About Us
The Hodder Education Group is part of Hachette Livre UK the largest and one of the most diversified book publishers in the UK. Formerly known as Hodder Arnold, the Group was formed after the merger of Hodder & Stoughton Educational with Arnold Publishers in 2001, and the subsequent acquisitions of the John Murray educational lists and Robert Gibson in 2002, Philip Allan Updates in 2005 and Chambers Harrap in 2006.
Hodder Education Group now contains 2 divisions – Hodder Education – Schools, and Hodder Education – Trade and Tertiary.
Hodder Education Group uses a range of imprints to focus on each of our core markets.
Hodder Education
This imprint covers books, resources, digital materials and assessment for the schools, vocational, higher education and self-learning markets.
Hodder Education is the second largest publisher for secondary education in the UK. It has market-leading positions in secondary history, science, religious education, business studies and the social sciences. We are OCR's publishing partner for a range of subjects and have recently launched the award winning Dynamic Learning a ground-breaking digital resource for teachers and students.
The Hodder Education imprint also covers books and digital materials for the vocational, HE and self-learning markets. These well-established and successful lists include market-leading lists in catering and early years, and the Michel Thomas Language Courses which have dominated the best-seller charts since their launch in 2000.
Philip Allan Updates
As part of the Hodder Education Group, Philip Allan Updates publish a wide range of subject-specific educational resources and run a fantastically successful programme of conferences and courses for students and teachers. In addition, Philip Allan Updates publish magazines to support GCSE and A level subjects.
Hodder Gibson
Hodder Gibson is the leading Educational Publisher for Scotland. With a wide range of books, resources and digital materials developed specifically for the Scottish curriculum and SQA examinations, Hodder Gibson offers extensive subject coverage to suit primary and secondary schools as well as further education colleges.
Hodder Arnold
The Hodder Arnold imprint covers books and digital resources for medicine, nursing and allied subjects at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional level. Subjects covered include anaesthesia, cardiology, forensic medicine, nursing, oncology, respiratory medicine and surgery, as well as many others.
With over 600 books in print, and approximately 80 new titles published each year, there is a book to cover every stage of a medical career – from course textbooks and guides for revision and study to operative manuals and reference works.
Teach Yourself
Launched in 1938, the teach yourself series grew rapidly in response to the world's wartime needs. Loved and trusted by over 50 million readers, the series has continued to respond to our readers’ changing needs, interests and passions and now, 70 years on, includes over 500 titles, from Arabic and Beekeeping to Yoga and Zulu. What would you like to learn?
Chambers
Chambers is one of the world’s most respected dictionary publishers, appealing particularly to word lovers and those who revel in all the quirks of the English language. Its extensive list of innovative language and reference titles includes the renowned Brewer’s list of endlessly browsable dictionaries of phrase and fable, and covers English-language dictionaries and thesauruses for every level of user from school to crossword fan, from English learner to student of slang. Meticulously researched and expertly written, the highly acclaimed Chambers range has been at the forefront of presenting knowledge and learning in an engaging and accessible way since it was first established in the 19th century.
Statement of Business Ethics
We pride ourselves on our reputation for acting fairly and ethically wherever we do business. Our reputation is built on our values as a company, the values of our employees and our collective commitment to acting with integrity throughout our organisation. We condemn corruption in all its forms and will not tolerate it in our business or in those we do business with.
Our Employee Handbook and Code of Conduct sets out what we expect of our staff, how they should behave and what they should do if confronted with corruption.
The code is for the benefit of staff as much as for the company. The potential harm done by bribery, both to the company and to individual members of staff, is long term. If convicted of a bribery offence, the company might get a significant fine and suffer lasting reputational damage. If an individual is convicted of a bribery offence, they could personally face up to ten years in prison.
In accordance with the requirements of anti-bribery legislation, the company will:
- maintain its current good and ethical practices.
- meet all relevant anti-bribery and corruption legislation and regulation appropriate to the business.
- assess and keep under review its activities, especially in jurisdictions deemed to be risky, and act on any areas that may pose risk.
- will set objectives and targets to respond to these risky areas and periodically review progress.
- ensure all employees are made and kept aware of our policy and its objectives.
- ensure relevant staff, especially those operating in identified sectors or jurisdictions, will be trained.
The Chief Executive Officer is ultimately responsible for preventing bribery and corruption within the company. The CEO ensures that the company’s policy is maintained and that adequate resources are made available for its effective implementation. Responsibility for ensuring that the specific arrangements defined in the policy are understood and implemented is delegated to Divisional Finance Directors.