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Recent Articles in Higher Education

Member Content GSM London in administration
Aug 31, 2019
GSM London, the Sovereign Capital-owned provider of university-accredited undergraduate, postgraduate and professional programmes, announced on 30 July 2019 that it had entered administration and would cease teaching at the end of September 2019.
Member Content Pathways and UK Professional drive H1 revenue growth at Kaplan International
Aug 31, 2019
Kaplan, the education division of Graham Holdings, has reported an operating income of $51.9m for the six months ended 30 June 2019, on revenue down 1% to $740.2m.
Member Content Laureate Education announces $150m stock repurchase programme
Aug 31, 2019
Laureate Education has announced a new stock repurchase programme to acquire up to $150m of stock. The company expects to complete the repurchase programme by no later than the first half of 2020, dependent on market conditions, Laureate said.
Member Content Lower enrolments impact Zovio
Aug 31, 2019
Zovio, the Nasdaq-listed education technology services company for higher education institutions and employers, has posted an adjusted EBTIDA loss of $7.6m for the six months ended 30 June 2019, on revenue down 7.9% to $217.3m.
Member Content Afya acquires IPEC
Aug 31, 2019
Afya, the Nasdaq-listed Brazilian medical education group, has acquired Instituto Paraense de Educação e Cultura (IPEC), a non-operational post-secondary education institution.
Member Content QA acquires Cloud Academy
Jul 31, 2019
QA Group, the CVC Capital Partners-backed provider of IT and business skills training and higher education, has acquired San Francisco-based Cloud Academy, a technology training platform for enterprise multi-cloud infrastructure.
Member Content ULaw returns to profit
Jul 31, 2019
The University of Law, the private university owned by the Netherlands-based Global University Systems (GUS), delivered an operating profit of £4.1m for the year ended 30 November 2018, on revenue of £74.6m.
Member Content Revenue up 78% at Arden University
Jul 31, 2019
Arden University, the private online distance and blended learning university owned by Global University Systems (GUS), delivered an EBIT loss of £3.5m for the year ended 31 October 2018 on revenue up 78% to £16.1m.
Member Content Minerva Project raises $57m Series C
Jul 31, 2019
Minerva Project, the San Francisco online university, has closed a $57m Series C led by Bytedance, with participation from existing investors TAL Education Group and Yongjin Group.
Member Content Laureate Education to sell Universidad Interamericana de Panamá
Jul 31, 2019
Laureate Education is to sell Universidad Interamericana de Panamá (UIP), a higher education institution in the Republic of Panama, to Universal Knowledge Systems Inc. and Global Education Services Inc.
Member Content New leadership team at Navitas following BGH Capital’s acquisition
Jul 31, 2019
The BGH Capital-led consortium has completed its A$2.1bn acquisition of Navitas.
Member Content Growth in Research and Solutions offsets decline in Education Publishing at Wiley
Jun 30, 2019
Wiley, the US-based global research and education company, has reported an adjusted operating income of $227.1m for the year ended 30 April 2019, on revenue up 2% to $1,800m.
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