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  Prospects Group: The Assignment Report’s Education Company of the Year 2011 (in: Support Services)
Jan 3, 2012

Prospects Group, the employee owned education, inspection, training and employment services business is The Assignment Report’s Education Company of the Year 2011.
  Pearson raises £450m for acquisitions (in: Media)
Jan 3, 2012
Pearson is selling its 50% stake in FTSE International Limited to the London Stock Exchange Group plc for £450 million in cash.
  Hobsons acquires Intelliworks (in: Higher Education)
Jan 3, 2012
Hobsons Inc, the US-headquartered education business of the Daily Mail and General Trust, has acquired Intelliworks, the Maryland-based provider of CRM systems for higher education, for an undisclosed sum.
  AEC’s profits expected to be below market expectations (in: Vocational and Professional Education)
Jan 3, 2012
AEC Education, the Singapore based AIM listed provider of educational programmes and English language training, reports in its latest trading update that the level of profit before tax in the second half of FY11 has been impacted by a weaker than expected performance from Malaysia.
  Revenue up 5% at The Consortium (in: Retail)
Jan 3, 2012
Hedgelane Limited, the company that owns The Consortium – the Wiltshire based education supplies company - has reported a 5% increase in revenue to £45.4m (2010: £43.2m) for the year ended 2 October 2010.
  Qualification revenue up 13.6% at Edexcel (in: Qualifications and Assessment)
Jan 3, 2012
Edexcel, the Pearson owned UK awarding body, has reported pre-tax profits of £93.2m (2009: £70.5m – 12 months) for the 14 month period ended 28 February 2011.
  Revenue up 2.3% at Cambridge Assessment (in: Qualifications and Assessment)
Jan 3, 2012
Cambridge Assessment Group (CAG) has reported a 3.2% increase in revenue to £274m (2010: £265m) for the year ended 31 July 2011 according to the recently published accounts of the University of Cambridge.
  SQA reports 3% increase in exam fee income (in: Qualifications and Assessment)
Jan 3, 2012
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has reported a 3% increase in income from examination fees to £38.3m (2010: £37.2m) for the year ended 31 March 2011 according to the organisation’s latest Annual Report and Accounts.
  The Open School Trust acquires the assets of the NEC (in: Retail)
Jan 3, 2012
The Open School Trust has acquired the assets of the National Extension College (NEC) from PwC, the administrators of the Learning and Skills Network (LSN).
  Wey Education raises £131k (in: Support Services)
Jan 3, 2012
Wey Education, the PLUS listed education support services business headed by Zenna Atkins, has raised gross proceeds of £131,500 through the placing of 875,000 1p shares at an issue price of 15p per share.
  CUP reports 11% increase in revenue (in: Media)
Jan 3, 2012
Cambridge University Press (CUP) has reported an 11% increase in revenue to £237m (2010: £213m) for the year ended 30 April 2011.
  Income down 13% at CfBT (in: Support Services)
Jan 3, 2012
CfBT Education Trust (CfBT) has reported a 13% fall in income to £131m (2010: £151m) for the year ended 31 March 2011 according to accounts filed recently at Companies House.
 
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