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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.

Soitec to offer technology training to Saudi students

This three-year agreement will foster applied research in the area of concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology in...
Middle East & Africa
01/03/2013

Growing interests for undergraduate studies in Hong Kong

With its English teaching programmes, diverse cultural environment, and proximity to opportunities in China, Hong Kong...
East Asia
01/03/2013

China approves 1,780 international education projects

A total of 1,780 educational institutions and projects made possible through international cooperation were approved by...
East Asia
01/03/2013

Towards an online-educated rural India

India's online education market size seems to grow with a rapid pace, which could result in fetching a sea change to...
South Asia
01/03/2013

Government to remove imbalances in higher education

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the government will work to remove imbalances and streamline equity-related schemes...
South Asia
01/03/2013

Prez for proper policy for private sector role in higher education

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged in a candid speech that the quality of higher education in India leaves much...
South Asia
01/03/2013

211 foreign students in Mumbai University

The number of foreign students in Mumbai University has crossed 200 this year, the highest in the past five years.
South Asia
01/03/2013

Returning overseas students on the rise

More than 272,000 people returned last year, 86,700 more than in 2011, a 46 per cent increase
East Asia
01/03/2013

Language Fund poised for $5 billion boost

A HK$5 billion injection into the language-teaching fund is expected when Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah...
East Asia
28/02/2013

Cambridge links educators in Vietnam and Spain

The Vietnamese government is interested in taking a similar approach in its state schools, with the aim of developing...
East Asia
27/02/2013

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