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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.

A national training strategy to develop IT workforce in Vietnam is needed

Vietnam will need 1.2 million workers in the IT industry by 2020, but it may lack 500,000.
East Asia
27/07/2018

More double-qualification training programmes delivered at public high schools in Hanoi

Hanoi Department of Education and Training will begin implementing a double-qualification training program for high...
East Asia
27/07/2018

Latest round of TOBITATE! Ryugaku Japan Scholarship for University Students now open for applications

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan (MEXT), is now accepting applications from...
East Asia
26/07/2018

International student safety and security publication for your international students

An updated version of Creating Confidence – a personal safety guide for international students is now available to use...
United Kingdom
25/07/2018

Ryugaku Journal report reveals latest trends in Japan’s ELT market

Ryugaku Journal report reveals latest trends in Japan’s ELT market
East Asia
20/07/2018

Government of West Bengal and British Council sign Memorandum of Understanding on education and cultural collaborations

The Government of West Bengal and the British Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on 6 July 2018,...
South Asia
17/07/2018

UK, France and Germany join hands to launch EUNIC Cluster to promote cultural heritage of Bangladesh

British Council, Alliance Française de Dhaka and Goethe-Institut Bangladesh will work collaboratively under the...
South Asia
15/07/2018

China promotes emerging engineering and AI related disciplines in Higher Education institutions

Earlier this year, the Department of Higher Education of China’s Ministry of Education announced 612 projects in “...
East Asia
13/07/2018

Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education and IB Results Released

HKDSE results - 42.2% of HKDSE candidates achieved grades required to enter local public universities
East Asia
11/07/2018

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