Penguin Random House UK Seeks Out Underrepresented New Voices
June 26, 2017
At Penguin Random House UK, we are determined to publish a wider range of voices and books to more fully reflect the diverse society we live in. That’s why we have set ourselves a new company-wide goal to ensure our new hires and the books we acquire reflect UK society by 2025, in terms of social mobility, ethnicity, gender, disability, and sexuality. We want to see a positive shift towards this goal every year through to 2025.



- We had a fantastic 2,000 applications in just 48 hours and 3,400 applications in total for work experience placements in June and July 2017
- 85% of our applicants were from outside of London
- 30% of applicants didn’t have a university degree
- 20% of applicants were BAME

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