Originally set up in 1985, University of Buckingham Press is an independent publisher of wide-ranging trade and academic books and journals, working closely with the University of Buckingham - the UK’s first private university.

The five fundamental principles of UBP’s mission are:

1. Quality: having a rigorous editorial and production process to ensure highest possible quality of work published;

2. Thought-Leadership: publishing content that adds to and generates knowledge and debate across subject areas;

3. Platform: providing an open platform on which to lift up and highlight the best written work and research;

4. Equality: whether for writers, researchers, booksellers, libraries, content providers or readers, to provide an equal platform for all;

5. Access: to ensure global access across platforms, institutions, formats and countries to all published work.