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Thailand continues One-District-One-Scholarship programme

The Ministry of Education has recently approved the fourth round of the One-District-One-Scholarship (ODOS) programme...
East Asia
Thailand
05/06/2013

Saudi Aramco, HKUST launch MBA program

Saudi Aramco and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School, a top ranking business...
Middle East & Africa
Saudi Arabia
05/06/2013

Chief of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland defends Bahrain campus

The RCSI’s operation in Bahrain has been embroiled in controversy since early 2011 when scores of medics, including...
Middle East & Africa
Bahrain
05/06/2013

Ooredoo Qatarization drive continues, signs MoU with QFBA

Qatar’s telecoms giant Ooredoo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qatar Finance and Business Academy (...
Middle East & Africa
Qatar
05/06/2013

Chinese and Singaporean universities boost cooperation

Singapore Management University (SMU), one of six colleges in the city-state, signed 13 agreements on academic...
East Asia
China
05/06/2013

The tyranny of Predicted Grades

This column in the South China morning post raises pertinent questions on the practice of offering conditional offers...
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
04/06/2013

ESF fees could rise 20pc as subsidy phases out

Cost for new students likely to increase sharply from 2016 as the government's HK$284 million subsidy is phased out,...
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
04/06/2013

Discovery College bows to fee push

Discovery College cuts proposed tuition increase by about 2 percentage points but parents say they are paying for...
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
04/06/2013

Free kindergarten education will boost the whole of society

Sue Grieshaber says to prepare for the launch of free kindergarten education, we must learn from international studies...
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
04/06/2013

Stop gap plan for North District school places

The government expects that 200 children living in the North District but allocated to schools in Tai Po will join a...
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
04/06/2013

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