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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.

Four training programmes set up to make locals more marketable

Four new Industrial Skills Qualifications (ISQ) programmes were launched under the Energy Industry Competency Framework...
East Asia
25/10/2013

Teachers and students divided over gaokao reform plan

A plan to reform gaokao, or China's college entrance examination, in Beijing has divided experts, who disagree on...
East Asia
24/10/2013

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) to start offering undergraduate course in oil and gas

Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) will start to offer undergraduate course in oil and gas and to introduce diploma...
East Asia
24/10/2013

MoU signed between Malaysia and Vietnam on cooperation in higher education

The MoU covers exchange of academic staff, experts and students, information on the system and structure of higher...
East Asia
24/10/2013

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority to assist Vietnam in refining Vocational Education and Training law

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will lend a hand to the national government of Vietnam...
East Asia
24/10/2013

English score to be decreased in total score of college entrance exam in Beijing starting 2015

The Beijing Municipal Commission of Education plans to reform its college entrance exam.
East Asia
22/10/2013

Police make arrests in illegal hukou case

According to an article published in Beijing News, eight employees from Chinese education agent JJL (three of which are...
East Asia
22/10/2013

Term dates of Thai schools and vocational colleges will remain the same

Previously, Ministry of Education has planned to change school term dates in Thailand by starting the first semester on...
East Asia
22/10/2013

Malaysia And Vietnam Sign MoU On Higher Education

Malaysia and Vietnam Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in higher education that...
East Asia
21/10/2013

Ateneo de Manila and University of the Philippines mull extended vacation as Filipino schools synchronise calendars with ASEAN

The ASEAN integration will facilitate the movement of people across political boundaries in the region, and through its...
East Asia
21/10/2013

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