Standing up for educational publishingOxford has become the undisputed centre for academic and educational publishing in this country, and we have a responsiblity to defend the quality of jobs in publishing as well as the quality of the publications in a rapidly changing environment. Oxford has become the undisputed centre for academic and educational publishing in this country, and we have a responsiblity to defend the quality of jobs in publishing as well as the quality of the publications in a rapidly changing environment.
This is the view of our members at four of the largest educational/academic publishers, who met at the end of February to organise a summit that would go beyond Pearson, OUP, Macmillan, T&F and Blackwells/Wiley in this area, and reach out also to Scholastic in Leamington Spa, Pearson in Harlow and CUP in Cambridge.
The idea is for an evening meeting that would take stock of what is happening in the industry, how that is reflected at the workplace, and what implications it has for the job satisfaction, training, pay, conditions and job security of staff and for the quality of the work they produce.
One possible format would be for a staff member from each workplace to introduce a workshop on an issue of particular concern among their members and to hear the experiences from the other workplaces.
Ultimately there may be scope to work together on some key issues, possibly carrying out co-ordinated activities across all workplaces. AW 2008-03-02
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