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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.

Abu Dhabi universities and colleges must now seek Adec approval for new courses

Programmes and courses in universities must be approved by Abu Dhabi Education Council in addition accreditation for...
Middle East & Africa
19/11/2015

Commercialisation of research lagging in Hong Kong

Lack of funding and support cited as reasons for Hong Kong universities performing relatively poorly in industry income...
East Asia
17/11/2015

2016 Budget Announcement: Government aims to transform TVET

Under the recently announced 2016 budget, Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is one of...
East Asia
17/11/2015

Budget cuts could mean fewer scholarship students from Malaysia

The 2016 budget announced end of Oct has 41.3 billion allocated to improve education (out of a total budget of RM267.2...
East Asia
17/11/2015

Open Doors 2016 report covers annual data on study abroad and trends in student mobilit

Today marks the first day of International Education Week 2015.
Americas, United Kingdom
16/11/2015

Six Pakistani Universities listed in the QS University rankings for 2015-16

Six Pakistani universities rank among the top 800 universities in the world as per the latest released QS rankings.
South Asia
16/11/2015

China announces new plan to build world-class universities and disciplines

Earlier this month, China’s State Council released a document titled “Overall Programme for Promoting World-class...
East Asia
13/11/2015

China unveils 3-year plan for higher vocational education

China’s Ministry of Education announced a three-year action plan for higher vocational education on 3 November 2015....
East Asia
13/11/2015

UNESCO report shows Bangladesh in a good position in higher education

While some countries included Science, Technology and Invention into their developing agenda, of the middle income...
South Asia
12/11/2015

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