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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.

A university in Southern Thailand striving to become an education hub in ASEAN

Prince of Songkla University has received a budget of about 190 million baht in the 2014 fiscal year to carry out six...
East Asia
19/02/2014

Approved UAE distant learning universities

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has approved the list of e-learning universities to ensure the...
Middle East & Africa
17/02/2014

Cross-border school rush stokes Hong Kong-China tensions

One recent winter dawn, more than 100 mainland Chinese parents started lining up outside a primary school in Hong Kong...
East Asia
17/02/2014

Polytechnics Malaysia programmes recognised by the Canadian Technology Accreditation Board

Seven programmes, including Diploma in Civil Engineering, Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Diploma in Electrical...
East Asia
17/02/2014

Ministry of Education launched the International Cooperation Joint Laboratory Programme

According to the Programme, a group of international cooperation joint laboratories will be integrated, upgraded and...
East Asia
14/02/2014

Burma New Education Minister appointed

The President’s Office of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, announced today that Dr Khin Sann Yi has been appointed...
East Asia
14/02/2014

The University of Nottingham Ningbo China to enrol 50 students through independent scheme

The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) announced its independent enrolment scheme for 2014 on 11 February. An...
East Asia
13/02/2014

Foreign education no guarantee of success in China job market

A record 300,000 university graduates are expected to return to the mainland this year, facing one of the gloomiest job...
East Asia
13/02/2014

Aiming for at least one world-class university by 2020

Vietnam is striving for at least one higher education institution listed in the world’s 200 leading universities by...
East Asia
12/02/2014

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