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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.

Vietnamese students spend an annual total of US$3 billion for overseas study

According to the Vietnam Economic Times, the Vietnam Business Forum (VBF)’s Education and Training Working Group raised...
East Asia
18/12/2015

Kuwait is keen on providing higher quality education - Minister of Education and Higher Education

The minister of Education and Higher Education said, Kuwait is keen on guaranteeing quality education and implementing...
Middle East & Africa
15/12/2015

NACAC 2016: Call for Proposals

The National Association for College Admission Counselling (NACAC) is now accepting session proposals for its 2016...
Americas, United Kingdom
10/12/2015

Opportunities for collaborative projects in Nepal?

The Nepalese higher education sector faces various challenges, can UK institutions play a role in solving some of them...
South Asia
02/12/2015

Google releases data for top searched countries by international students

Google has released 2014 data on the top destinations that students are searching for when it comes to study...
South Asia
02/12/2015

India to produce highest number of engineers globally

According to the first ever global report commissioned by Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, 80% Indian students...
South Asia
02/12/2015

In 2016, LPDP will target 4,500 scholarship recipients

LPDP (Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education) scholarships are currently owned by 4 ministries: Ministry of Finance;...
East Asia
02/12/2015

Edexcel’s BTEC developments in Vietnam over 10 years

Pearson claimed that its member Edexcel International has run BTEC HND (BTEC Higher National Diploma) at 15 Vietnamese...
East Asia
02/12/2015

Tsinghua University MOOC platform expands into high school courses

Tsinghua University, one of China’s top institutions, has announced that it will launch six advanced placement courses...
East Asia
01/12/2015

The “paper of death” – HKDSE Chinese drives students to find alternatives

Failing the tricky HKDSE Chinese paper can mean missing out on local university places, leading students to find...
East Asia
01/12/2015

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