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    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      Pearson expects education demand to insulate against economic headwinds

      FTSE 100 group has embarked on digital shift to tap into adult training market

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      Cat Rutter Pooley
      Pearson would have been a textbook take-private deal

      Despite its experience in educational publishing, buyout firm Apollo has abandoned attempt to buy UK group

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      Apollo drops plans to buy Pearson after £7bn bid rejected

      Private equity group must walk away for six months under UK takeover rules

    • Friday, 11 March, 2022
      Lex
      Pearson: Apollo can offer a lesson in restructuring Premium content

      Demand for digital textbooks and adult learning has not offset decline in higher education business

    • Friday, 11 March, 2022
      Pearson rejected £7bn takeover bid from Apollo

      Publisher had declined two offers by US private equity group, saying they ‘significantly undervalued’ company

    • Friday, 25 February, 2022
      Pearson seeks to tap pandemic resignation trend with training offers

      Education group expects demand for qualifications to grow as workers look to reskill

    • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
      Pearson lifts 2021 profit forecast as education publisher bets on new strategy

      Chief executive Andy Bird under pressure to revive fortunes of FTSE 100 group

    • Thursday, 16 December, 2021
      Pearson appoints Silicon Valley veteran Omid Kordestani as chair

      Former Twitter executive to start role at education publisher next year

    • Friday, 15 October, 2021
      Pearson shares slide despite rise in revenue

      Growth in virtual learning and workforce training offset by pandemic hit to higher education

    • Friday, 24 September, 2021
      The Top LineTom Braithwaite
      Student cheating is now a multibillion-dollar business

      A lawsuit between old-world Pearson and ‘edtech’ Chegg shows new forms of disruption to education

    • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
      Pearson sues edtech rival Chegg for copyright infringement

      Publisher alleges US company reproduced college course questions without permission

    • Monday, 16 August, 2021
      Cyber Security
      SEC fines Pearson $1m for misleading investors over cyber breach

      Education company described data leak as “hypothetical” after it had already happened

    • Friday, 30 July, 2021
      Pearson bets on direct-to-student subscription shift

      Educational publisher attempts move to Netflix model with access to 1,500 titles for $14.99 a month

    • Monday, 17 May, 2021
      News in-depthEducation
      Companies head to the classroom as demand for virtual education grows in pandemic

      Pearson and Warburg Pincus are among the groups betting last year’s home-schooling will boost appeal of online learning

    • Friday, 30 April, 2021
      Executive Pay
      Pearson suffers second revolt over new CEO’s £7m pay deal

      Nearly 40% of shareholders vote against award in latest furore over remuneration

    • Monday, 26 April, 2021
      Pearson boosted by virtual learning demand during pandemic

      Education group benefits from rise in enrolments at online-only schools

    • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
      Pearson chairman Sidney Taurel to step down by early 2022

      Investors criticised pay package of new chief executive and years of lacklustre returns

    • Monday, 8 March, 2021
      Pearson details consumer shift as 2020 revenue falls

      Education group aims to develop closer links with customers during online learning boom

    • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
      LombardBryce Elder
      Hedge funds feel the heat as Pearson catches day-trader fever

      Bearish bets unwound as US exuberance crosses the Atlantic

    • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
      Pearson returns to growth but cautions over lockdowns

      Online learning businesses pick up in fourth quarter amid uncertainty over education disruption

    • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
      Andy Bird pushes consumer focus as Pearson overhaul begins

      Education group also taps former Warner Bros executive to lead unit that will sell straight to individuals

    • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
      Pearson sales drop on weakness in textbook and testing businesses

      Pandemic-led boost in publishing group’s online education division fails to offset faltering performance in other units

    • Monday, 12 October, 2020
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Companies tread a fine line on executive pay

      Covid-19 has underlined that what constitutes good performance is changing

    • Monday, 12 October, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      Pearson’s chairman needs more lessons on how to say ‘no’

      Sidney Taurel risks being cut from the middle of Pearson’s muddle; UK banks beware negative interest rates

    • Monday, 12 October, 2020
      Pearson shareholders set sights on departure of chairman

      Sidney Taurel criticised for handling of succession process and pay package for new chief executive

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