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The UK Government aims to increase the number of British students in China. The reason for the initiative is to produce more globally competitive graduates for the future of the economy of Britain. China is being singled out as a priority destination because of its being the fastest growing major economy in the world. British [...]
The number of foreign students coming in to the UK to study in colleges and language schools have dropped to just 54% from the previous year’s count. The decline is a legitimate source of alarm says Study Group UK which owns a large portion of the foreign student agency market. It may imply a corresponding [...]
Education secretary Michael Gove deems it time to have separate exams systems for GCSE and A-levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Mr Gove has already written to his counterparts in the two countries regarding the proposal. He mentions in his letter how the differences in structure, grading and content of these qualifications are becoming [...]
The use of contextual data in making background checks on university applicants is being questioned by a school head and school leaders association president. Some universities are using such data which may lead to the bias on social background and away from academic ability as objective criteria, the concerned leader points out. At the Higher [...]
The cost of education appears to have increased in exponential proportions when it is equated to the interaction time between teachers and students. In a study conducted by the Higher Education Policy Institute and Which? – data say that tuition fees have tripled from 2005/6 to 2012 while the weekly lecture and tutorial time increased [...]
The international network of universities and colleges, Universitas 21, has ranked the UK as world number 10 when it comes to overall effectiveness of the higher education system. Topping the list are the United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands. Excellence in research which is contributed by universities like Cambridge and Oxford was [...]
In a published report, Cambridge Assessment presents why they favour replacing the use of grade scale to scores in the reformed GCSEs. They propose reporting the results using scores or a numerical scale using much larger number of points. According to the document from the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate which goes by the [...]
With the 30 June deadline of submission for university applications just within less than two months, the number of applicants for this year has not yet reached the same level as that of 2010 which is the year before tution fees were raised. Back then applications during this same time of the year were 607,418. [...]
Education is identified once again as a catalyst for national growth. This time, it is in Scotland’s building and fortifying the foundation of stronger engagement with China. The British Council Scotland reported that the number of Chinese language assistants requested by schools in the country have doubled. The development is good for the country’s 2006 [...]
Universities in Wales get the attention of readers of the journal Science as it features the drive of the Welsh government to build a strong and dynamic science base that will support the economic and national development of the country. Specifically, science career watchers are being informed by the magazine about the move of the [...]
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