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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.

The Ministry of Development announced the 10th Development Plan of Turkey (2014-2018)

This year The Ministry of Development announced the 10th Development Plan of Turkey (2014-2018). The plan covers...
Europe
11/02/2014

Top two Philippine universities to shift academics calendars, worries HE ministry

Ateneo de Manila University will shift its academic calendar beginning August 2015 while University of the Philippines...
East Asia
10/02/2014

Number of Chinese students studying in France on the rise

The number of Chinese students studying in France increased from 15,000 in 2005 to 35,000 now. The number of Moroccan...
East Asia
07/02/2014

Japan to introduce joint degree programmes with overseas universities

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has recently adopted a policy that will make...
East Asia
06/02/2014

Kuwait to turn education ministry into authority’

Kuwait is considering transforming the education ministry into an independent authority to be headed by a secretary...
Middle East & Africa
06/02/2014

Foundation year at UAE state universities to be scrapped from 2018

The Minister of Higher Education says it will take a few years to revamp the education curriculum in grades 10, 11 and...
Middle East & Africa
05/02/2014

UAE MBA programmes rank among world's best

Business education is booming in the Arabian Gulf – and the UAE is home to campuses of six of the world’s top 100...
Middle East & Africa
05/02/2014

Gulf's leading education exhibition and conference launch 7th edition

The seventh edition of the Gulf Educational Supplies and Solutions (GESS) will be held on March 4-6, 2014 at the Dubai...
Middle East & Africa
05/02/2014

UKM listed in 2014 QS Top 50 Under 50 ranking

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) ranks 19th in the 2014 QS Top 50 Under 50 ranking list. The QS Top 50 Under 50...
East Asia
04/02/2014

Credit transfer system

SEAMEO RIHED supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is implementing the project Harmonization and Networking in...

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