LONDON, March 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world's lifelong learning company, today announces the appointment of Arden Hoffman as an independent Non-Executive Director, with effect from 1 June 2025. Arden has held significant leadership positions within high-profile organisations and brings to Pearson a strong expertise and business perspective on workforce and talent development in an era of innovation and AI.

Arden is the Chief People Officer at General Motors, a position she has held since 2023. Arden leads GM's talent management and organisational development and plays a critical role in fostering a culture of innovation, ensuring the company attracts, retains, and develops top talent in a rapidly evolving industry. She brings to the Board a strong background in human resources and talent development in the global automotive, technology, and financial services sectors. Prior to General Motors, Arden served as Chief People Officer at Cruise and as Global Head of Human Resources at Dropbox, in addition to holding senior positions in HR at Google and Goldman Sachs.

LONDON, March 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world's lifelong learning company, today announces the appointment of Arden Hoffman as an independent Non-Executive Director, with effect from 1 June 2025. Arden has held significant leadership positions within high-profile organisations and brings to Pearson a strong expertise and business perspective on workforce and talent development in an era of innovation and AI.

MANILA, Philippines, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world's lifelong learning company, today released results from test takers in the Philippines as part of the Pearson Global English Proficiency Report 2024. It reveals Philippine corporate employees proficiency compared to the average Versant test taker around the globe.

The average 4-skills English score in the Philippines is 63, compared to the global average of 57. Philippine employees also score higher in Speaking (56 compared to 54) and Writing (62 compared to 61).

New insights reveal more than half of test takers in Southeast Asia, Japan, and Korea pursue Pearson Test of English for work and migration opportunities.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson (PSON), the world's leading learning company, today released insights from Pearson Test of English (PTE) candidates across Southeast Asia for 2024. The data reveals a younger demographic with ambitions to work and study around the globe.

This announcement comes on the heels of the successful 2024 Asia PTE Partner Summit, a gathering of more than 400 international education professionals simultaneously hosted in Changsa, China, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Manila, Philippines, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam and virtually across other Southeast Asia countries, South Korea and Japan.

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson (LON: PSON), the world's leading learning company, today announced Ulfa Rafiqha has achieved a Silver in the Pearson English Language Teacher Awards. She is one of 12,000 teachers who just completed their Pearson English Journey in partnership with the Indonesia Ministry of Education.

Ms Rafiqha, an English teacher at SDS Eka Tjipta Sungai Beran, was this week presented a trophy for achieving this honour in the Innovation in English Language Teaching Category.

National GED Day recognizes the importance of non-traditional educational pathways 

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson's (FTSE: PSON.L) GED® Testing Service proudly announces the first National GED Day on September 16th to celebrate GED achievements and brighter futures through education. This day recognizes the dedication of GED learners, educators, graduates, and everyone who supports them throughout their educational journeys.

Pearson AI Study Tools gain momentum, surpassing 2MM interactions from 70K+ students

HOBOKEN, N.J., June 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- New data from Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L) shows an increasing number of students turning to generative AI tools to build knowledge and optimize their study efforts.

Pearson generative AI Study Tools are available in the Mastering study platform and Pearson+ eTextbooks, with 70,000 students at more than 1,000 higher ed institutions now using them. More than 2 million interactions with the tools have helped students benefit from personalized step-by-step guidance, content summarization, and explanations for challenging concepts.

Pearson AI Study Tools gain momentum, surpassing 2MM interactions from 70K+ students

HOBOKEN, N.J., June 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- New data from Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L) shows an increasing number of students turning to generative AI tools to build knowledge and optimize their study efforts.

Pearson generative AI Study Tools are available in the Mastering study platform and Pearson+ eTextbooks, with 70,000 students at more than 1,000 higher ed institutions now using them. More than 2 million interactions with the tools have helped students benefit from personalized step-by-step guidance, content summarization, and explanations for challenging concepts.

Partnership to offer unique workforce experiences, insight into growing fields and opportunities, as well as connection to collegiate and industry partners 

HOBOKEN, N.J., June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L) and its Connections Academy, the fully online public school program serving K-12 students, announced today a strategic partnership with the SEMI Foundation, the 501(c)(3) arm of SEMI, a global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing, semiconductor, and design supply chain market. The partnership with the SEMI Foundation, which leads the association's global workforce development and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, offers Connections Academy students, families, and educators' insight, connections and opportunities in these rapidly growing fields.

Partnership to offer unique workforce experiences, insight into growing fields and opportunities, as well as connection to collegiate and industry partners 

HOBOKEN, N.J., June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L) and its Connections Academy, the fully online public school program serving K-12 students, announced today a strategic partnership with the SEMI Foundation, the 501(c)(3) arm of SEMI, a global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing, semiconductor, and design supply chain market. The partnership with the SEMI Foundation, which leads the association's global workforce development and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, offers Connections Academy students, families, and educators' insight, connections and opportunities in these rapidly growing fields.