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Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus from Bangladesh encouraged students at Oxford University to imagine a new world and make it happen.

Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus delivered the 150th Anniversary lecture of the Oxford Guild, the oldest student...
South Asia
Bangladesh
09/05/2016

UK’s Open University and Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) collaborate under distance learning programme

Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) invited a two member delegation from the world’s first Open Un
South Asia
Pakistan
09/05/2016

Japan becomes top destination for Vietnamese students

There were 38,882 Vietnamese students in Japan as of May 2015, an increase of 47.1 percent from 2014, according to...
East Asia
Vietnam
06/05/2016

Myanmar implements KG+12 starting AY 2016-17

Myanmar will start introducing the new Kindergarten curriculum in Academic Year 2016-17. This is the first step towards...
East Asia
Myanmar
06/05/2016

Self-funded institutions in Hong Kong struggling to meet student recruitment targets

According to an editorial in the Standard newspaper, Centennial College, an extension arm of University of Hong Kong,...
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
05/05/2016

New Foundation Seeks to Give 15,000 Arab Students Scholarships

The Abdulla al Ghurair Foundation for Education has an initial budget of $1.14 billion for the next ten years.
Middle East & Africa
UAE
03/05/2016

Young adults in Hong Kong lack optimism despite strong educational framework and infrastructure

Hong Kong ranked fifth globally by young adults as the best city for economic prospects and first among global cities...
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
03/05/2016

Philippines to be promoted as a global education hub

A roadmap is currently being crafted that would serve as a guide for the Philippines in becoming an education...
East Asia
Philippines
03/05/2016

Postsecondary Attainment in the USA

The Lumina Foundation has released the 2016 edition of A Stronger Nation. The report details postsecondary attainment...
Americas, United Kingdom
USA, UK
02/05/2016

Bangladesh Foreign Domestic Investment (FDI) on a rising trend

Bangladesh received over $1.22 billion net Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the first seven months (July-January) of...
South Asia
Bangladesh
02/05/2016

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