Tight job market forces governments to provide more opportunities

In a sign of tough economic times, recent graduates with no work experience will be permitted to apply for China-based Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degrees. Typically, MBA programs have been restricted to applicants with at least two or three years’ work experience.** According to Xinhua, China’s Ministry of Education will fund a further 6,000 [...]

Posted Under: Chinese Education Policy,University
This post was written by Fransisca Zhang on February 24, 2009 Comments (0)

Chinese education demand steady amid global downturn

The Guardian recently reported on the potentially ‘cataclysmic’ effects of a drop in international student enrolments from China, in the event of a recessionary contagion spreading to the country. The report quotes London’s City University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Malcolm Gillies describing a receding Chinese economy as “more cataclysmic than anything else”, and urging caution in waters [...]

Posted Under: Chinese Students,Education System,University
This post was written by Suren Gunatillake on February 9, 2009 Comments (4)