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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.

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Malaysian government announces entry ban on 23 countries including the UK

The Malaysian government has announced an entry-ban on citizens of countries recording more than 150,000 cases of Covid...
East Asia
Malaysia
14/09/2020

UKVI guidelines for UK HEIs recruiting Indian students affected by delayed final year college exams

A set of guidelines for UK HEIs recruiting Indian students to PG courses for Autumn 2020 in light of delayed final...
South Asia
India
11/09/2020

Two UAE private schools named among top 100 in the world in new rankings

Both follow the British curriculum
Middle East & Africa
UAE
10/09/2020

TNE joint institutes and programmes in China given permission to recruit additional students holding offers to universities overseas, without requiring Gaokao scores (Updates: Official announcement and list of participating institutions released)

The British Council has learned that the Chinese government has requested Sino-foreign joint institutes providing...
East Asia
China
09/09/2020

Europe - Covid-19 update - 9 September 2020

We continue our series of updates on the impact of Covid-19 on education in EU Europe. This week: France, Ireland and...
Europe
France, Romania
09/09/2020

Wider Europe - Covid-19 update - 7 September 2020

In order to keep the UK education sector updated on the market changes, priorities and give an overview of the...
Central Asia, Europe
Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan
08/09/2020

Pakistan Government announces to open all Educational Institutes from 15 September

The Government of Pakistan has announced that all educational institutions in Pakistan will open from 15 September in a...
South Asia
Pakistan
08/09/2020

Exceptional travel permits to allow Saudi students who are on scholarship schemes to travel from Saudi Arabia to the destination country

In order to facilitate the travel of scholarship students and their companions to all countries of scholarship, the...
Middle East & Africa
Saudi Arabia
08/09/2020

MENA – Covid-19 update – 7 September

Hope you are keeping safe. The new academic school year in most of the MENA countries has begun.
Middle East & Africa
Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
07/09/2020

First independently-run foreign university to open campus in Hainan, China

In August, the Hainan provincial government signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Bielefeld University of...
East Asia
China
07/09/2020

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