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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.

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

Newton Fund ‘re-launched’ in Indonesia under a new name

At the request of Ristek Dikti, the Newton Fund was ‘re-launched’ on 23rd March by the Ristek Dikti Minister, Mhd Nasir...
East Asia
07/04/2016

Latest JASSO statistics show further growth in the number of Japanese short-term students in the UK

Japan Student Services Organisation (JASSO), a Japanese public agency, published in March 2016 their latest statistics...
East Asia
07/04/2016

Pakistan’s Fiza Farhan appointed member of UN’s first-ever panel on women empowerment

Fiza Farhan made Pakistan proud by being elected as a member of the High-Level Panel of the UN Secretary-General; a...
South Asia
05/04/2016

SLANSHEI: An Emphasis on Quality in the TNE Sector

In recent times Sri Lanka has been undergoing a whole host of changes across many sectors that are dramatically...
South Asia
05/04/2016

A new list of approved UK Universities has been published by Kuwait National Bureau for Academic Accreditation and Education Quality Assurance (NBAQ)

As of 1 April 2016, a new list of approved UK Universities is published on Kuwait Cultural Office website.
Middle East & Africa
04/04/2016

Kenya's $5.8 Billion 'Silicon Valley' seeks Local and International Universities to set up Campuses on it's vast land

Konza Techno City is envisioned to be a sustainable, world-class technology hub and a major economic driver for Kenya,...
Middle East & Africa
04/04/2016

Updated list for self-funded students from Qatar

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar has issued a list of 2,500 universities recognised in 63...
Middle East & Africa
03/04/2016

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