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| 2024 | Anthony Cond, Chief Executive of Liverpool University Press, became the first President of the Association of University Presses from outside of the Americas. |
| May 17 2024 | The Times reported that OUP had retracted two studies following investigations, with OUP stating they undertook further investigation and retracted the papers in line with industry standard processes. |
| May 17 2024 | OUP officially retracted two controversial studies published in Forensics Sciences Research after investigating concerns about the research's ethical implications. |
| December 2023 | Concerns were raised about Oxford University Press publishing an academic paper using genetic data from the Uyghur population in Xinjiang, which potentially involved collaboration with China's Ministry of Justice and raised human rights concerns. |
| 2022 | The book 'The Blue Eye' was withdrawn from sale following allegations of Islamophobia on social media. |
| August 27 2021 | Closed Oxuniprint, its printing division, marking the 'final chapter' of its centuries-long printing history. |
| 2020 | Bhanu Kapil's 'How to Wash a Heart' won the T.S. Eliot Prize. |
| 2020 | Tenth edition first published by Oxford University Press. |
| 2020 | Android version 11.7.712 released with the latest 2020 Oxford University Press word database and new dictionary entries. |
| 2020 | iOS version 12.4.191 launched with the latest 2020 Oxford University Word Database and improved audio pronunciation quality. |
| July 2020 | Bookshop on the High Street closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | iOS version 10.0.17 released with support for iOS 12. |
| 2019 | Android version 11.0.504 published with an updated word database and improved audio pronunciation quality. |
| 2019 | iOS version 11.2.2 launched with support for iOS 13 and the new 2019 Oxford University word database. |
| 2019 | Android version 11.2.546 added support for Android 10 and contained the latest 2019 Oxford University Press word database. |
| 2018 | UPL celebrated its 40th founding anniversary at the Bangla Academy auditorium, presenting the first UPL Excellence Award to 41 authors, institutions, and patrons. The event was attended by prominent figures including Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Kamal Hossain, and other notable personalities. |
| 2018 | Android version 10.0.399 introduced support for Android 9 and offline mode. |
| 2018 | iOS version 10.0.10 released with the newest version of the Oxford University Press audio database. |
| 2018 | iOS version 10.0.11 released with a new colorful design and features to delete and sort entries in Favorites and Recent lists. |
| 2018 | Fifth edition published with continued improvements. |
| 2018 | Concludes the period during which OUP bought out over 70 rival book and journal publishers. |
| May 1 2018 | 9th Edition Traditional Chinese paperback with DVD was published, with an official release on 2018-06-25. |
| 2017 | Android version 9.1.284 launched with the latest Oxford word database, optimized support for Android 8, and integrated look-up feature. |
| 2017 | iOS version 10.0.1 released with support for iOS 11. |
| 2017 | iOS version 10.0.6 released with the latest Oxford University Word Database and audio optimization. |
| 2016 | Android version 7.1.191 released with support for Android 7, improved Camera search, and 18 new languages. |
| 2016 | iOS version 8.1 released with optimization for iOS 8 and a new user interface. |
| 2015 | Mona Arshi's poetry collection 'Small Hands' won The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection at the Forward Prizes for Poetry. |
| 2015 | Ninth edition first published, including over 185,000 words, phrases and meanings with 700+ new words. Added Express yourself notes and Wordfinder notes. |
| August 2015 | The online version added more than 80,000 words from the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). |
| July 2013 | 8th Edition in Traditional Chinese was published by Oxford University Press (China). |
| July 2012 | The UK's Serious Fraud Office found Oxford University Press branches in Kenya and Tanzania guilty of bribery in obtaining school bookselling contracts sponsored by the World Bank. As a result, OUP was fined £1.9 million and prohibited from applying for World Bank-financed projects for three years. |
| 2010 | Eighth edition first published after 5 years of production and over 30,000 hours of editing. |
| 2010 | Fourth edition published with new color maps, updated essays, and commentaries. |
| October 19 2010 | A new impression of the dictionary was published. |
| September 15 2010 | First impression of the dictionary was released, including 12-month access to Oxford Dictionaries Online. |
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