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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.

HKDSE - Possible grade attainment issues for Cross-Border students

For this year 45,900 school candidates are registered for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) exam,...
East Asia
10/03/2020

East Asia - Covid-19 update – 6 March 2020

Advice for UK Education Institutions visiting or recruiting students from the East Asia region; and/or working with...

East Asia - Covid-19 update - 3 March 2020

Advice for UK Education Institutions visiting or recruiting students from the East Asia region; and/or working with...

China to greatly expand postgraduate recruitment for 2020, particularly in medicine, public health and artificial intelligence

In a speech on February 25th, Chinese premier Li Keqiang said that universities should expand their recruitment of...
East Asia
02/03/2020

Chinese Ministry of Education issues 5-year development plan for energy storage disciplines

​​​​​​​In January 2020, China’s Ministry of Education announced a five-year development plan for subjects related to...
East Asia
02/03/2020

China tightens rules on universities' autonomous student enrolment

China's Ministry of Education has recently announced a new policy on student enrolment, to be known as the Strong...
East Asia
28/02/2020

East Asia - Covid-19 update - 26 February 2020

Advice for UK Education Institutions visiting or recruiting students from the East Asia region; and/or working with...

English as the language of delivery in higher and vocational education in Vietnam

Many universities and colleges in Vietnam will increase training programmes in English in the school year 2020.
East Asia
21/02/2020

East Asia - Covid-19 update - 17 February 2020

This post is to keep UK institutions who are visiting East Asia for events or meeting the British Council updated on...

The view from Chinese education agents on the current impact of COVID-19

Chinese education agents thoughts and challenges stemming from COVID-19 outbreak. Advice and support requests for UK...
East Asia
17/02/2020

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