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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.

More funds for Ashanti Education - Minister

Government has over the past four years placed a total of GH¢120 million into the development of education in Ashanti
Middle East & Africa
06/06/2013

Insead to double Abu Dhabi intake within four years

The graduate business school, which trains 500 professionals a year in the emirate, expects that number to grow to...
Middle East & Africa
06/06/2013

Nigeria inaugurates university entrepreneurial development scheme

In an effort to curtail the increasing unemployment, Nigeria’s Ministry of Trade and Investment has inaugurated the...
Middle East & Africa
06/06/2013

CHEd eyes revised college curriculum by 2016

CHEd has cut by half the number of GE subjects to just nine core subjects and three elective subjects, since some of...
East Asia
05/06/2013

Filipino seafarers’ accreditation at risk if maritime schools will not comply with ministry order

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) ordered several schools to gradually phase out or immediately close their BS...
East Asia
05/06/2013

Most Chinese liberal arts students plan to leave US for China for jobs

According to a survey, only 16 per cent of graduates in the US got a job before 1 April .
East Asia
05/06/2013

Thailand continues One-District-One-Scholarship programme

The Ministry of Education has recently approved the fourth round of the One-District-One-Scholarship (ODOS) programme...
East Asia
05/06/2013

Saudi Aramco, HKUST launch MBA program

Saudi Aramco and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School, a top ranking business...
Middle East & Africa
05/06/2013

Chief of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland defends Bahrain campus

The RCSI’s operation in Bahrain has been embroiled in controversy since early 2011 when scores of medics, including...
Middle East & Africa
05/06/2013

Ooredoo Qatarization drive continues, signs MoU with QFBA

Qatar’s telecoms giant Ooredoo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qatar Finance and Business Academy (...
Middle East & Africa
05/06/2013

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