Education
Keystone buys uni search tool
Keystone Academic Solutions, of Oslo, Norway has acquired the UK-based post-graduate search tool FindAUniversity. Keystone already serves 54m…
Brill acquires theology texts
Academic publisher Brill, of the Netherlands, has agreed to acquire the assets of German publisher Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht…
DMGT sells Hobsons EdTech
As foreshadowed in Flashes & Flames in December, DMGT has agreed the sale of Hobsons, its EdTech business,…
OUP open access deal
Oxford University Press (OUP) and the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) have reached a comprehensive ‘Read and…
Progress expands learning
The Progress Group, educational and training company in the UK, has acquired health and social care edtech company…
Apprentice site expands to US
Multiverse, a UK-based ed tech startup founded by Euan Blair, son of former UK prime minister Tony Blair,…
Top Hat expands education
Top Hat, Canadian online education platform, had acquired Fountainhead Press, bringing a higher education portfolio of 250 authors.…
PressReader into education
PressReader, the Canada-based ‘all-you-can-eat’ digital newsstand, is diversifying into the eLearning market, with the 2018 launch of TextbookHub and…
DMGT’s EdTech for sale?
Analysts believe that the UK’s cashed-up Daily Mail Group (DMGT), which has a long history of divesting B2B…
Discovery buys science
US-based Discovery Education has added Mystery Science to its portfolio. Mystery Science covers STEM subjects for younger children.…