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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.

Vietnam’s Middle Class the Fastest Growing in Southeast Asia

Vietnam Briefing reports on a recent survey by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), according to which Vietnam was found...
East Asia
23/01/2014

Investment in Thailand exceeds more than one trillion Baht

Secretary-General of Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) Udom Wongviwatchai said that a total of 2,237 projects, valued...
East Asia
23/01/2014

Hong Kong Education Policy (Chief Executive’s Policy Address)

The Hong Kong Chief Executive delivered his 2014 Policy Address on 15 January 2014. The policy address provides the...
East Asia
22/01/2014

Development of national economy

The Chinese economy grew by 7.7 per cent year on year in 2013, according to a report published by the National Bureau...
East Asia
21/01/2014

Premier vows to help start-ups

Premier Li Keqiang pledged more policies to facilitate start-up businesses, a move that would promote innovation and...
East Asia
21/01/2014

UAE courts UK’s best and brightest

The UAE-UK Pioneers Forum has been organised by the UAE embassy in London in partnership with major employers Abu Dhabi...
Middle East & Africa
20/01/2014

Scholarship boom in UAE universities

Figures show that at least 15 to 20 per cent of university students are on some form of scholarship with UAE...
Middle East & Africa
20/01/2014

Vietnam’s top 10 economic events of 2013

Though Vietnam's economy was riddled with difficulties in 2013, there were some noteworthy positive signs of a more...
East Asia
17/01/2014

HESA released top-line 2012/13 statistical data

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) had published the statistical first release for student enrolments and...
United Kingdom
17/01/2014

English proficiency should be toughened, expert says

Cai Jigang, deputy director of the Foreign Language Research Institute of Fudan University in Shanghai, said on 15...
East Asia
17/01/2014

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