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May 10, 2012

An Israeli government academic agency plans to provide 40 million shekels (about 10.5 million U.S. dollars) annually in a foundation granting university scholarships to Chinese students.

According to the initiative, the Council for Higher Education in Israel will provide Chinese students with 250...

May 07, 2012

Moral and national education will be taught in Hong Kong's primary and secondary schools from 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years and schools will have a three-year initiation period, the city's Education Bureau announced Monday.

Secretary for the governmental department Michael Suen accepted Monday the...

Apr 24, 2012

Chinese students' interest in foreign business schools has risen sharply in the past five years, especially among women, new data show.

The Graduate Management Admission Council, a nonprofit educational organization of leading graduate business schools and owner of the Graduate Management Admission Test,...

Apr 19, 2012

International Johor Horse Show 2012 (UTMIJHS 2012) held at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Johor Bahru last week, create a new history with the highest number of participant in equestrian event of the country.

A total of 156 riders representing 24 clubs, including seven from Victoria, Australia are...

Apr 17, 2012

Tokyo, Apr 18, 2012 -- (ACN Newswire) -- Organ replacement regenerative therapy is purported to enable the replacement of organs damaged by disease, injury or ageing in the foreseeable future. A research group led by Professor Takashi Tsuji (Professor in the Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo...

Apr 15, 2012

After making an impassioned speech attacking China's exam-oriented education system, a teenager from east China's Jiangsu province has found himself in the national spotlight.

The speech, which has fuelled debate across the country last week, took place on April 9, when students and teachers at Qidong city's...

Apr 11, 2012

The Faculty of Business of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is ranked 60th in the world and 2nd in Hong Kong, according to the recently released UTD Top 100 World Rankings of Business Schools based on Research Contribution 2007-2011. The league table compiled by UTD (University of Texas at Dallas) has...

Apr 11, 2012

The Faculty of Education, in support of the University's drive to strengthen knowledge exchange, one of the three strategic themes of the University's Strategic Development, takes the initiative in knowledge sharing with the public by organizing a series of education seminars for parents. The past seminars on...

Apr 07, 2012

For 29-year-old Jiao Jin, it was her grandfather's funeral seven years ago that led her to enter the funeral service industry after receiving a degree in management from a university in Germany.

"When he passed away, I applied all his makeup," she said. Jiao is now a mortician in Beijing East Suburbs Funeral...

Mar 30, 2012

Hong Kong, March 29 (CNA) More Hong Kong students than ever have applied to study in Taiwan so far this year, according to the number of applications recorded at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Hong Kong.

As of March 27, 3,827 Hong Kong students have applied to study in Taiwan,...

Mar 30, 2012

Li, who works at a State-owned company, is paying 100,000 yuan ($15,870) for her 3-year-old son Jiabao to go to kindergarten this year.

"I don't mind how much I spend on my child's education, as long as the kindergarten proves a good one for my kid's growth," said Li, who did not wish to give her full name...

Mar 21, 2012

Experiential learning is a fundamental and distinctive feature in HKU's new undergraduate curriculum. It takes students into workplaces and other settings where they have direct encounter with the phenomena being studied. It is a powerful form of learning in which students develop an integrated and holistic...

Mar 21, 2012

Funded by the Beat Drugs Fund of the Hong Kong SAR Government and established by the Department of Surgery at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the Youth Urological Treatment Centre (YUTC) held its opening ceremony today (19 March) at the Prince of Wales Hospital. YUTC is the first-of-its-kind in Hong...

Mar 19, 2012

Taipei, March 18 (CNA) More than 11,000 openings were offered at job fair held by National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in southern Taiwan on Sunday, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) advertising over 1,000 jobs.

In total, 11,044 positions were offered by 189 enterprises, while 21 companies...

Mar 17, 2012

More and more young people who studied abroad are coming back to Korea, mainly because of the tougher job markets overseas due to the global recession.

A study-abroad agency analysed the profile of transfer applicants to eight universities in the Seoul metropolitan area between 2010 and 2012 and found that...

Mar 17, 2012

The Taiwanese National Taipei University of Technology said Thursday that it plans to buy 200 electric cars from Norway based electric car maker, Think. The University plans to set up Taiwan’s first “hospital” for electric cars by the end of the year to serve as a professional maintenance center for electric cars...

Mar 13, 2012

Greater flexibility should be considered for Hong Kong universities operating on the mainland, a lawmaker said.

A law should be drafted to allow Hong Kong universities, which are required to run campuses with mainland counterparts, to have a say in setting tuition fees, according to a proposal to the...

Mar 09, 2012

Beijing--Media OutReach--9 March 2012--A newly-formed All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for East Asian Business was launched last Wednesday in London's Houses of Parliament by international leaders from government, industry and academia. The purpose of the group is to facilitate the development of relations...

Mar 03, 2012

Tainan, Taiwan, 2 Mar 2012 - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) design team led by Wei-Hsiang Lai, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and director of advanced propulsion and power system...

Mar 01, 2012

If you are a native English speaker and happy to talk on a wide range of subjects, you may land a job chatting on the phone with Chinese people eager to improve their skills in the language.

Calling for a brief and meaningful conversation is proving increasingly popular as demand for English language...