The East Asia round-up presents a summary of recently announced opportunities and market news from across the region. It highlights opportunities to speak at online workshops for Chinese Counsellors, explore partnerships at China, along with news and updates from Hong Kong, Malaysia and China.

Opportunity for UK institutions to participate in a panel discussion and be part of sessions with Chinese counsellors. Over 300 high schools in China currently teach AP courses. Most students enrolled in these courses apply for overseas study with an increasing interest in UK. The online workshop provides professional development and UK insights to Chinese counsellors working with AP students. To register your interest and view details click here.

Opportunity: Nanjing Vocational University of Industry Technology seeks UK partners for collaboration in joint undergraduate programmes in the field of Engineering

Nanjing Vocational University of Technology (NJUIT) is looking for UK partners to develop and deliver 4+0 undergraduate programmes. These will be for Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Technology, Automation Technology and Application, Software Engineering Technology and Electronic Information Engineering Technology. To read details on how to participate click here.

Opportunity: Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics (JUFE), China, seeks a UK partner to establish a joint institute in Computing and in FinTech

Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics is looking for UK partners to collaborate on a Ministry of Education approved transnational education joint institute with programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The collaboration will be across disciplines that include Computing, Fintech, Smart Supply Chain Management, Digital Media Art, and Digital Asset Assessment. For complete details click here.

Market news: East Asia Covid-19 update – 25 June 2021

Read a summary of major Covid-19 related headlines from across East Asian markets for details of how the on-going changes are impacting local policy, changes to local education sectors and travel advisories. To view details click here.

Market news: Hong Kong lowers the age limit for receiving BioNTech vaccines from 16 to 12

Hong Kong government has decided to include young pupils aged between 12 to 15 in the vaccination programmes. This may lead to schools resuming face-to-face classes on a full day basis when vaccination rate reach 70% to 80%. For complete details click here.

Market news: Malaysian government extends lockdown till daily cases of Covid-19 infections drop below 4000

Malaysia has extended the nationwide lockdown indefinitely till the daily increase of Covid-19 cases drops below 4000. This is in line with the key indicators specified in the National Recovery Plan. The government is set to announce assistance initiatives for all sectors within the week. For full details click here.

Market news: China issues revised regulations on private education sector

China’s State Council has issued revised Implementation Regulations for the Promotion Law on Private Education that will come into effect on 1 September 2021. These revisions clarify details in terms of institution establishment, operation and management, teaching staff and students, supervision and support along with legal responsibility. To view complete details click here.