Our Mission
At Oxford University Press, we advance knowledge and learning. We share the University's uncompromising standards, defining qualities, and believe knowledge and learning underpin the progress we make, as individuals and as a society.
Everything we publish relates directly to our mission, to support Oxford University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education.
Our employees strive to make a positive impact within the wider community and our Employee Volunteering Program supports charities and causes that have an educational remit.
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Clarendon Scholarships
The Clarendon Fund is sponsored by Oxford University Press and every year Clarendon offers around 130 new scholarships. At any one point, there are over 450 on-course scholars at Oxford making Clarendon the University’s largest scholarship scheme. The Clarendon Fund, established by the Council of the University of Oxford, was launched in 2001 to support overseas students. Since that time the Fund’s aim has remained unchanged - to assist academically outstanding graduate students through their studies at the University of Oxford. -
Skyline Education Foundation
Through the Skyline Education Foundation Australia’s Workplace Giving program, OUP ANZ is contributing funds to support a gifted and academically talented Skyline student throughout their VCE schooling. Skyline Education Foundation Australia provides intensive support for talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds. OUP ANZ has supported the charity since 2006, making an annual donation of books and coordinating contributions from a group of other educational publishers. It also donates dictionaries to award students graduating through Skyline’s VCE Bursary Program. -
Better Timor
BETTER is an innovative leader of charitable education within East Timor. Their Founder, Ornella Byak, has been working on education in East Timor since her first visit in 2013 at the tender age of 14 years old. That day Ornella made a promise to the Timorese community: to do everything she could to create the same education opportunities she had growing up in Australia. OUP has proudly supported the new weekly library program. Each week, students now bring home an Oxford Reader - to enjoy with their families. This library program is about more than books - it’s about building a culture of readers in Timor-Leste. For many of our students, this is their very first time taking a storybook home, and the excitement is tangible. Children proudly carry their Oxford Readers, eager to explore new worlds and share them with their families.