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Pearson Longman Schools closed in China

Longman Schools, a language training institution owned by Pearson was closed recently. Pearson acquired the Longman...
East Asia
China
01/08/2014

Widening Gap in English Scores in Seoul

A recent study revealed that the gap in English capacity between the affluent areas (Gangnam) and the poor areas in...
East Asia
South Korea
31/07/2014

Software education to be compulsory at schools in Korea

The Korean government has announced that middle school students will learn software development skills from next year....
East Asia
South Korea
31/07/2014

25% of self-funded students going abroad via Beijing based organisations

According to Beijing Overseas-Study Service Association's 2013 evaluation of Beijing's overseas study organisations for...
East Asia
China
31/07/2014

The University Ranking 360°: Benchmarking Performance, Challenges and Opportunities in Thailand and ASEAN

This is the first university ranking conference focusing on Thailand and ASEAN co-organised by British Council Thailand...
East Asia
Thailand
30/07/2014

An overview of the 2014 Annual Report on Higher Vocational Education Quality

Since its first release in 2012 the “Annual Report on Quality in China's Higher Vocational Education”, put together by...
East Asia
China
28/07/2014

Subject Focus: Engineering Employability Prospects

Excellent employability prospects and higher starting salaries for Engineering graduates.
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
24/07/2014

Chinese central government invests RMB 90bn to improve compulsory education in rural areas

The Ministry of Finance announced on 21 July that it has invested RMB 87.9 billion to improve compulsory education in...
East Asia
China
24/07/2014

Ministry of Education issues guidance to regulate overseas study tours for the first time

The Ministry of Education has released official guidance to regulate overseas study tours covering schedules, agents...
East Asia
China
21/07/2014

There are near 1m international students in colleges and universities in the US; about 30% of them are from China

On 5th August, a quarterly report of international students studying in the US, was released by the Student and...
East Asia
China
18/07/2014

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