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Education & Training
The education and training market is wide ranging and encompasses learners across all age groups and settings. This evolving sector is being driven by changes in demographics, funding, regulation, consumer preferences and delivery models. Providers are fast discovering how best to integrate technology and traditional methods to create a hybrid system for the long-term.
Education providers: we work across all age groups from nurseries through schools to further and higher education, including special educational needs.
Corporate training: we have experience in compliance and certification through professional development and upskilling to more bespoke corporate resources.
Skills and apprenticeships: we have worked across the skills landscape, navigating different funding streams and the underlying demand for skills training.
Edtech: we have experience advising technology providers serving the education sector, including online learning platforms, digital content and back-office systems.
Services to education providers: we support education providers in areas such as procurement, staffing, products and equipment, logistics and IT.
Education providers: we work across all age groups from nurseries through schools to further and higher education, including special educational needs.
Corporate training: we have experience in compliance and certification through professional development and upskilling to more bespoke corporate resources.
Skills and apprenticeships: we have worked across the skills landscape, navigating different funding streams and the underlying demand for skills training.
Edtech: we have experience advising technology providers serving the education sector, including online learning platforms, digital content and back-office systems.
Services to education providers: we support education providers in areas such as procurement, staffing, products and equipment, logistics and IT.
Market and funding: we size market opportunities, evaluate underlying market dynamics and assess funding environments.
Procurement and decision making: we help clients understand the increasing professionalisation of B2B procurement across education markets, such as with multi-academy trusts, as well as consumer-led decision making.
Customer and learner insights: we gather independent feedback from customers and learners to understand behaviours, assess performance and market positioning.
Technology utilisation: we help clients combine the best of traditional service delivery with the latest technology across an increasingly diverse range of settings.
Growth opportunities: we support clients in the research, analysis and prioritisation of growth opportunities. This includes current market headroom, new product development and international expansion.
M&A strategy: we work to identify and qualify targets, assessing the rationale for acquisition, and identifying strategies for successful integration.
Pricing and commercial strategy: We bring analytical depth and a structured approach to improve margins and secure growth – helping higher education institutions make informed decisions on international tuition fees, acquisition investments and smart pricing adjustments throughout the application cycle. We support both those building their pricing capability and mature pricing teams, ensuring solutions fit the organisation’s needs and deliver immediate impact.
Market and funding: we size market opportunities, evaluate underlying market dynamics and assess funding environments.
Procurement and decision making: we help clients understand the increasing professionalisation of B2B procurement across education markets, such as with multi-academy trusts, as well as consumer-led decision making.
Customer and learner insights: we gather independent feedback from customers and learners to understand behaviours, assess performance and market positioning.
Technology utilisation: we help clients combine the best of traditional service delivery with the latest technology across an increasingly diverse range of settings.
Growth opportunities: we support clients in the research, analysis and prioritisation of growth opportunities. This includes current market headroom, new product development and international expansion.
M&A strategy: we work to identify and qualify targets, assessing the rationale for acquisition, and identifying strategies for successful integration.
Pricing and commercial strategy: We bring analytical depth and a structured approach to improve margins and secure growth – helping higher education institutions make informed decisions on international tuition fees, acquisition investments and smart pricing adjustments throughout the application cycle. We support both those building their pricing capability and mature pricing teams, ensuring solutions fit the organisation’s needs and deliver immediate impact.
10 Trends in Corporate Training
CIL recently interviewed C-level executives at a number of leading corporate training providers, together with Learning and Development (L&D) professionals to discuss current trends in the corporate training landscape.
Education Summit: How to find and transact the right opportunities in the education sector
Against the backdrop of a more challenging M&A environment, suppressed by inflation and rising interest rates, finding and transacting the right opportunities in the education sector is an increasingly important question for investors. Mark Jeynes, Partner at CIL, recently joined a panel at the Education Investor Summit to debate this topic.
Sector snapshot: international student demand
CIL recently surveyed ~150 education agents to understand the outlook for international students in UK higher education. Overall sentiment remains positive, although UK government policy towards international students requires ongoing monitoring. This article explores six core trends in international student demand.
