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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.

Bright prospects for film and TV graduates in Hong Kong

With competition set to intensify in Hong Kong's TV market, the prospects for local film and TV graduates have never...
East Asia
03/03/2014

Exam-free policy attracts HK students

Hong Kong student Huen Chak-ming never imagined his interest in traditional Chinese medicine could develop into a...
East Asia
03/03/2014

George Mason University in Korea

George Mason University will open a campus in Songdo, Incheon, in March to meet strong demand for American higher...
East Asia
03/03/2014

The National Bureau of Statistics released the 2013 report on national economic and social development

The admission number of students for postgraduate programmes was 611,000 in 2013. The admission number of college...
East Asia
26/02/2014

The number of Chinese studying abroad reached 413,900 in 2013

About 413,900 Chinese went to study abroad in 2013, and 353,500 returned, up 3.58 percent and 29.53 percent...
East Asia
24/02/2014

Education experts suggest MOET to remove the floor-mark mechanism

Vietnamese students are currently admitted to a university based on their university entrance exam results, which...
East Asia
24/02/2014

Spanish Ingenieros Técnicos are Equivalent to UK Bachelor degree

Until recently UK NARIC recommended they were equivalent to BTEC Level 5 qualifications. After a long fight, a full...
Europe
24/02/2014

Britain sends experts to China for raising maths teaching standards

Britain will send experts to east China's Shanghai to learn the city's experience in mathematics teaching in an attempt...
East Asia
21/02/2014

Britain sees huge increase in design students from China

Creative and design studies has become the second most popular program for Chinese students in British universities,...
East Asia
21/02/2014

Country's rich sending children abroad

The Chinese super rich are banking on foreign education for their teenage children as an investment. Going overseas for...
East Asia
21/02/2014

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