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As Edexcel is the only privately owned examination board in the UK, questions have been raised on whether the examination board is acting in the best interest of students, or solely as a profit making business, due to the wide range of Edexcel-endorsed text books published by Pearson, the international multi-billion company which owns the board.
Pearson owns one of the GCSE examining boards for the UK, Edexcel. [6] Pearson plc has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts.
Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc. The subsidiary was formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired Simon & Schuster 's educational business and combined it with Pearson's existing education company Addison-Wesley Longman . [ 1 ]
The tests include the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic), the PTE General (formerly known as London Tests of English (LTE)), [1] and PTE Young Learners. These are scenario-based exams, accredited by the QCA and Ofqual, [2] and are administered in association with Edexcel. [3]
Addison–Wesley is an American publisher of textbooks and computer literature. It is an imprint of Pearson plc, a global publishing and education company.In addition to publishing books, Addison–Wesley also distributes its technical titles through the O'Reilly Online Learning e-reference service.
Edge is a UK-based educational foundation.. In 2003, educational services provider Edexcel was partially sold to Pearson PLC.The trustees of Edexcel opted to use the proceeds of the sale to set up an educational foundation, and formed Edge in November 2004. [1]
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Fremantle Limited [3] (/ ˈ f r iː m æ n t əl /), formerly FremantleMedia, is a British multinational television production and distribution company based in London.The company was founded as Pearson Television in 1993 when publishing and education company Pearson acquired the former British ITV franchisee Thames Television.