Hotcourses - news and achievements

2009: Hotcourses opens US office in Annapolis, Maryland; Launch 6student.com - international site for Chinese students; Launch hotcoursesabroad.com - international site containing course data for UK, USA, Australia and Singapore; Hotcourses International launched, including 21 translated sites in local language for local students; Hotcourses awarded EGT National site - launched March 2009; Landmark of 1 million courses in England reached; Launch of myhotcourses.com; Building work starts on Lawson Secondary School, as sister college for Hotcourses Primary School in Kenya; Hotcourses secure place in Sunday Times 100 Top Companies Survey; Landmark of 60% of providers in England using Course Manager

2008: Hotcourses joins the National Skills Forum; UKRLP contract extended; Hotcourses invited to join the government's Skills Commission; Opened offices in Sydney (Australia) and Pretoria (South Africa); Professor Michael Arthur (Vice Chancellor of the University of Leeds) joins the Hotcourses Advisory Board

2007: Launched whatuni.com; Launched unistats.com for Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce)
2007: Launched uniguru.com - a study abroad site for Indian students; Launched new version of schoolsnet.com
2007: Successfully re-bid for Ufi Careers Advice contract; Launched Course Manager 2.0
2007: Delivered Employers Guide to Training on behalf of the Learning and Skills Council; Launched Hotcourses 2.0 website

2006: Opened office in Chennai India; Delivered UK Register of Learning Providers

2005: Baroness Estelle Morris of Yardley Former Secretary of State for Education, joined Hotcourses Advisory Board; Launched first edition of Floodlight under Hotcourses ownership

2004: Successfully won UK Register of Learning Providers contract; Launched the Hotcourses Foundation - a charity to provide education to children in the developing world
2004: Launched Teachers' Guide; Launched the Hotcourses Newspaper
2004: Acquired Floodlight magazine and website in London; Launched Student Money

2003: Launched British Council portfolio of publications; Acquired Schoolsnet

2002: Launched Education UK website for the British Council; Set up Hotcourses Systems

2001: Developed the Careers Advice database of courses and website; Produced World Study Guides in eight different languages

2000: Launched Hotcourses.com with 50,000 courses; Launched Hotcourses Advisory Board

1998: Launched University and College Guide; Became market-leader in London of retail course guides

1997: Launched Universities College Admissions Service (UCAS) World Study Guide