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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.

CPPCC members question place of English in Gaokao

Removing English from the Gaokao, China's college entrance exam, might lower the English-learning fever in China but it...
East Asia
13/03/2014

Ministry removes floor-mark mechanism, vows to ensure input quality

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided to remove the controversial floor-mark mechanism for...
East Asia
10/03/2014

More than 400 overseas colleges and universities to recruit students in Beijing

The China International Education Exhibition Tour 2014 (CIEET 2014) will be held in Beijing next weekend on the 15 and...
East Asia
06/03/2014

Premier Li opens NPC with strong first report

The 12th National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliamentary body, opened its second annual session on Wednesday 5...
East Asia
06/03/2014

Bright prospects for film and TV graduates in Hong Kong

With competition set to intensify in Hong Kong's TV market, the prospects for local film and TV graduates have never...
East Asia
03/03/2014

Exam-free policy attracts HK students

Hong Kong student Huen Chak-ming never imagined his interest in traditional Chinese medicine could develop into a...
East Asia
03/03/2014

George Mason University in Korea

George Mason University will open a campus in Songdo, Incheon, in March to meet strong demand for American higher...
East Asia
03/03/2014

The National Bureau of Statistics released the 2013 report on national economic and social development

The admission number of students for postgraduate programmes was 611,000 in 2013. The admission number of college...
East Asia
26/02/2014

The number of Chinese studying abroad reached 413,900 in 2013

About 413,900 Chinese went to study abroad in 2013, and 353,500 returned, up 3.58 percent and 29.53 percent...
East Asia
24/02/2014

Education experts suggest MOET to remove the floor-mark mechanism

Vietnamese students are currently admitted to a university based on their university entrance exam results, which...
East Asia
24/02/2014

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