Communications
Officers Network
Hilary Term
21 January 2016
Oxford University Press communications – Emma Duke, Senior Group Communications Manager, and Dan Selinger, Head of Communications - Oxford Education, OUP
Smart Oxford – Bill Imlah, Digital Research & Collaboration Officer, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Research Services
Case study database – Helen Carstairs, Knowledge Exchange Project Officer, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team, Research Services
Digital communications strategy– Stuart Fowkes, Head of Digital Communications, Public Affairs Directorate
Updated University Style Guide – Anne Brunner-Ellis, Head of Design & Publications, Public Affairs Directorate
On the agenda…
Oxford University Press
Communications at OUP
Emma Duke and Dan Selinger
January 2016
Oxford University Press
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Some basic statistics
The largest university
press in the world
• Dates back to 1478
• Employs over 7,000 people worldwide
• Publishes 6,000 new titles annually
• Every publication has a digital component
(in whole or part)
• Turnover of nearly £800 million
• We publish in over 70 languages
Everything we publish fulfils our mission
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It
furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship,
and education by publishing worldwide.
Global Reach
Our presence across the world
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Communications at OUP
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Corporate communications
Divisional PR teams
Sales and Marketing
Engage and
motivate
employees
Political
engagement Manage OUP’s
reputation around the
world
Manage the
relationship with
the wider
University
Manage and
protect our
corporate brand
Generate interest and
engagement around
products and services
Maintain
positive
relations with
customers
Examples
Product PR and thought leadership
Examples
Dictionaries PR
Examples
Internal communications
Examples
Crisis management
Examples
Corporate identity
An introduction to Smart Oxford
web: oxfordsmartcity.uk
Bill Imlah Knowledge Exchange & Impact Team Research Services [email protected]
• Energy • Environmental
Sustainability • Health and Wellness • Education • Security and Safety • Retail • Culture and Tourism • Housing and Regeneration • Mobility
Smart Oxford is the strategic programme of a wide range of city partners working together to develop and promote Oxford as a smart city.
• Overseen by the Oxford Strategic Partnership (OSP) • OSP is a set of collaborating organisations from across the public sector, academia,
business, and voluntary and community organisations • Day-to-day co-ordination and planning carried out by Smart Oxford project board • University board members : Phil Clare, Stuart Wilkinson, Anthony Mtitimila, Bill
Imlah
Helps initiate, orchestrate and support smart city activities / projects by: • promoting – to attract inward investment
• advocating – encouraging take-up of digital and tech solutions
• researching – developing relevant knowledge, expertise, discernment
• influencing – government & standards bodies
• connecting – creating a network of connections
• match-making – identifying complementary needs and opportunities
• co-ordinating – encouraging engagement, minimising duplication
• advising – city leaders and groups on available options and strategies
• harmonising – actively tending to relationships between groups
• envisioning – big-picture and strategic overview
web: oxfordsmartcity.uk
Research case
study database
Helen Carstairs, Knowledge Exchange Project Officer, Knowledge
Exchange and Impact Team, Research Services
Case studies are written by lots of parts of the University
https://sharepoint.nexus.ox.ac.uk/comms
This database exists to help make the best use of case studies that are produced from across the university. You can:
• search for existing case studies and request to re-use them
• upload your own case studies so that others can view them, and request re-use
https://sharepoint.nexus.ox.ac.uk/comms
Contact Helen Carstairs to request access or to find out more: