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Leading further education colleges for Asian students
By Asian Correspondent Jun 06, 2013
The number of Asian students earning advanced credentials and degrees abroad is at an all-time high. Not only are more students than ever before seeking higher education, a staggering number are doing so outside their own national borders. It’s a worldwide phenomenon. The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) keeps records concerning the number
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Oxford & Cherwell Valley College
By Asian Correspondent Jun 06, 2013
With strong links to some of the leading UK universities, Oxford & Cherwell Valley College provides further education to international students eager to pursue higher education in the UK. The college operates four campuses across Oxfordshire and Berkshire, the set of which foster a diverse and dynamic academic atmosphere. OCVC has been in operation for
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Boston College of Further Education
By Asian Correspondent Jun 06, 2013
Boston College is a publicly funded further-education college situated on the east coast of England in Lincolnshire. International students have been coming to Boston College for 20 years to lay the foundation for continued studies and a successful, international career. Students from Asia choose Boston because it provides a high standard of education at competitive
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Belfast Metropolitan College
By Asian Correspondent Jun 06, 2013
Belfast Metropolitan College is a publically funded college in the UK that delivers further and higher education programmes. More than 30,000 students are enrolled, involved in one or more of the more than 1,500 further education courses and 250 higher education programmes. Belfast Met is the largest college in North Ireland. It spans several campuses
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Analysis: Why it’s time to change Burma’s rigid Constitution
By Asian Correspondent Jun 06, 2013
By Aung Tun In early May, Aung San Suu Kyi revealed her frustrations over Burma’s controversial 2008 Constitution and repeated again at the World Economic Forum in Naypyidaw this week, calling it: “The world’s most difficult Constitution to amend.” When her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), reversing its decision to boycott the 2010
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Singapore bloggers prepare for ‘internet blackout’
By Asian Correspondent Jun 05, 2013
A group of Singapore bloggers will take their websites offline on Thursday to protest new regulations requiring online news sites to obtain licenses from the city-state’s official media regulator. The 24-hour “internet blackout” is a direct response to the Singapore Media Development Authority’s (MDA) introduction of regulations designed to place websites “on a more consistent
