Asia

Tapping growing Chinese demand, International Student Insurance (ISI) has launched a Chinese language portal website. It is also working through Chinese social media and search engines to reach more students...

With its growing economy and quality/ low-cost education, Malaysia aims to become a centre of higher education excellence by 2020. But can it hold its own among the competition? Dan Thomas reports...

In a blow to Vietnam’s international education sector, four colleges have been banned from providing courses validated by foreign universities and colleges, leaving many students without course places.

AEC Education, based out of Singapore, warned in December last year that its full-year pre-tax profit for 2011 will fall below market forecasts, partly because of its LCCI exam business. However, it substantially invested in its Malvern House brand, which is expanding to Cyprus, Oman and Ireland.

Signalling a surge in demand for English in China, two of English language training’s biggest players have announced major expansion plans in the country this year, citing figures of up to 300 million English language learners in the country.

British workplace learning specialist, Liverpool Community College, has visited China to offer advice on apprenticeships...

From this year, Thai students and teachers will be encouraged to use English one day a week in school, in a drive to improve language standards before the country joins the ASEAN Economic Community...

University College Dublin (UCD) and Beijing University of Technology have signed a landmark agreement to establish a campus in Beijing, which will advance research...

Cambridge ESOL has opened 21 new exam centres in China. The company says the expansion is part of a wider plan to increase access to the high-level CAE test since it was recognised by Australia’s Immigration Department and UKBA...

In 1995, the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing had 41 international students. In 2004, UIBE had around 1,000 international students and it now has 2,900 international students and rising. Peter Davis talks to staff at the university and reflects on a trend in China for building inbound international student traffic, via international partnerships and government scholarships.

The number of Chinese students studying in Spain has increased elevenfold since 2003, from 500 to more than 5,500 this year, according to figures provided China’s embassy in Spain, while Mandarin study is also growing among Spaniards as bilateral ties pay off.

Scottish tertiary institution, Heriot-Watt University, has secured a UK£20 million deal to launch a new campus in Malaysia.

Despite its colonial history and fluent-in-English upper class, India's ELT prowess overall is patchy. A number of recent studies confirm that the country is not improving its English fast enough to support its economic growth and there is a shortage of quality English language training in the country. Dan Thomas investigates.

Taiwan is to join the UK’s Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme, paving the way for 1,000 young Taiwanese to come to Britain to work, travel or study. The agreement, which was finalised this month, will allow participants to stay in the UK for a two-year period on a multiple-entry visa...

Last week in Moscow, officials from Languages Canada, representing the interests of French and English language schools across the country, signed