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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.

Law firms prefer graduates with foreign law degree

A recent employability survey commissioned by the Bar Council showed that local law graduates fell far short of law...
East Asia
17/01/2013

13 colleges barred from accepting foreign students

The government has placed a year-long ban on 13 colleges from accepting new students from overseas for poor management...
East Asia
16/01/2013

Education, creativity Park’s key goals

Panel frames vision for school reform, science enhancement
East Asia
16/01/2013

Young Chinese students pour into US private schools

The majority of families in the US cannot afford private high school education. However, many affluent Chinese families...
East Asia
16/01/2013

Top 100 Chinese universities in 2013

Zhejiang University tops Chinese universities for the third time.
East Asia
11/01/2013

Many Chinese students worried they will not be able to obtain a visa extension as Canada tightens overseas education policy

Canada's immigration department will release a list of schools that are acknowledged by the immigration department.
East Asia
11/01/2013

Employers to receive more incentives for engaging in education

The Vietnamese government would in the coming time allow the establishment of some pilot ‘joint stock’ universities...
East Asia
10/01/2013

Government scholarships no longer require scholarship holders to return to Taiwan upon graduation

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education recently announced changes to its scholarships scheme. In the previous scheme,...
East Asia
10/01/2013

More schools to offer the integrated programme in Singapore

The Integrated Programme (IP) was introduced by the Singapore Ministry of Education in 2004 to provide academically...
East Asia
10/01/2013

Park Geun-hye becomes South Korea's first female president

Daughter of Park Chung-hee beats liberal Moon Jae-in election that has fired national imagination
East Asia
09/01/2013

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