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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.

University of Ghana to introduce sustainability and environmental sanitation MA programmes

The University of Ghana, Legon has planned to introduce two new programmes in Sustainability Sciences and Environmental...
Middle East & Africa
03/04/2017

Digital Scoop - April 2017

April issue of the digital update by SIEM, India
South Asia
03/04/2017

China rolls out plans for improving the quality of vocational education teachers

Recently, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued a document titled "Opinion on the...
East Asia
31/03/2017

99 Chinese HEIs announced as demonstration pilots for innovation and entrepreneurship education

The Ministry of Education announced the first batch of 99 HEIs as demonstration pilot HEIs for deepening innovation and...
East Asia
31/03/2017

China's National Youth Campus Football Plan 2017

By the end of 2016, 13,381 primary and secondary schools were qualified and designated as “campus football schools”. In...
East Asia
31/03/2017

Ministry of Education announces details of newly approved bachelor’s degree programmes for 2017-18

The Ministry of Education has released the result of its annual approval of new bachelor’s degree programmes in 2016....
East Asia
31/03/2017

China sets out priorities for the second phase of the “Revitalisation Plan for Higher Education in Western and Central China (2012-2020)”

China’s Ministry of Education has recently set out its priorities for the second phase of a plan to support...
East Asia
31/03/2017

China appoints new Vice Minister of Education, with responsibility for international cooperation

On March 28th, China’s State Council announced the appointment of Mr Tian Xuejun as Vice Minister of Education. He...
East Asia
31/03/2017

Kerala – The first Indian state to declare Internet a basic human right

Kerala government will provide internet access to every household and make all its services IT enabled.
South Asia
31/03/2017

India will have 730 million internet users by 2020

NASSCOM and Akamai have anticipated that India will have 730 million internet users by 2020
South Asia
31/03/2017

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