Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that Nelson Thornes will be formally integrated into Oxford University Press early in 2014.
OUP, which is a department of the University of Oxford, acquired the educational publisher in January 2013. It has since operated Nelson Thornes as a standalone subsidiary.
OUP recently outlined its vision for the future, with Nelson Thornes' wide range of print and digital publishing joining the wider group as part of OUP's Oxford Education division.
Nelson Thornes covers a broad range of subject areas with its home learning, primary, secondary, and vocational resources. From early 2014 its former titles will be published under the OUP imprint and will be sold and distributed alongside Oxford resources. Its popular online secondary brand, Kerboodle, will be adopted across all OUP's secondary digital publishing.
Its Cheltenham office is expected to remain open until March 2015, and its premises in Newcastle will remain open for the foreseeable future. Employees will be combined into a single structure as part of the transfer, and full consultations will take place with all staff affected.
In the immediate future customers should continue to purchase titles from OUP and Nelson Thornes independently. Further information will be provided as and when any changes are made to ordering processes.
