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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.

Elections to boost 2012, 2013 Philippine economy

The official economic growth targets are set at five per cent to six per cent in 2012 and six per cent to seven per...
East Asia
17/10/2012

Returned Chinese students join group with low starting salary

The employment prospects of returned Chinese who were born after 1980 has become a popular topic recently. It is...
East Asia
17/10/2012

China improves support for secondary vocational education

China will expand its support for secondary vocational education by offering more students free schooling and improving...
East Asia
17/10/2012

Innovative education steering system to promote the development of education

On 11 October, Liu Yandong, a CPC Central Committee Politburo member and a State Councilor, emphasised at a conference...
East Asia
17/10/2012

Overseas college entrance examination comes fiercely

People in China prefer foreign universities and universities in Hong Kong. Domestic universities face challenges in...
East Asia
17/10/2012

Nursing dream turns sour in the Philippines

At the beginning of 2012, an estimated 200,000 registered nurses could not find work and an estimated 80,000 are...
East Asia
12/10/2012

More teacher-assessors to boost tech-voc education

In strengthening technical-vocational education in public schools, 165 tech-voc teachers of the Department of Education...
East Asia
12/10/2012

CHED launches grad tracer survey for 06-10 grads

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), together with De La Salle University’s College of Education has launched the...
East Asia
12/10/2012

SUCs commit to bigger, better role in education

Presidents of 110 state universities and colleges (SUCs) signed recently, with the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd...
East Asia
12/10/2012

HEIs, GFIs, Central Bank support loan facility for college students

The country's private higher education institutions (HEIs), government financial institutions (GFIs) and even the...
East Asia
12/10/2012

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