OUP partners with ed-tech start-up program

20 November 2014 Books+Publishing

In the UK, Oxford University Press (OUP) has partnered with education technology start-up ‘accelerator program’ Emerge Education, reports the Bookseller. As part of the partnership, OUP will sponsor a working space for education businesses enrolled in the Emerge Education program, which ‘offers ed-tech start-ups the chance to gain expertise, customers and investment as they look to take their ventures to the next level’. Paul Riley, director of channels and partnerships at OUP, said: ‘This partnership provides OUP with opportunities to combine its high quality content with ground-breaking technology. Such activity will allow us to develop innovative products and services that improve the lives of teachers and learners globally, disrupting education for the better.’

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