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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.

Education UK video now available on YouTube

A new Education UK film is now available on YouTube.
United Kingdom
17/12/2012

Interview with the newly appointed Thai Education Minister

New education minister says Thais lagging behind international standards
East Asia
17/12/2012

Three Chinese universities to train translational medicine students with Harvard Medical School

The plan is to jointly train translational medicine students. Starting in 2014, three Chinese universities will each...
East Asia
14/12/2012

MoE, Hunan and Ningbo pilot international education cooperation and exchange reform

The Ministry of Education (MoE), Hunan municipal government and Ningbo government signed an agreement on the building...
East Asia
14/12/2012

Goal of 4 per cent of education expenditures reached

China's education expenditures in 2012 were about RMB 2.2 trillion
East Asia
12/12/2012

Ten 211 universities to acknowledge each other's credits

Ten 211 universities in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui will engage in in-depth cooperation on teaching,...
East Asia
12/12/2012

Excessive marketisation of universities needs to be changed

Teachers are more interested in the market than teaching or scientific research.
East Asia
12/12/2012

Three presidents of MoE Universities post open to public selection

The three universities include: Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine...
East Asia
11/12/2012

Nearly 10 per cent of Beijing students in key schools give up college entrance exam

Outstanding students giving up the college entrance exam has become a trend.
East Asia
11/12/2012

Increasing competition amongst overseas education applications

Foreign countries have issued lots of favourable policies to attract Chinese students.
East Asia
11/12/2012

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