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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.

South Korea's economy will move from 15th in 2013 to 8th in 2020.

According to the annual report "World Economic League Table" by Centre of Economic and Business Research (CEBR), South...
East Asia
31/12/2014

China deepens postgraduate education reform and internationalisation

China will deepen reforms to improve the quality of postgraduate education, according to Du Zhanyuan, Vice Minister for...
East Asia
29/12/2014

Implementation plans for Gaokao reform announced

The Ministry of Education has publicised guidance documents and infographics on the implementation of the Gaokao (...
East Asia
23/12/2014

Government to assess China-foreign joint programmes in vocational education

China recently launched a national evaluation of China-foreign joint programmes in vocational education, demonstrating...
East Asia
23/12/2014

We are young, but are we ready?

The author Ajai Chowdhry, founder of HCL says by 2020, India will emerge as one of the youngest countries with 64% of...
South Asia
23/12/2014

Picking Indian students from OECD talent pool

According to the 2014 edition of OECD’s International Migration Outlook, Indians form the second-largest group of...
South Asia
23/12/2014

Bangladesh may witness upside surprise

Strong domestic demand, supported by 'healthy' remittance inflows, may lead to an 'upside surprise' in the economy of...
South Asia
20/12/2014

Asian Development Bank lifts economic growth forecast for Bangladesh

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised upwards its economic growth forecast for Bangladesh for the current fiscal...
South Asia
20/12/2014

Bangladesh retains healthy growth despite global crisis

Despite global financial crisis Bangladesh's economy maintained its healthy GDP (gross domestic product) growth and...
South Asia
20/12/2014

International scholarships for Indian and Pakistani students (for both India and Pakistan)

While South Asia is home to some of the world’s largest growing superpowers, challenges of inequality and security...
South Asia
19/12/2014

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