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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.

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Korea tops OECD in math proficiency

South Korean students ranked the highest in mathematics, and scored highly in reading and science proficiency tests...
East Asia
South Korea
12/12/2013

Reform plan for admission and examination systems to be published

English will not be included in gaokao in the future.
East Asia
China
10/12/2013

Vietnam, UK step up cooperation in atomic energy

Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office have reached a...
East Asia
Vietnam
05/12/2013

Vietnam’s Workforce Needs New Skills for A Continued Economic Modernization

The Vietnam Development Report 2014 identified that cognitive, behavioural and technical skills are required for the...
East Asia
Vietnam
05/12/2013

Eight ways Philippines higher education can prepare for ASEAN 2015

Julio Amador III, an Asia Studies visiting fellow at the East-West Center in Washington, who presents five relevant...
East Asia
Philippines
29/11/2013

Reforms offer language business openings

Beijing’s decision in October to reduce the number of points allocated to the English language test in the college...
East Asia
China
29/11/2013

Microsoft commits to improving IT application in education in Vietnam

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between PANO - Microsoft Corporation and the Ministry of Education and Training was...
East Asia
Vietnam
26/11/2013

The road to ASEAN 2015: Why are Philippines colleges lagging behind?

Presidents of the University of the Philippines and the Ateneo de Manila University share their insights about the...
East Asia
Philippines
26/11/2013

Philippines urged to expand services sector with more skills

The country’s service sector should expand to cover industries that require higher skill levels to make it more...
East Asia
Philippines
26/11/2013

New British Council training to professionalise education agents industry

The aim is to increase the number, effectiveness and quality of agents working on behalf of UK schools, colleges,...
United Kingdom
UK
25/11/2013

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