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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.

Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 ‘report card’ out

The Ministry of Education Malaysia released the 2015 annual report for the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013-2025...
East Asia
21/08/2016

University of Salford to offer degrees through Bahrain campus

The University of Salford partners with the government of Bahrain to offer degrees through a new campus in the country.
Middle East & Africa
18/08/2016

50% increase predicted in number of Indian students going overseas: USA and UK are the favourites

There has been a surge of Indian students going to the United States of America and the United Kingdom to pursue under-...
South Asia
17/08/2016

More Indian students adopt digital devices

The demand for smartphones in India is driven by students in the 12-18 years age-group
South Asia
17/08/2016

Ministry of Higher Education updated list and academic programmes

Ministry of Higher Education in Oman (MoHE) released the updated list of approved, not approved universities and...
Middle East & Africa
17/08/2016

ALUMNI AWARDS 2017 Launched in Malaysia

The Alumni Awards were developed by the British Council and UK universities and were launched by the British Council in...
East Asia
16/08/2016

British Council IELTS Scholarship Bangladesh 2016

The British Council has developed an IELTS scholarship scheme to support more students keen on pursuing an...
South Asia
16/08/2016

British Council Philippines signs partnership agreements in support of transnational education

The British Council and the Commission on Higher Education signed three agreements last 2 August, which cover science...
East Asia
15/08/2016

ICT education and digital learning gaining traction in Malaysian education system

Hoping to achieve its ambition of becoming a high-income, knowledge-based economy by 2020, Malaysia has launched yet...
East Asia
13/08/2016

Senior Hong Kong students believe secondary school curriculum fails them, survey finds

Researchers from the Alliance for Children Development Rights said the survey they conducted between June and August...
East Asia
12/08/2016

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