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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.

Enrolment at Hong Kong’s Academy for Performing Arts over-capacity

The Hong Kong Kong Academy for Performing Arts currently has over 900 full-time students, exceeding its campus capacity...
East Asia
02/05/2012

High tuition fees, lack of students enrolling at Hong Kong campus of US-based art school

Opened in 2010 with 141 students, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), currently has 243 enrolled, with the...
East Asia
02/05/2012

Negotiations for Hong Kong’s first Chinese medicine educational hospital to be set up

In addition to its current clinical services, Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Chinese Medicine is negotiating...
East Asia
02/05/2012

New government advertising code for private schools in Singapore

Private education institutions in Singapore that use misleading adverts for their courses may fall foul of a new...
East Asia
02/05/2012

New committee in Singapore looking into widening university access

In order to explore ways to create greater access for Singaporeans to a university education, the Singapore government...
East Asia
02/05/2012

Education is a key element of the British Foreign Secretary 's visit to Vietnam

The UK Foreign Secretary arrived in Hanoi on 24 April as part of a regional tour of South East Asia.
East Asia
27/04/2012

Tenth Malaysia plan

Malaysia’s Government five year plan (2011 – 2015) to transform the country into a high income nation by 2020
East Asia
23/04/2012

Economic Transformation Programme

An initiative spearheaded by the private sector in driving Malaysia’s agenda to becoming a high income nation by 2020
East Asia
23/04/2012

Pilot in National Skill Standards in Mining in April

General Department of Vocational Training GDVT (State management of Vocational Education - under Ministry of Labour,...
East Asia
23/04/2012

March 11 disasters and the effects on foreign student numbers at Japanese universities

In the aftermath of the disasters of 11 March 2011, the Japanese media carried many stories about foreigners, including...
East Asia
07/04/2012

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