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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.

44 per cent of students at SQU take longer to complete their course

Concerned over the unsatisfactory performance of the students, a team of eight researchers at SQU are trying to...
Middle East & Africa
01/02/2013

15000 new school places coming in Abu Dhabi next academic year

Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) confirmed that 13 schools would be opened between September this year and August...
Middle East & Africa
01/02/2013

Prime Minister calls for Tawjihi reform ‘vision’

Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Saturday called for reforming the General Secondary Education Certificate (Tawjihi)...
Middle East & Africa
01/02/2013

Saudi Ministry of Health introduces scholarships for health service workers

The new program is focused on health service providers who are interested in furthering their knowledge and enhancing...
Middle East & Africa
01/02/2013

Professional license system introduced for teachers in Doha

The Supreme Education Council (SEC) has introduced a professional license system for Teachers and Principals and school...
Middle East & Africa
01/02/2013

Strengthening quality and reducing emphasis on scale

A total of 95 first-class subjects were evaluated. Five improvements were made in this round of subject evaluation,...
East Asia
31/01/2013

Malaysia to host Xiamen University’s first overseas branch campus

Xiamen University, listed among the top 20 universities in China is setting up its first overseas branch campus in...
East Asia
31/01/2013

Moratorium on new private tertiary institutions in Malaysia

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin announced a two year moratorium on new private tertiary...
East Asia
31/01/2013

Kaohsiung Medical University considering Penang

Professor Liu Ching-Kuan, president of Kaohsiung Medical University said that it is currently in the initial state of...
East Asia
31/01/2013

Clinton praises success of Chinese study programs

The program aims to send 100,000 Americans to study in China by 2014.
East Asia
30/01/2013

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