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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.

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

Focus on education, agriculture and sports by the Australian High commissioner to India

The Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu’s recent visit to North India has created a positive steer of...
South Asia
29/07/2016

Indian institutions can tie up with foreign schools for UG courses

The government of India will now allow Indian institutions to tie up with foreign institutions for degree programmes...
South Asia
29/07/2016

China sets out goals for reforms to Ministerial Universities during the 13th Five Year Plan period

The Ministry of Education published a guiding opinion on education and teaching reform for higher education...
East Asia
29/07/2016

Chinese Ministry of Education relaxes requirements on returning graduates’ proof of overseas study

China's Ministry of Education (MoE) has reformed its requirements for verifying overseas degrees. This reform reduces...
East Asia
29/07/2016

Two Pakistani universities make it to Times Higher Education Rankings for 2016

Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad (QAU) and National University of Science and Technology (NUST) ranked under the Times...
South Asia
25/07/2016

Malaysian Education Ministry seeks to open more international schools

The Malaysian Education Ministry has recently announced that they are open to more international schools being set up...
East Asia
21/07/2016

Vietnam: Higher Demand for Qualified Tourism Human Resources as a Result of the Sector’s Growth

According the Vietnam’s General Statistics Office, international arrivals to the country reached more than 4.7 million...
East Asia
21/07/2016

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