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London Gets luxury MBA while Shanghai Learns about Fashion
# 06, June 2011

From champagne to handbags and designer frocks to yachts, the growing consumer demand for luxury goods has resulted in a growing number of management programmes to train managers to work in these industries.In September Skema, the French business school created through the merger of Ceram and the Lille School of Management just a few years ago, will launch its Masters in Luxury and Fashion Management on its China campus in Suzhou in September. The programme is already taught on Skema’s Sophia Antipolis campus. Dean Alice Guilhon says the demand from students in China has been tremendous.But companies are also looking for such programmes, she says. “There’s a lot of demand from French (luxury) companies who want to be present in Shanghai. It’s a good opportunity for us to feed the market.”

Insead and Sorbonne Launch Joint Business and Law Degree
# 06, June 2011

Insead has joined forces with L’Université Panthéon-Assas, the Sorbonne law school, to launch a business law degree from September in Paris and in Singapore, where both institutions have campuses.The one-year LLM International Business Law (Droit International des Affaires) is organised around 16 seminars, eight in law and eight in business. The degree is intended for those with a masters degree in law or business and at least four years professional experience. The degree will prepare them to handle large-scale transactions such as cross-border mergers, major acquisitions, stock-market operations, financial engineering and leveraged buyouts.

Environmental Science to be Mandatory Graduation Subject from This Year
# 06, June 2011

Beginning this academic year, Environmental Science will be a mandatory subject at graduation level. On June 7, a Government Resolution (GR) to this effect was issued. The Supreme Court had earlier directed universities across the country to introduce a subject on environment and also directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to consider the feasibility of making such a course compulsory. Many universities did not implement the guildelines at the time citing infrastructure issues.

British Students Turning to US Ivy League Universities
# 06, June 2011

Students are increasingly turning to universities in the United States amid growing competition for places on British degree courses. Harvard University – ranked the best in the world – has seen the number of applications from Britain rise by more than a third in just 12 months, figures show. Other elite Ivy League institutions, including Yale, Columbia and Cornell, have also reported an increase in demand. It is believed that the cap on places for home students at English universities – coupled with the prospect of £9,000 fees from next year – is fuelling the rise. The disclosure comes just a week after one of Europe’s leading universities – Maastricht in the Netherlands – reported a 10-fold rise in the number of applications from Britain.

HOLLAND: Dutch University Sees Tenfold Rise in UK Applicants
# 06, June 2011

The number of British teenagers applying to one of Europe's leading universities has risen dramatically this year. Maastricht University in the Netherlands has seen a tenfold increase with more than 400 applications from UK students compared with just 35 at the same time last year. A key factor in the rise is the cost of studying at Maastricht: only £1,526 a year, compared with £3,240 at present at English universities.

Korean Students Are Badly Served by Their Universities
# 06, June 2011

Korean university students are denied quality education services even though they are paying exorbitantly high tuition fees, according to an OECD survey that ranks the country last among member countries in terms of college education environment. Korean universities have 32.7 students per professor on average, more than double the OECD average of 15.8. The number is 16.9 in the U.K., 16.2 in France, 15 in the U.S., 14.4 in Mexico, 11.5 in Germany, 10.4 in Japan, and 8.5 in Sweden.

ISRAEL: Ministry Announces First Sites for "Excellence in Research"
# 06, June 2011

The sites for the first four research centers for the Israeli Centers for Research Excellence (I-CORE) program were announced by the Education Ministry on Tuesday, part of a multi-year plan to strengthen Israel’s position as a global leader in academic research and stem the brain drain of Israeli academics. Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar (Likud) said Tuesday that the selection of the four centers is “a landmark in the process of establishing Israel as a world center in advanced research.” Program is part of plan to strengthen Israel's position as global leader in academic research, stem the brain drain of Israeli academics.

India Proposes to Host Indo-German Higher Education Summit
# 06, June 2011

India today proposed to host an Indo-German higher education summit this year to explore issues like mutual recognition of qualification and joint research programmes.The proposal was discussed at length during a meeting between HRD minister Kapil Sibal and visiting German minister of education and research Annettee Schavan here.The education summit, which could be held between November and December this year, will also explore possibilities of development of junior faculty, doctoral and post-doctoral programmes, said a statement issued by the HRD ministry.

Japanese Universities Let Potential Academic Partners Know They're 'Open for Business'
# 06, June 2011

As various countries sell themselves as student destinations during the annual meeting of Nafsa: Association of International Educators, Japan is assuring conference attendees that it remains a safe place for study abroad, despite the disastrous earthquake and tsunami that struck the island nation in March.While concerns linger about radiation leaking from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant some 150 miles northeast of Tokyo, representatives from Japan are reminding people at the conference here that the problems affected only a small part of the country.Aside from glossy brochures and pamphlets highlighting academic programs and cultural benefits, the Japan Student Services Organization is handing out a public statement from Japan's minister of foreign affairs, declaring that the country is "open for business."

China to Promote Building of National Digital Library Network
# 06, June 2011

China will launch a national project to promote the building of a digital library network in the next five years.The project aims to build a nationwide digital library network with the National Digital Library of China at the center, integrating local libraries, said a statement jointly issued by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday.The focus of the project will be promoting the construction of an interconnected digital library platform and a group of widely-spread resource libraries that provide multi-media library services for the public, the statement said.The services will be available in public libraries and through the Internet, mobile phones and mobile televisions.

IRELAND: Scheme Aims to Reskill 6,000 Jobless
# 06, June 2011

University of Limerick, University College Dublin, Dublin City University and University College Cork have all signed up to offer courses under a new programme to be announced this week offering higher education opportunities for those out of work.The Government will announce the creation of 6,000 part-time higher education and training places for the unemployed this week as part a plan to get people back to work.The three-year “Springboard” initiative is aimed at skilled workers who have lost their jobs and who are living on benefits.It will offer them the opportunity to access free higher education and training without affecting their right to receive welfare payments.

KOREA: Overseas Study Loses its Luster
# 06, June 2011

An increasing number of students who left the country at a young age are returning home to continue their university studies here because they find it difficult to get jobs there. At the same time, the number of secondary schoolchildren going abroad is also declining. Kim Young Academy, a private crammer that prepares students for transfer between universities, saw enrolment by foreign-educated students jump from 134 in 2007 to 215 last year, and until April this year 70 had signed up.

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