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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.

New Scholarship Programme in Botswana

The British Council Botswana have recently signed a contract with Debswana Diamond Mining Company to manage its...
Middle East & Africa
17/09/2015

IIE Best Practices: Tips for comprehensive alumni engagement

The Institute of International Education (IIE) hosted a meeting on alumni engagement as part of their Global Education...
Americas, United Kingdom
16/09/2015

Behind the statistics: demand for UK school education in Hong Kong

Although 2015 saw a marginal increase of 1.7%* in the total number of students from Hong Kong in UK independent schools...
East Asia
15/09/2015

An increase observed in number of Indian students searching online for overseas education

A study was done with 2.8 million visits and searches that were captured on ‘Overseas Education page’ of Sulekha.com...
South Asia
11/09/2015

Competitor update - India and Australia Educational tie-ups

India HRD Minister Smriti Irani and the Australian Minister for Education and Training Christopher Pyne have signed MoU...
South Asia
11/09/2015

Launch of Online Engagement Services for marketing to local audiences in Europe

The British Council SIEM Europe has launched a range of online engagement services to help UK education institutions...

Colleges will no longer see which other schools the applicant listed on the FAFSA

When completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the student is asked to list all the colleges and...
Americas
08/09/2015

Philippine Economy Maintains Growth in Q2 of 2015

The Philippine economy grew 5.6% in the second quarter of the year, fighting a regional slowdown thanks to robust...
East Asia
08/09/2015

TOBITATE! Ryugaku Japan scholarship for university students – 4th round

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan (MEXT), is now accepting applications from...
East Asia
08/09/2015

Philippines Requires All Schools to Teach Entrepreneurship in All Levels

The promotion of youth entrepreneurship and financial literacy program shall be inculcated in all levels of education...
East Asia
07/09/2015

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