News

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.

300 modular courses to be offered by Singapore’s universities and polytechnics

In parallel to the arrival of SkillsFuture Credit, Singapore’s five public universities and polytechnics, as well as...
East Asia
08/04/2015

Ministry of Education to offer bursary to 2014 SPM top scorers

Students who scored 9A+ and above in the 2014 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination will each be automatically...
East Asia
07/04/2015

Scope of career counselling in Pakistan

Is Career counselling more fruitful for high achieving students as they stand a better chance of getting acceptances in...
South Asia
07/04/2015

List of approved UK institutions on the Bolashak Scholarship for 2015

The Bolashak Programme (the Bolashak International Scholarship) is a scholarship which is awarded to high-performing...
Central Asia
01/04/2015

Dip in student numbers for Private Higher Education Institutions

An increase in public sector provision means that private HEI are seeing a dip in local student numbers.
East Asia
30/03/2015

More degree programmes in different subject areas at private schools

Private institutions in Singapore have offering degree programmes in a wider range of subject areas, according to a...
East Asia
30/03/2015

MoE: "one-stop" online management system established for China-foreign education cooperation projects

The Ministry of Education (MoE) announced the establishment of an information management system for China-foreign...
East Asia
30/03/2015

Latest list of China-foreign TNE programmes published; contains seven new joint programmes

The Ministry of Education published an updated list of China-foreign cooperative education projects in late March 2015...
East Asia
26/03/2015

Chinese MoE issues key work plan for education informatisation in 2015

China's Ministry of Education (MoE) recently published a circular about key work for increasing the use of IT in...
East Asia
26/03/2015

Over a million candidates are taking part in Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams in Bangladesh.

Last year over 1million candidates took part in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination.
South Asia
25/03/2015

Pages