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- Many US universities, including Harvard, are strengthening ties with mainland China, but anxiety about Beijing’s influence has made Taiwan partnerships more attractive
- China experts maintain, though, that programmes on both mainland China and Taiwan have their own distinct value
Government officials in Vietnam say they will “not show any leniency” to a teacher at a nursery school in Ho Chi Minh City who was caught on camera violently mistreating children in her care.
West recently called for his former partner Kim Kardashian to take his children out of LA’s Sierra Canyon school – so what’s so controversial about the institution, if anything?
China’s unemployment rate remains high, and students are seeing a ‘degradation of academic qualifications’ in the country as a master’s degree from a top university has become the threshold for many positions.
The alma maters of President Xi Jinping and Baidu co-founder Robin Li are among the universities that have churned out the most ultra-wealthy graduates, according to a study by Altrata.
DSE results out this week, but many applied for popular courses earlier as pound kept sliding.
South Korean capital comes in at second place for the first time in global list ranking 140 cities, while London takes top spot.
We talk to Hong Kong’s international schoolteachers about how education is changing, from lessons learned during the pandemic, to how improved tech needs to be balanced against more human factors
British institutions Harrow, Rugby School and Malvern College are betting that scions of wealthy Chinese families will be lured by Japan’s proximity, low Covid-19 rates and fewer restrictions on education.
Four Hong Kong tertiary institutions gain ground in latest World University Rankings 2023, with Polytechnic University’s strength in research highlighted.
Hong Kong pupils whose parents live in UK has increased from 496 in 2021 to 1,538 this year, according to report by Independent Schools Council.
Interest in Canada shot up after news that those who study there can stay on, apply for permanent residency.
Australia’s new migration pathways result in more Hongkongers applying to universities there.
For the tidy sum of up to HK$250,000, emigration firms offer no-show degrees and experts to write dissertations for ‘postgraduate students’.
Residents will be able to obtain permanent residency in as little as three years provided they meet requirements, prompting Hongkongers who might have previously chosen Britain for overseas study to now choose Australia.
‘Too many Hong Kong applicants,’ say some British schools that prefer a mix of foreign students.
To discuss how to choose the best-fit school for students in the UK, the South China Morning Post hosted a discussion panel moderated by Ruth Benny, Founder and Head Girl at Top Schools Hong Kong. Featured on this panel are Tom Bennett, Director of Studies at Sedbergh School, Sue Wallace-Woodroffe, Head Mistress of The Queen's School, and Jane Archibald, Director of External Relations of The Queen's School.
To discuss Singapore’s international education system, the South China Morning Post has hosted a discussion panel moderated by Thomas Chan, News Reporter as part of their Overseas Schools Festival held on April 17.