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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.

A message from the Consular Services team at the British Embassy

The Consular Services team provides assistance to distressed British nationals overseas. There has been an increase in...
United Kingdom
22/09/2015

UK-China education partnership reaches new heights

Minister for Universities and Science Jo Johnson and China’s Minister of Education signed an ambitious framework...
East Asia
22/09/2015

Indian internet users surge up in last 6 months!

As per a recent report by IAMAI, internet users in India have grown immensely by adding 52 million users in the first 6...
South Asia
21/09/2015

Update on foreign education provider’s bill: PM Modi ropes in Niti Aayog

As a part of the, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative ’Make in India' campaign  which seeks to draw...
South Asia
21/09/2015

Vietnam-UK Education Cooperation Forum in London

A Joint Statement between the Ministry of Education and Training, the British Council in Vietnam and UK Higher...
East Asia
21/09/2015

Singapore universities in top 13 of world rankings

The latest QS World University Rankings for 2015/2016, released earlier this week, placed National University of...
East Asia
18/09/2015

New Scholarship Programme in Botswana

The British Council Botswana have recently signed a contract with Debswana Diamond Mining Company to manage its...
Middle East & Africa
17/09/2015

IIE Best Practices: Tips for comprehensive alumni engagement

The Institute of International Education (IIE) hosted a meeting on alumni engagement as part of their Global Education...
Americas, United Kingdom
16/09/2015

Behind the statistics: demand for UK school education in Hong Kong

Although 2015 saw a marginal increase of 1.7%* in the total number of students from Hong Kong in UK independent schools...
East Asia
15/09/2015

An increase observed in number of Indian students searching online for overseas education

A study was done with 2.8 million visits and searches that were captured on ‘Overseas Education page’ of Sulekha.com...
South Asia
11/09/2015

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