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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.

British Council Philippines signs partnership agreements in support of transnational education

The British Council and the Commission on Higher Education signed three agreements last 2 August, which cover science...
East Asia
15/08/2016

ICT education and digital learning gaining traction in Malaysian education system

Hoping to achieve its ambition of becoming a high-income, knowledge-based economy by 2020, Malaysia has launched yet...
East Asia
13/08/2016

Senior Hong Kong students believe secondary school curriculum fails them, survey finds

Researchers from the Alliance for Children Development Rights said the survey they conducted between June and August...
East Asia
12/08/2016

References of top universities in Vietnam by QS and Webometrics rankings

The Ministry of Education and Training has been asked to quickly release the rankings of local universities.
East Asia
11/08/2016

Bangladesh has a prospect to earn $1 billion and create 200,000 jobs in the BPO sector.

Bangladesh is set to earn $1 billion and create two hundred thousand jobs in the BPO (business process outsourcing)...
South Asia
11/08/2016

Makerere University opens eye care centre

Amid the rising number of people suffering from avoidable blindness, Uganda has opened its first optometry centre at...
Middle East & Africa
10/08/2016

Gulu University in Uganda partners with University of South Wales, Australia

"Gulu University during the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of New South Wales (UNSW)...
Middle East & Africa
09/08/2016

Application dates announced for latest rounds of TOBITATE! Ryugaku Japan Scholarship for University Students

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan (MEXT), is now accepting applications from...
East Asia
05/08/2016

Kuwait to invest $15.75bn in 2017-18 development plan

The plan outlines various targets to achieve and they include; effective government, sustainable & diversified...
Middle East & Africa
02/08/2016

SIEM services in Nepal

Following a review of service level across a number of markets we have decided to scale back operations in Nepal for...
South Asia
02/08/2016

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