News

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.

Credit waiver for exchange students

The Ministry of Education has announced a new regulation where by exchange students can have the credits taken in...
East Asia
13/07/2012

Employment environment in second- and third-tier cities better than that in first-tier cities; it's obvious that college students are finding jobs in their hometowns

According to a survey from zhaopin.com, some second- and third-tier cities are more attractive for this year's college...
East Asia
11/07/2012

Work abounds for students majoring in environment

Environmental ecology undergraduate students had an employment rate as high as 94.3 per cent in 2011, marking the third...
East Asia
11/07/2012

Southern College accorded university status

The Higher Education Ministry has accorded university status to the Southern College in Johor.
East Asia
11/07/2012

Science and non-science research programmes to be given equal emphasis

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said that public funding of science and non-science research...
East Asia
11/07/2012

Postponing graduation - record number of college students unwilling to graduate

According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Education, a record number of college students, over 54,000, are...
East Asia
11/07/2012

Rebranding of sixth form education in Malaysia

The deputy prime minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced that Form Six education would be rebranded to raise its...
East Asia
10/07/2012

Excessive tuition collected last year

According to Korea Higher Education Research Institute, 20 Seoul-based private universities collected 20 per cent more...
East Asia
09/07/2012

South Korea's graduate glut

One of every 14 South Koreans is a university student. 80 percent of parents fully expect their children to graduate...
East Asia
09/07/2012

Taiwan University of Education (TUE) launched on 6 June 2012

Taiwan University of Education (TUE), formed by Taipei Municipal University of Education, National Taichung University...
East Asia
09/07/2012

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