Students and educators gain a simpler route to online resources LONDON, 09-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN), together with Pearson, the world’s learning company, has created and launched a new digital customer experience which will simplify and improve the user … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Management, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Accenture Interactive, Bernie Segal, Kate James, OneDotCom, Pearson, Simon Nixon
Second cohort of mentees will receive additional networking advice from legal and business experts, career planning workshops, and informational interviews in a variety of career fields HOBOKEN, N.J., U.S.A., 08-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Pearson, in collaboration with the National Federation … Read the full press release
LONDON, 13-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Further to our January announcement, Pearson PLC (“Pearson”) today announces an agreement to sell a 22% stake in the Penguin Random House Venture (“PRH”) to our partner Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA (“Bertelsmann”) and recapitalise the … Read the full press release
Posted in Investment, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA, Pearson, Penguin Random House Venture
Group acquires another 22 percent of shares from co-shareholder Pearson Strategic three-quarters majority of the world’s largest publishing house Pearson remains co-owner of Penguin Random House with 25-percent stake Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe: “The book business is part of Bertelsmann’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged Bertelsmann, Pearson, Penguin Random House, Thomas Rabe
WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A., 17-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (April 10, 2017), Pearson announced a new partnership with Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) to provide students with affordable rental options for both print and e-book versions of popular Pearson higher education titles. Beginning this … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, United Kingdom
Tagged Affordable Textbooks for College Students, Chegg, Dan Rosensweig, Pearson, Tim Bozik
$2.2M Funding Enables HarukaEdu to Scale Online Degree Programs LONDON, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Pearson, the world’s leading education company, today announces the latest investment made through the Pearson Affordable Learning Fund, (PALF). It is investing in HarukaEdu, a Jakarta-based startup … Read the full press release
Our competitive performance remained strong in the first nine months of the year with share gains across our major markets including US higher education courseware, US school courseware and UK qualifications. Cyclical and policy related factors made some of our … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged John Fallon, Pearson
Branson signs Project Literacy petition, raising awareness of the 757m people who can’t read, write or sign their name LONDON, 23-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Richard Branson has signed the largest petition ever committed to raising awareness of the global challenge … Read the full press release
Pearson is today announcing that it has agreed to sell its 50% stake in The Economist Group for £469 million, payable in cash. LONDON, 13-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — EXOR S.p.A. has agreed to purchase 27.8% of The Economist Group’s Ordinary … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Investment, Management, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged B special shares, EXOR S.p.A., John Fallon, ordinary shares, payable in cash, Pearson, stake, The Economist Group, £469 million
Pearson is today announcing that it has agreed the sale of FT Group to Nikkei Inc. for a gross consideration of £844 million, payable in cash. LONDON, 24-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged FT Group, FT Labs, FT newspaper, FT.com, FTChinese, How to Spend It, John Fallon, Nikkei Inc., Pearson, Tsuneo Kita
LONDON, 13-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, has published research which shows that The Beatles and the Harry Potter film series have been voted as the most popular sources of culture that help people learn … Read the full press release
New Inspired Locations of Learning app helps students’ productivity Free to download for iOS and Android Share inspiring study locations on Foursquare LONDON, 27-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, today launched a new free app – Inspired Locations of Learning – to … Read the full press release
London, UK, 27-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, is today providing its regular January trading update. Pearson faced tough market conditions throughout 2013 as cyclical, policy-related and structural pressures affected our education publishing and assessment businesses in North … Read the full press release
.5 million free books given to reception-aged children as part of Booktime This year sees Booktime gift its 10 millionth book to a child to encourage a lifelong love of reading London, UK, 6-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading personalities including Mount Pleasant … Read the full press release
London, UK, 6-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Financial Times and Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, today unveiled a new FT Education API that offers students and educators the opportunity to access free, award-winning content from the Financial Times. The API, created … Read the full press release
25-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — TQ Education and Training, a Pearson business that provides outsourced training solutions, has been awarded a five-year contract to develop and operate three vocational colleges in Saudi Arabia, providing high quality vocational skills and qualifications for more … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, United Kingdom
Tagged Board of Colleges of Excellence, Buraydah, Christopher Samler, Dr Saleh A. Alamr, His Excellency Dr Ali bin Nasser Al Ghafis, Mecca, Medina, outsourced training solutions, Pearson, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, TQ Education and Training, vocational colleges
Contract Signing Follows Final Negotiation Between Shareholders Markus Dohle To Serve As CEO Bertelsmann Appoints Five Board Of Directors Members, Pearson Four All Territorial Regulatory Approvals Received Without Conditions 19-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Bertelsmann and Pearson today signed the final contracts … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged Bertelsmann, Markus Dohle, MERGER, Pearson, Penguin Group, Penguin Random House, publishing, Random House