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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.

Chinese school enrolment drops due to low birth rate; Beijing to close half its vocational secondary schools

According to the 2015 Primary and Secondary Education Development Survey Report released by China Education Online, the...
East Asia
30/09/2015

Transnational education increasingly popular among Chinese students

According to local media reports, Sino-foreign joint degree programmes, joint institutes and joint campuses are...
East Asia
30/09/2015

Youth Hope Fund: to help young people find jobs

Unemployment among young people in Korea is apparently getting worse. Recent statistics reveals that youth unemployment...
East Asia
30/09/2015

Bangladesh moves up two places in global competitiveness index

Recent news reports show Bangladesh moving two notches up in competitiveness as per the recent Globa
South Asia
30/09/2015

A message from the Consular Services team at the British Embassy

The Consular Services team provides assistance to distressed British nationals overseas. There has been an increase in...
United Kingdom
22/09/2015

UK-China education partnership reaches new heights

Minister for Universities and Science Jo Johnson and China’s Minister of Education signed an ambitious framework...
East Asia
22/09/2015

Indian internet users surge up in last 6 months!

As per a recent report by IAMAI, internet users in India have grown immensely by adding 52 million users in the first 6...
South Asia
21/09/2015

Update on foreign education provider’s bill: PM Modi ropes in Niti Aayog

As a part of the, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative ’Make in India' campaign  which seeks to draw...
South Asia
21/09/2015

Vietnam-UK Education Cooperation Forum in London

A Joint Statement between the Ministry of Education and Training, the British Council in Vietnam and UK Higher...
East Asia
21/09/2015

Singapore universities in top 13 of world rankings

The latest QS World University Rankings for 2015/2016, released earlier this week, placed National University of...
East Asia
18/09/2015

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