Below are some interesting education trends in Asia reported in the recent OECD Education Indicators 2013. Japan Teachers spend longer hours in school compared to other OECD countries. In 2011, public school teachers in primary to upper secondary education worked for 1 883 hours, more than the OECD average of 1 671 hours at primary…
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Pivoting towards an Asia’s innovation century
By Eugene Sebastian Australian universities have a huge role to play in helping Australia build effective relationships with Asia. If there is one significant opportunity to further strengthen Australia’s link with the region it is through the pursuit of research and innovation collaborations. Traditionally, Australian universities have focused most of their research attention on Europe…
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