Education in United Kingdom

  • Higher earning Why a university degree is worth more in some countries than others

    AFGHANISTAN, 2016/12/11 A university education may expand your mind. It will as well fatten your wallet. Data from the OECD, a club of rich nations, show that graduates can expect far better lifetime earnings than those without a degree. The size of this premium varies. It is greatest in Ireland, which has a high GDP per chief and rising inequality. Since 2000 the unemployment rate for under-35s has swelled to 8% for those with degrees – but to additional than 20% for those without, and nearly 40% for secondary school drop-outs. The country’s wealth presently goes disproportionately to workers with letters next their names.

  • Azazy Group British schools a key pillar of Egyptian education system

    EGYPT, 2016/04/22 Azazy Group, a pioneer in education since 1958, has reached a whole new level with its partnership with Malvern College. In the presence of guests such as the former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prince Michael of Kent, the agreement was signed in December and marks a historic event for the country, being the initial time any top British school has opened an international branch in Egypt A landmark moment in Egypt’s education sector has been reached that brings together long-established British expertise with the republic’s enterprising next. On December 14 2014, Khaled Azazy, Chairman and CEO of the Cairo-based Azazy Group and representing the Worldwide Group for Investment and Development, officially signed an agreement to establish Egypt’s initial UK franchise school with the esteemed Malvern College.

  • Rwanda, UK Sign £30.5 Million Deal to Support Basic Education

    UNITED KINGDOM, 2015/09/12 The Governments of Rwanda and the United Kingdom, yesterday, signed a financing agreement worth £30.5m (about Rwf34 billion) to support basic education programmes. The four-year grant will be channeled through the Department for International Improvment(DFID) and is expected to boost Ministry of Education's Learning-For-All programme. The donation will as well help to deliver on improved learning and additional equitable access to primary and secondary education, Claver Gatete, the Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, said during the signing ceremony.

  • Nigeria’s oldest research institutes, Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi(FIIRO)

    UNITED KINGDOM, 2014/03/01 One of Nigeria’s oldest research institutes, Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi(FIIRO), in the commercial city of Lagos, has signed a Memorandum of Considerate (MOU) with the United Kingdom-based Lancaster University. FIIRO Director General, Dr. Gloria Elemo, said this during the third Distinguished Guest Speaker’s Lecture Series of the institute held on Wednesday in Lagos. According to her, “We are hoping that with the collaboration, we will be able to develop our capacity, that is, exchange programme with the University particularly in the area of industrial waste management.'

  • China’s largest money managers has sent 23 executives to a London business school

    CHINA, 2013/11/04 One of China’s major money managers has sent 23 executives to a London business school to learn about the UK fund market, suggesting it has plans to set up in Europe, according to the course director. China Jiantou Trust requested its executives learn about UK competition analysis, the legal and regulatory environment and how to go about merger and acquisitions during a two-day course at the London School of Business and Finance. The company, which has issued 646 investment trusts in the Chinese market with total assets of Rmb193bn ($32bn), was as well keen to learn about how the European Ucits fund passport operates.

  • Top UK school hires head for Abu Dhabi launch

    UNITED KINGDOM, 2013/01/27 The founding headmaster of a top UK school, which plans to open in Abu Dhabi later this year, has promised to deliver "something very appropriate indeed".  Evolvence Knowledge Investments Limited said in a statement that it has appointed Robert Relton as the founding headmaster at Repton Abu Dhabi, which will open on Reem Island in September.

  • Britain's best value universities 2012-09-13

    UNITED KINGDOM, 2012/09/13 Universities in Northern Ireland and the North-East of England offer students the best price for money based on academic league tables, tuition fees and average rental costs, a new study has found. Universities in Northern Ireland and the North-East of England offer students the best price for money while those studying in London receive the least in return for their spending, a new study has found.
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