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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.

Chinese government announces priorities for the coming 5 years

The central committee of the Communist Party of China has announced the draft priorities of the national plan for the...
East Asia
04/11/2020

Pakistan to reduce syllabi of Secondary and Higher-Secondary examinations across the country

Federal and Provincial Ministries of Education and Professional Training has unilaterally decided to the curriculum of...
South Asia
04/11/2020

Find out why more than half of students in UAE would not study at same university again

A new study shows that more than half of students in the UAE and region would not study in the same university again,...
Middle East & Africa
04/11/2020
Middle East & Africa
02/11/2020

China approves 32 new joint transnational education programmes in the first half of 2020, including four UK programmes

In late October 2020 China's Ministry of Education announced a list of 32 new Sino-foreign joint programmes at the...
East Asia
30/10/2020

UCAS early application statistics for 2021 show an increase in non-EU applicants but decline in EU

The first data release for the 2021 admissions cycle has recently been published by UCAS.
All regions
30/10/2020

Queen’s University Belfast awarded the Education Institutional Partnership of the Year Award at the British Business Awards in China

Queen’s University Belfast have been announced as winners of the Institutional Partnership of the Year at the British...
East Asia
30/10/2020

The Malaysian government announces that students can travel abroad to begin or resume their studies

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Malaysian students will be able to travel overseas to begin or resume their studies by providing a letter of proof for...
East Asia
28/10/2020

East Asia - Covid-19 update – 23 October 2020

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Advice for UK Education Institutions on Covid-19 impact in East Asia 

China’s top leader stresses development of education, culture, health, sports sectors in the 14th Five-Year Plan

China is currently preparing a draft of the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP), which will set out China’s national...
East Asia
23/10/2020

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