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As part of its ongoing expansion plans, UK-based education provider, Oxford International Education Group, has acquired co-educational day and boarding school, d’Overbroeck’s, in Oxford.

In more exciting acquisitional activity in the education agency space, Canada's Loyalist Group has reported it is set to acquire Uhak.com (Uhak), South Korea’s largest education agency, for CAN$8.1m, of which $5.3m will be paid in cash. Loyalist's CEO said the deal meant "a new dimension to Loyalist's vertical integration strategy".

Canada-based ILSC Education Group has entered into a strategic, financial and advisory partnership with private strategic investment firm Quad Partners. The deal will enable the education company to expand its global footprint.

A top-tier Japanese private equity fund has entered into a joint shareholding agreement with iae Global Group, one of Korea’s leading education recruitment companies, with plans to expand offices in Asia and on-shore recruitment in destination countries.

The International Language Institute in Canada has recently sold a controlling interest to Anterior Education Systems. Under management of new CEO Michael Hunter, the institution aims to expand significantly across Canada and the UK and go public by mid-2015.

Answering to the growing demand for international work experience, leading international education exchange organisation CIEE last month merged with US-based Academic Internship Council.

Ernst & Young (EY) one of the world's leading accounting firms has agreed to buy global strategy consultancy The Parthenon Group that will combine the companies' operations worldwide and expand the reach and scope of Parthenon's global Education Practice.

An Irish acquisition recently announced sees two well known brand names in the international education space under new owners. Dublin-based Independent News & Media has sold private third-level college Independent Colleges Ltd and ELT operator IH Dublin. The new owners are members of the Cork-based Barry family and owners of Barry’s Tea brand.

Global education provider Navitas is set to acquire California-based creative media college Ex’pression for US$13 million. The deal will be completed through the company’s media education subsidiary, SAE Institute Group. With campuses near San Francisco and San Jose, the move will double SAE’s locations in the state.

North America-based International Studies Abroad has merged with GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, expanding its portfolio of study destinations in the Asia Pacific region. The agreement will result in GlobaLinks branding being phased out over the coming months, bringing the entire company under the ISA name by January 2015.

Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has bought a minority share in ISIS Education Group and is providing development capital funding to support the business's expansion plans. Founded in 1991, ISIS is a UK-based education business providing English language, sixth-form, university pathways and educational tour programmes to UK and international students.

Australia-based Holmes Group has entered the US and Canadian markets after acquiring four North American locations of Sol Schools International with plans to expand in the region The PIE News has learned. The group will also move into the pathway market after signing an agreement with the UK's University of Buckingham.

Bucksmore Education, part of the ISIS Education and Travel Group, has acquired home tuition provider Homelingua. Traditionally a provider of summer programmes for children and teenagers, the addition of the homestay course network marks an expansion of Bucksmore Education's product portfolio.

A St Paul's Bay hotel in Malta is to be sold to European School of English (ESE) in a deal worth €14m, according to the Times of Malta. The acquisition is the first entire acquisition in a hotel that the school has made and is a significant investment into accommodation for its clients.

Members of the Abroad 101 advisory board have acquired the US-based study abroad directory with plans to bring it back from the brink of closure. The new owners intend to use the site, which attracts more than 2,000 visitors daily, to increase accountability in student mobility and advocate for "off the beaten path" study experiences.