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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.

Many Hong Kong universities will no longer recognise China's College English Test

Many Hong Kong universities, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong, will no longer accept China's College...
East Asia
07/11/2014

Statistical report on China's education expenditure in 2013

China's Ministry of Education, National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Finance have produced a statistical report...
East Asia
07/11/2014

Ministry of Education announces new foreign language assessment system

On the 30th October, the Ministry of Education announced its plans to create the national foreign language proficiency...
East Asia
03/11/2014

Ministry of Education terminates over 250 Transnational Education programmes in China

The Ministry of Education announced on Thursday that it was terminating 252 joint TNE programmes with immediate effect.
East Asia
31/10/2014

Premier Li Keqiang announces plans to increase domestic consumption

Among the Chinese Premier's key points was a desire to increase consumption in education, culture and sports, to...
East Asia
31/10/2014

Joint Chinese Russian university planned in Southern China

A new university that will be co-founded by the Beijing Institute of Technology and Lomonosov Moscow State University...
East Asia
31/10/2014

Foreign language exemption for high school graduation assessment in Vietnam

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has issued an exemption from foreign languages test for high school...
East Asia
31/10/2014

Junior colleges in Vietnam to change hands as part of education overhaul

According to the decision of the Prime Minister who is also Chair of the National Committee on Education Renovation...
East Asia
31/10/2014

Education Minister appointed for new administration

Anies Baswedan, rector of Jakarta’s Paramadina University has been inaugurated as the new minister for primary and...
East Asia
31/10/2014

Changes to professional pathways for UK trained medical graduates in Hong Kong

Hong Kong students studying medicine in the UK who hope to work in a public hospital upon their return will welcome...
East Asia
30/10/2014

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