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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.

Please encourage your Hong Kong students to register for graduate recruitment channel and fair

A partner organisation of the British Council, UK Joint University HK Career Society, is providing a ‘Hire Graduates...
East Asia
14/04/2016

Deregulation of Joint programs in Korea

A Korean student in a joint degree program with overseas institution now can be awarded the local degree only with one...
East Asia
13/04/2016

LPDP to encourage participation in joint/double degrees

The LPDP is planning to provide specific scholarships for participation in double/joint degrees. Source: face to face...
East Asia
13/04/2016

Moratorium for new medical courses to be extended

The Health Ministry had asked the Education Ministry to extend the moratorium for new medical courses for another 5...
East Asia
12/04/2016

An accreditation council for public, private universities of Bangladesh

A cabinet meeting chaired by the honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the draft rules of Accreditation...
South Asia
12/04/2016

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent exams begins in Bangladesh

Over 1.2 million  students are appearing for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent exams this year in...
South Asia
12/04/2016

Philippines surpasses neighbour countries

With a 6-percent GDP growth in 2016 and 2017, the Philippines is expected to outperform its neighbours, according to...
East Asia
12/04/2016

Ministry of Research, Technology and HE has almost doubled research funding

Research funding allocation for the Ministry of Research Technology and Higher Education (Ristek Dikti) has almost...
East Asia
11/04/2016

Six Pakistani institutions ranked by QS as world's top 800 universities

Six Pakistan higher education institutions were ranked among the world's top 800 universities by
South Asia
11/04/2016

Launch of Indonesia Science Fund – funded by the LPDP for 5 years with the aim of supporting fundamental and developmental research, joint call with the MRC in the pipeline

Under the umbrella of the Indonesian Science Academy (AIPI) and with funding from the LPDP of up to USD 3 billion per...
East Asia
08/04/2016

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