In World War 2, 21 employees lost their lives. Today, employees in Oxford gathered to observe the two minute silence, and remember those who have died in conflict.
#ArmisticeDay
As part of our Very Short Introductions 25th anniversary celebrations,
@OUPAcademic
has launched The Very Short Introductions
#Podcast
, with the first episode introducing Ancient Greece:
As we start to look ahead to the ‘new normal’ for education, today we launch a global report that reflects on what we have learned so far, and makes recommendations for those responsible for shaping future education policy. Read the full report here:
This word, gifted from the
#Arabic
language, is traditionally derived from ‘ašaq’, which means ’to stick to’.
Ishq is the highest form of adoration, respect, and love for someone. 🤝
While 'love' is considered a strong emotional word in English, this word goes beyond that.
'Let’s not let young people or their parents believe studying literature or ‘soft sciences’ is pointless. It isn’t.' OUP's Sophie Goldsworthy shares her views via
@TeachingTimes
on why we need the humanities, arts, and social sciences in a STEM world.
Drawing on teacher insights across 92 countries, today we launch a report that explores the impact of the digital divide on learning and offers recommendations to ensure education is future-proof for everyone
#DeepeningDigitalDivide
Following the debut release of 'The Dictionary of Lost Words' by Pip Williams, our executive editor of the
@OED
explains why the dictionary is 'a brilliant resource for charting how things go in or out of fashion, or how meanings change.'
Our 2021/22 Annual Report is out today, sharing key highlights from the past year and our progress towards our digital ambitions as we respond to the changing needs of our customers. Read now:
Our charity partner,
@Book_Aid
, reveals that it sent over 1M new books to readers in 26 countries with the support of the UK
#publishing
industry.
More in
@thebookseller
:
OUP has had the honour of producing Coronation Bibles for many British monarchs, including the Bible for the upcoming Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.
Explore our long history of
#Coronation
Bible publishing – from 1902 to present – here:
With everything that has happened this year, we decided 2020 could not be summarized by a single Word of the Year. Discover our 'Words of an Unprecedented Year' here:
#WOTY2020
@OxLanguages
We were thrilled to welcome
@susie_dent
as the host at our launch event for
#OxfordWOTY
earlier this week.
Joined by a panel of
#language
experts, Susie discusses this year's choices and answers questions like: Are hashtags really words?
Watch here ⤵️
We want to encourage people to use and explore language, to support them throughout their lives. That’s why one of the most important gifts we can give this season is the
#GiftOfWords
.
Toki Pona is an invented
#language
consisting of about 120 root
#words
. From these, its creator argues, we can make compound nouns to cover every need.
@OxfordWords
explores its ins and outs, and considers the virtues (and drawbacks) of simplicity:
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
from Oxford University Press!
We're committed to championing and celebrating women every day of the year. Join us in celebrating women's achievements, raising awareness against bias, and taking action for equality.
#InternationalWomensDay22
#IWD
Based on the analysis of lexical data over the past year, today, Oxford Languages reveal the 2021 Word of the Year: Vax. Find out more about why this word was chosen:
#WOTY2021
From German, ’traumtänzer’ comes from the words ’traum’ (dream) and ‘tanzer’ (dancer), literally meaning ’dream dancer’.
It's used to describe
#daydreamers
but has a more positive connotation than the English
#idiom
‘having your head in the clouds’. ☁️
We're delighted announce that we will be working with
@OECD
to develop the Science Framework for
#PISA
2024. PISA evaluates
#education
systems worldwide, and we're excited to align it to OUP's global educational expertise. Read the full story here:
We are the world's largest university press with over 6,000 talented and passionate employees worldwide, who support people in education, research, and the learning of English.
#OUPlife
#MakeYourMark
#MondayMotivation
In association with OUP, short story competition
#BBCRadio2
#500Words
2020 is soon to get started. Here’s everything you need to know if you, or someone you know, wants to get involved:
Happy
#NationalStorytellingWeek
! We're celebrating the power of storytelling for learners of all ages with some of our authors. Beginning the week is
@jlancetgrant
, author of The Pirate Mums!
As part of our Very Short Introductions 25th anniversary celebrations,
@OUPAcademic
has launched The Very Short Introductions
#Podcast
, with the first episode introducing Ancient Greece:
Our new Annual Report for 2020/21 shares our ongoing response to the pandemic and digital-first approach to supporting the customers and communities we work with, as well as our publishing achievements from the past year. Read the full report now:
We are proud to share our first ever Responsible Publishing Report, which details how we seek opportunities to be more sustainable, support our people and communities globally, and work responsibly in everything we do.