Cambridge University Press and Assessment

Cambridge University Press and Assessment was legally formed on 1 August 2021. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II approved amendments to University of Cambridge Statutes, which formally recognised the operational merger of Cambridge Assessment and Cambridge University Press, presented at a Privy Council meeting on 15 December 2021. The main changes to Statute J were to replace references to the University Press with references to the merged entity under the title of the Press and Assessment Department, and to update the name of the Press Syndicate to the Press and Assessment Syndicate. The two founding organisations have an entwined history, since December 1858 when Cambridge University Press first printed exam papers for Cambridge Assessment. At the 2022 Education World Forum, Cambridge University Press and Assessment Chief Executive Peter Phillips warned of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' mental health, urging the gathering of education ministers and leaders to "put wellbeing at the heart of everything we do." == Governance ==

The organisation is governed by a 'Syndicate' (Press and Assessment Syndicate) of 18 senior members of the University of Cambridge. The Press and Assessment Syndicate governs the group's activity and exercises oversight through the Press and Assessment Board and its committees. Day-to-day management of the business is delegated by the Syndicate to the Cambridge University Press and Assessment's Chief Executive Peter Phillips, working with its executive board. Updates from the syndicate are published by the official newspaper of the University of Cambridge, The Reporter. In a 2021 discussion reported in the Cambridge University Reporter, D.D.K.Chow of Trinity College, expressed concerns about the lack of academic oversight of the newly merged institution. == References ==