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Beijing aims to sponsor excellent students to study abroad

According to the Beijing municipal government's educational reform and development plan during the "12th Five-Year Plan...
East Asia
China
11/05/2012

China's educational official discloses that China is considering allowing international students to work part-time

Liu Jinghui, secretary-general of the China Scholarship Council, said on May 3 that China is considering allowing...
East Asia
China
11/05/2012

Foreign enterprises and some local firms are likely to favour overseas returnee students

Many graduates are facing competition from overseas returnee students.
East Asia
China
11/05/2012

China’s Ministry of Education updates the list of its higher education institutions

As of 24 April 2012, there are 2138 higher education institutions including 403 private funded higher institutions...
East Asia
China
11/05/2012

Education Minister concerns about Taiwan’s international competitiveness

The Education Minister, Chiang, Wei-Ling, expressed his concerns with the declined number of Taiwanese academics and...
East Asia
Taiwan
10/05/2012

Direct subsidy scheme schools in bid to raise tuition fees

Of Hong Kong’s 80 direct subsidy scheme (DSS) secondary schools, at least 24 have put in proposals to the Education...
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
10/05/2012

Joint Singapore-MIT University’s inaugural enrolment falls short of target

Classes for the first batch of 340 students at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore’s...
East Asia
Singapore
08/05/2012

David Cameron’s visit to Malaysia in April 2012

David Cameron was the first British Prime Minister to visit Malaysia since 1993.
East Asia
Malaysia
08/05/2012

Cambridge University forges closer links with Chinese University

Peking University has awarded Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge an...
East Asia
China
04/05/2012

New York University Shanghai Campus will recruit 200 students in 2013

The first intake of around 200 students will enter the institution in 2013 and will be able to choose from a wide range...
East Asia
China
04/05/2012

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