News

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.

Ministry of Education promises to improve labour rights in local HEIs

MoE estimated that amongst the 45,000 adjunct teaching staff in local HEIs, five per cent do not hold a full-time post...
East Asia
03/05/2012

HKIEd to offer four English-taught Associate Degree Programmes

The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) will offer four new Associate Degree Programmes, including music, sports...
East Asia
03/05/2012

Rise in Hong Kong applications to Cambridge despite toughened English language requirements

New toughened language requirements for foreign students and immigrants entering the UK is a cause for concern for...
East Asia
03/05/2012

Fees at Hong Kong’s ESF schools to rise 4 per cent

Following a review of government funding, it has been announced that the English Schools Foundation (ESF) will maintain...
East Asia
03/05/2012

Enrolment at Hong Kong’s Academy for Performing Arts over-capacity

The Hong Kong Kong Academy for Performing Arts currently has over 900 full-time students, exceeding its campus capacity...
East Asia
02/05/2012

High tuition fees, lack of students enrolling at Hong Kong campus of US-based art school

Opened in 2010 with 141 students, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), currently has 243 enrolled, with the...
East Asia
02/05/2012

Negotiations for Hong Kong’s first Chinese medicine educational hospital to be set up

In addition to its current clinical services, Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Chinese Medicine is negotiating...
East Asia
02/05/2012

New government advertising code for private schools in Singapore

Private education institutions in Singapore that use misleading adverts for their courses may fall foul of a new...
East Asia
02/05/2012

New committee in Singapore looking into widening university access

In order to explore ways to create greater access for Singaporeans to a university education, the Singapore government...
East Asia
02/05/2012

Education is a key element of the British Foreign Secretary 's visit to Vietnam

The UK Foreign Secretary arrived in Hanoi on 24 April as part of a regional tour of South East Asia.
East Asia
27/04/2012

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