US PE firm invests £120m in UK student housing
US private equity firm Starwood Capital Group has entered the UK accommodation market with the acquisition of an operational portfolio worth £120m, in partnership with Europe's Round Hill Capital.
US private equity firm Starwood Capital Group has entered the UK accommodation market with the acquisition of an operational portfolio worth £120m, in partnership with Europe's Round Hill Capital.
UNICAF, an online platform that aims to increase access for African professionals to international standard higher education in sub-Saharan Africa, has received $12m in funding from a consortium of investors.
The travel and tourism sector now accounts for 10% of global GDP, amounting to one out of every 11 jobs, says UNWTO. This globally diverse industry is fuelling demand at hospitality schools, which are helping educate a sought-after international workforce – which is also attractive to wider global companies looking for five-star graduates. Julian Hall reports.
ACT, one of the leading US college admissions exam taken by more than 1.8m students across the globe, has closed all its test centres in South Korea, bar one, due to widespread cheating.
Higher education will provide the foundation for a deepening trade relationship between the UK and China as the bilateral partnership enters a 'golden era', according to a new report from CBI and Middlesex University.
The USA leads the charge when it comes to producing employable graduates, with Germany and the UK also on the podium, according to the opinions of thousands of hiring managers assessed in an employability ranking of institutions published by THE.
A consortium of East Africa's Centum Investments, Sabis education network and private investment firm Investbridge Capital will open 20 schools across Africa with the first set to open September 2018.
JP Holdings, Japan's largest childcare facility company, is to invest $5m in a new kindergarten complex in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang.