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Government of West Bengal and British Council sign Memorandum of Understanding on education and cultural collaborations

The Government of West Bengal and the British Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on 6 July 2018,...
South Asia
India
17/07/2018

UK, France and Germany join hands to launch EUNIC Cluster to promote cultural heritage of Bangladesh

British Council, Alliance Française de Dhaka and Goethe-Institut Bangladesh will work collaboratively under the...
South Asia
Bangladesh
15/07/2018

China promotes emerging engineering and AI related disciplines in Higher Education institutions

Earlier this year, the Department of Higher Education of China’s Ministry of Education announced 612 projects in “...
East Asia
China
13/07/2018

Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education and IB Results Released

HKDSE results - 42.2% of HKDSE candidates achieved grades required to enter local public universities
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
11/07/2018

China’s Ministry of Education officially terminates 234 abandoned TNE programmes

In early July 2018, China’s Ministry of Education issued a document titled “A notice on the cancellation of some Sino-...
East Asia
China
05/07/2018

World Bank to finance $700 million for primary education project in Bangladesh

The Government of Bangladesh has signed two financial agreements totalling $715m with the World Bank for improving the...
South Asia
Bangladesh
05/07/2018

Concerns over the transparency and impartiality of education agents, raised by the Consumer Council Hong Kong

On 27 June 2018, the Consumer Council in Hong Kong released a study “Are Students protected?
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
03/07/2018

Report on employment of Chinese returnees shows that Tier 2 cities are becoming more popular; IT companies are the most attractive employers

​​​​​​​A recent report published by Chinese recruitment site Boss Zhipin has looked into employment trends among...
East Asia
China
29/06/2018

Chinese Ministry of Education launches “Outstanding Excellence Plan 2.0” to train lecturers and boost undergraduate teaching quality

​​​​​​​Earlier this month (June 2018) the Higher Education Department of China’s Ministry of Education held a press...
East Asia
China
29/06/2018

University Grants Commission (UGC) to become Higher Education Commission of India (HECI)

On 27 June 2018, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has announced a major higher education reform to...
South Asia
India
28/06/2018

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