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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.

Japan fast approaching its target of 300,000 international students

Japan Student Services Organisation’s (JASSO) latest survey of international students in Japan shows the country is...
East Asia
22/02/2019

China's Guangdong / Hong Kong / Macao Greater Bay Area development plan announced

On February 19th, China's State Council announced a new development plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay...
East Asia
20/02/2019

Vietnamese universities launch new majors in school year 2019

Vietnamese universities have started their campaign to recruit students for school year 2019. Many of them plan to...
East Asia
18/02/2019

European Union rolls out new education programme for Bangladesh

The European Union has rolled out a new €205 million programme with Economic Relations Department of Bangladesh to...
South Asia
18/02/2019

Vietnam seeks to boost educational cooperation with the UK

As many as 30 memorandums of understanding on education and training cooperation were signed between educational...
East Asia
15/02/2019

Update on transnational education (TNE) regulation in Indonesia

In 2016, the British Council published research exploring the Indonesian TNE environment and the models allowed by law...
East Asia
12/02/2019

Analysis of Chinese universities sending the most graduates overseas for postgraduate study in 2018

In January each year, Chinese universities release graduate outcomes reports showing the destinations of their bachelor...
East Asia
11/02/2019

Chiba University to make study abroad compulsory for all students from 2020

Chiba University has announced that study abroad will become a compulsory element of undergraduate and postgraduate...
East Asia
07/02/2019

Latest JASSO statistics show further growth in Japan’s short-term study abroad market

Japan Student Services Organisation (JASSO) has published the results of its latest survey of Japanese students...
East Asia
28/01/2019

HKUST to partner with UCL, Harvard and Stanford in establishing a new international medical research centre

In line with the Hong Kong Government’s budget plan to develop the city’s biomedical science industry, a memorandum of...
East Asia
24/01/2019

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