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British Council and China's National Education Examinations Authority announce results of research linking IELTS and Aptis to China’s Standards of English Language Ability

The British Council and the National Education Examinations Authority under the Chinese Ministry of Education have...
East Asia
China
22/01/2019

Malaysia: Education Mandate 2019

Malaysia’s education minister, Dr. Maszlee Malik, had made his first education mandate announcement, outlining three...
East Asia
Malaysia
18/01/2019

Singapore launches Smart Nation Scholarship

The Singapore government is looking to nurture the next generation of technology professionals by launching a...
East Asia
Singapore
18/01/2019

Vietnamese universities set English as one of their admission criteria

Vietnamese universities started to include English as one of the criteria in their student enrolment plans for the 2019...
East Asia
Vietnam
17/01/2019

Immigration Health Surcharge

The Immigration Health Surcharge is increasing.
United Kingdom
UK
14/01/2019

China sees sharp rise in overseas study over the winter holiday

​​​​​​​A recent report published by Chinese travel agency CTrip shows that the number of students signing up for short-...
East Asia
China
08/01/2019

Education task force proposes change in status for University extension arms.

The Hong Kong government appointed a task force to review the development of the private tertiary education sector, and...
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
07/01/2019

UK remains the number one study destination for the LPDP scholarships awardees

Established in 2011, the LPDP (Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education) provides scholarships for Master’s and PhD...
East Asia
Indonesia
07/01/2019

Enrolment in China's postgraduate entry exam surges over 20 per cent

The number of candidates signing up for China's 2019 postgraduate entry exam has increased by almost 22 per cent...
East Asia
China
24/12/2018

China Scholarship Council cancels scholarship programme for outbound master’s degree students, but plans to increase joint PhD scholarships

Earlier in December 2018, the China Scholarship Council (CSC) announced that its main international scholarship scheme...
East Asia
China
20/12/2018

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