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The latest education market news from our UK and local country staff and from selected external sources, focusing on issues affecting UK education, from changes to higher education policy and student visa procedures, to competitor analysis and media coverage.

Chinese Ministry of Education launches “Outstanding Excellence Plan 2.0” to train lecturers and boost undergraduate teaching quality

​​​​​​​Earlier this month (June 2018) the Higher Education Department of China’s Ministry of Education held a press...
East Asia
29/06/2018

University Grants Commission (UGC) to become Higher Education Commission of India (HECI)

On 27 June 2018, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has announced a major higher education reform to...
South Asia
28/06/2018

Number of students in Dubai increasing, says KHDA report

The number of students in Dubai schools is increasing according to a report published by Dubai’s Knowledge and Human...
Middle East & Africa
26/06/2018

Korean Government Aims to Increase Employment of High School Graduates

The government is working to increase the number of employed high school graduates and plans to provide college...
East Asia
25/06/2018

Japan provides scholarships to 30 Bangladesh Government officials to pursue higher education courses in Japan.

Japan has signed a grant assistance agreement of up to 433 million yen with Bangladesh to take civil servants for...
South Asia
25/06/2018

China's Shanghai Municipality and Jiangsu Province announce revised fee standards for international joint programmes

Earlier this year, China’s Shanghai Municipality and Jiangsu Province announced revised fee standards for international...
East Asia
20/06/2018

Steady growth in Tier 4 visa issuance to students in South Asia

Latest statistics released by the UK government show an upward trend in Tier 4 visa issuance in Bangladesh, India,...
South Asia
20/06/2018

Continued strong growth in UK visa issuance to Indian students

The first quarter of 2018 saw another strong increase in the number of UK Tier 4 student visas issued to Indian...
South Asia
18/06/2018

UK business college inaugurates first campus in Dubai

UK College of Business & Computing (UKCBC), located in the heart of Dubai International Academic City and with a...
Middle East & Africa
18/06/2018

Dubai school fees dropped by 15% in past year

The report found that while most school fees have been updated over the course of the last year, some areas of Dubai...
Middle East & Africa
18/06/2018

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