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JCU Singapore first to achieve EduTrust Star Award

JCU Singapore, a private education institution (PEI) that was set up by James Cook University (JCU), is the first PEI...
East Asia
Singapore
06/05/2015

Increased local provision for Dentistry may impact demand for UK

The University of Hong Kong will increase places for dental students, potentially impacting prospects for recruiting...
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
06/05/2015

Qatar's Supreme Education Council Scholarship list has been updated

The Supreme Education Council recently updated their scholarship list.
Middle East & Africa
Qatar
05/05/2015

Abu Dhabi needs 60,000 new school seats

According to the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec), more than 280,000 pupils are expected to be enrolled in private...
Middle East & Africa
UAE
05/05/2015

More than 1.5 million graduates from Sino-foreign joint programmes

According to officials speaking at the China-foreign Cooperation University President Forum held in Ningbo in late...
East Asia
China
04/05/2015

Coursera enters online vocational education training market in China

Coursera, the world’s largest MOOC platform, has announced that it will jointly launch MOOC activities in China with...
East Asia
China
04/05/2015

Chinese Education Minister Yuan Guiren stresses the importance of art education

In the recent speech, Chinese Education Minister Yuan Guiren stressed the significance of developing art education and...
East Asia
China
30/04/2015

China’s Ministry of Education encourages innovation in open online courses

China’s Ministry of Education recently issued a document encouraging more colleges and universities to run online open...
East Asia
China
30/04/2015

Chinese domestic university admissions in 2015: fewer gaokao candidates, more specialist courses, and other major changes

Several Chinese provinces have now announced the number of candidates that have registered for this year’s gaokao, or...
East Asia
China
30/04/2015

First steps on academic collaborations between Foreign Educational Institutions announced

The UGC has set certain guidelines for promotion and maintenance of standards for academic collaborations between
South Asia
India
30/04/2015

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