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New breed of private higher education institutions in Malaysia

With more autonomy awarded to public universities and with decreased funding from the government, public universities...
East Asia
Malaysia
17/05/2012

Vietnam high quality education for all by 2020

A World Bank report which presents an provides an in-depth analysis into Vietnam's primary and secondary education...
East Asia
Vietnam
16/05/2012

Education Authorities from UK and Spain meet to resolve the issues of mutual recognition and right of establishment

On 22 May a group of UK and Spanish Government representatives will meet in Madrid to try to resolve some long-standing...
Europe
Spain
15/05/2012

Vietnam stresses need to reform education

All Vietnamese university will switch to credit-based programmes by 2015.  This is under an action programme for the...
East Asia
Vietnam
15/05/2012

Beijing aims to sponsor excellent students to study abroad

According to the Beijing municipal government's educational reform and development plan during the "12th Five-Year Plan...
East Asia
China
11/05/2012

China's educational official discloses that China is considering allowing international students to work part-time

Liu Jinghui, secretary-general of the China Scholarship Council, said on May 3 that China is considering allowing...
East Asia
China
11/05/2012

Foreign enterprises and some local firms are likely to favour overseas returnee students

Many graduates are facing competition from overseas returnee students.
East Asia
China
11/05/2012

China’s Ministry of Education updates the list of its higher education institutions

As of 24 April 2012, there are 2138 higher education institutions including 403 private funded higher institutions...
East Asia
China
11/05/2012

Education Minister concerns about Taiwan’s international competitiveness

The Education Minister, Chiang, Wei-Ling, expressed his concerns with the declined number of Taiwanese academics and...
East Asia
Taiwan
10/05/2012

Direct subsidy scheme schools in bid to raise tuition fees

Of Hong Kong’s 80 direct subsidy scheme (DSS) secondary schools, at least 24 have put in proposals to the Education...
East Asia
Hong Kong SAR
10/05/2012

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