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{{Short description|London-based educational book imprint}}
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| currentowner = {{ubl|[[Holtzbrinck Publishing Group]] (53%)|[[BC Partners]] (47%)}}
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| introduced = Early 1970s
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| markets = About 120 countries
| previousowners = [[Macmillan Publishers]]
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'''Macmillan Education''' is a publishing [[Imprint (trade name)|imprint]] and business which has been owned by various divisions and companies of the [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan publishing]] group and, more recently, the [[Springer Nature]] group which is jointly owned by [[Holtzbrinck Publishing Group]] and [[BC Partners]]. The company that runs the imprint is based in London and operates in over 120 countries worldwide. As of 2023, Macmillan Education is focused mainly on materials and services for language learning (mostly English) and for teaching international curricula in schools worldwide.

==History==
Macmillan Education was created as an imprint and division of the broader Macmillan publishing business in the UK in the early 1970s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Macmillan Publishers |date=2018 |title=The Macmillan Story |url=https://static.macmillan.com/static/macmillan/the-macmillan-story/9781250223296_The_Macmillan_Story.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225181105/https://static.macmillan.com/static/macmillan/the-macmillan-story/9781250223296_The_Macmillan_Story.pdf |archive-date=2021-12-25 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Macmillan.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore the British Library Search - "Macmillan Education" |url=https://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?srt=date2&srtChange=true&http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vl(297891299UI2)=any&vl(297891310UI4)=&&indx=1&fn=search&dscnt=0&vl(1UIStartWith0)=contains&vl(1UIStartWith2)=contains&mode=Advanced&vid=BLVU1&vl(297891311UI4)=00&tab=local_tab&vl(freeText1)=&dstmp=1686961248961&vl(297891292UI0)=AND&frbg=&vl(297891294UI1)=AND&vl(297891309UI4)=00&vl(297891307UI3)=all_items&vl(297891312UI4)=00&scp.scps=scope:(BLCONTENT)&tb=t&vl(1UIStartWith1)=contains&ct=search&vl(297891298UI2)=AND&vl(297891293UI0)=any&srt=rank&vl(297891308UI4)=00&vl(297891313UI4)=&Submit=Search&vl(297891295UI1)=any&vl(freeText2)=&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=%22Macmillan%20Education%22 |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=explore.bl.uk |language=en}}</ref> In 1994 it became legally framed within Macmillan Education Ltd, a company in the Macmillan group.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title=MACMILLAN EDUCATION LIMITED |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01425802 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=company-information.service.gov.uk}}</ref> During the 1990s, while the overall Macmillan group became acquired by the Holtzbrinck family, Macmillan Education increased its multinational presence, setting up offices in several countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South America.<ref name=":0" /> Expansion also involved the acquisition of [[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]] ELT in 1998, and new publishing initiatives including Macmillan Open Learning (supplying educational programmes), the MOTIVATE series of vocational training texts, and the College Essential Histories.<ref name=":0" />

In 2011 Macmillan Publishers Ltd was fined GBP 11.3 million by the [[High court|High Court]] in London, in respect of gains through corruption by Macmillan Education in East and West Africa between 2002 and 2009.<ref>[https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20130423053648/http://www.sfo.gov.uk//press-room/press-release-archive/press-releases-2011/action-on-macmillan-publishers-limited.aspx "Serious Fraud Office, 2011"]</ref> Subsequently, Macmillan Education stopped operating in East and West Africa.<ref>[http://www.thebookseller.com/news/macmillan-education-move-out-africa "The Bookseller, 2011" ]</ref>

Macmillan Education Ltd was dissolved at the end of 2014,<ref name=":1" /> prior to the 2015 merger of most of Macmillan Science and Education with Springer Science+Business Media, forming Springer Nature as a subdivision of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SPRINGER NATURE created following merger completion {{!}} Springer — International Publisher |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media/press-releases/corporate/springer-nature-created-following-merger-completion/256626 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.springer.com}}</ref> While remaining within the Springer Nature subgroup, Macmillan Education was in 2019 again placed in a UK company under its own name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MACMILLAN EDUCATION LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01755588 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>

As of 2023, the Macmillan Education business is based in London and operates in over 120 countries worldwide.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=Macmillan Education Homepage {{!}} Macmillan Education {{!}} Springer Nature |url=https://www.springernature.com/gp/macmillaneducation |access-date=2023-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227124819/https://www.springernature.com/gp/macmillaneducation |archive-date=2023-02-27 }}</ref> It is focused mainly on producing materials and services for language learning (mostly English) and for teaching international curricula in schools worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What We Do {{!}} Macmillan Education {{!}} Macmillan Education Homepage {{!}} Macmillan Education {{!}} Springer Nature |url=https://www.springernature.com/gp/macmillaneducation/what-we-do |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.springernature.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.macmillaneducation.com}}

{{Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group}}

[[Category:Educational publishing companies]]
[[Category:English-language education]]

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