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July 10, 2013 11:22

The Open University Celebrates 40 Years of Degrees including the MBA

The Open University (OU) has marked its first degree ceremony 40 years after the first students crossed the stage at London's Alexandra Palace to collect their awards. The University first began hosti

June 20, 2013 16:24

Mobento‘s GBP 1.1m (US$1.7m) Seed Round Sends it to the Top of the Class of London’s Education Technology Start-Ups

Technology start-up Mobento, an online educational video hub, has just closed GBP 1.1m of seed round funding, one of the largest recorded amounts raised by a UK-based technology company for its initia

June 13, 2013 13:25

Cisco Launches Internship Training Program in Indonesia

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced an industry-academia collaboration in Indonesia, where students will have the opportunity to learn on the job through an internship with business leaders in the co

May 30, 2013 15:43

Graduate Management Admission Council Appoints Sangeet Chowfla President and Chief Executive Officer and Successor to David A. Wilson

The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the global non-profit council of the world's leading graduate schools of business and management, today announced the appointment of Sangeet Chowfla a

April 17, 2013 11:02

KOHI Successfully Concluded ‘2013 Dr. Lee Jong-wook Fellowship Orientation program’ with KOFIH

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare (KOHI, Dr. Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘2013 Dr. Lee Jong-wook Fellowship Orientation program’ with Korea Foundation of Inter

April 12, 2013 12:13

Play and Learn With Clara Animals

After the experience and new knowledge gained from launching their first apps, Clara Supermarket and Clara City, Canovia decided to embark on a new adventure. With a lot of dedication, they created Cl

April 04, 2013 09:33

Korean Venture Capitalist named Yale World Fellow

Korean venture capitalist Daniel Shin has been named a 2013 Yale World Fellow, announced Yale University President Richard C. Levin. Shin oversees global venture capital and a private equity invest

March 21, 2013 14:19

British Columbia's Education Quality Assurance Seal to Protect International Students

British Columbia is reinforcing their position as one of the most sought after designations for international students with the Education Quality Assurance (EQA) seal. The EQA designation was Canada's

March 14, 2013 10:31

Visang Education and MetaMetrics Forge Lexile® Partnership

Visang Education, a Korea-based educational publishing company, and MetaMetrics Inc., a U.S.-based educational measurement company, today announced a strategic partnership focused on English language

March 13, 2013 09:10

Strategy to score high on the NEAT? Reading English books is the answer

As the nationally administered English test, NEAT is to be offered starting from next month in a full-fledged manner, there are those who claim that it is necessary to strengthen English book reading

March 11, 2013 10:23

KOHI Successfully Concluded ‘2013 Dr. Lee Jong-wook Fellowship Doctor’s Training Orientation program’

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare (KOHI, Dr. Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘2013 Dr. Lee Jong-wook Fellowship Doctor’s Training Orientation program’ with Korea F

February 25, 2013 17:00

Holding on to a best-seller outside your reading ability rarely promotes growth

Case 1: ‘A’ has a son in the 5th grade in elementary school. She sends her son to an English private tutoring institution and enjoys taking care of her son whose English communication skill has improv

February 20, 2013 10:39

CKI had a signing ceremony with YWCA Korea for ‘Darae Class,’ study guidance program for children from multi-cultural families

Citibank Korea Inc. (CEO Ha, Yung-ku, www.citibank.co.kr) and YWCA Korea (President, Cha, Kyung-ae) had a signing ceremony for Darae Class, an after-class study support program for children from mult

February 18, 2013 18:05

Youth delegation delivers shoes and does cultural exchanges

Seoul Youth Center for Cultural Exchange “Mizy” dispatches to Vietnam its 4 staff members and Hope Expedition consisting of 10 college students Feb. 19th through 25th. During the visit, they hold deli

January 03, 2013 10:39

What is your must-know advice for job-seekers who wish to improve English communication skill in the New Year?

The hopeful New Year has dawned. Many people cherish in their heart one hope in the New Year. If you are a job-seeker, getting a job would be by all means the greatest hope of the New Year at hand. Wh

December 21, 2012 12:03

The 7th Citi-Kyung Hee University NGOs Internship Program

Citibank Korea (CEO Yung-Ku Ha, www.citibank.co.kr) held a sponsorship ceremony with Kyung Hee University (President In-Won Cho, www.khu.ac.kr) to support the 7th Citi-Kyung Hee University NGOs Intern

December 11, 2012 18:00

East Asian Countries Lead Achievement in Mathematics, Science, and Reading

Students from Singapore, Korea, and Hong Kong were top performers in fourth grade mathematics, followed by Chinese Taipei and Japan, according to results released today by IEA and the TIMSS & PIRLS In

December 04, 2012 10:14

There is an English library in college: yes or no?

Once considered exclusively for children, English libraries are actively being introduced by some colleges as well. Since 2008 when Myung-Bak Lee administration came to power, there were increasing vo

November 27, 2012 14:14

KOHI successfully concluded ‘Maternal and Child Health Promotion Program for Latin America’

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI (President; Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘Maternal and Child Health Promotion Program for Latin America’ cooperated with

November 23, 2012 14:17

KOHI successfully concluded ‘Health Finance and insurance System’ Program With Ministry of Health, Vietnam

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI (President; Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘Health Finance and Insurance System’ cooperated with Korea and Vietnam Ministr

November 09, 2012 10:50

KOHI successfully concluded ‘Training Program on Performance of National Health Care System in Asia’ Program With OECD KOREA and HIRA

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI (President; Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘Training Program on Performance of National Health Care System in Asia’ cooper

October 31, 2012 16:32

KOHI successfully concluded ‘National Health Insurance System, Child and Maternal Health Policy for Peru’ Program With KOICA

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI (President; Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘National Health Insurance System, Child and Maternal Policy for Peru’ cooperat

October 28, 2012 10:09

2012 ‘Shoes of Hope’ Festival

‘2-day festival at Gwanghwamun Square’ ‘Shoes of Hope’ sends shoes that are decorated with messages of peace and sharing to underprivileged children around the world. The 2012 ‘Shoes of Hope’ Festi

October 16, 2012 10:27

President and Developer of the Lexile Measure for Enhancing English Reading to Visit Korea

Dr. Malbert Smith, the co-founder and President of the U.S. company MetaMetrics, well known as the developer of the Lexile®Measure used to improve efficiency in English reading, will visit Korea as a

October 09, 2012 13:30

Branksome Hall Asia, Jeju Campus of Prestigious Independent Girls' School in Canada, to Open on Oct. 15

Branksome Hall Asia, the only overseas campus of Branksome Hall, a prestigious girls' independent school in Canada, announced that the first day of classes starts on Oct. 15 and an opening ceremony wi

September 21, 2012 13:16

Social community service for parents, parentie launches new android application

Parentie, which started new social community service for parents in Korea on July introduces its mobile application for android smart phone. The application offers most of functions of web based servi

September 21, 2012 06:00

KOHI successfully concluded ‘The Project for Maternal and Child Health Care and Family Planning Capacity Development in Tigray, Ethiopia’ Program With KOICA, Seoul National University

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI (President; Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘The Project for Maternal and Child Health Care and Family Planning Capacity De

September 17, 2012 09:23

English Libraries Use the Lexile Measure to Achieve Significant Improvements in Reading Skills

For the last two years, Mrs. A has been sending her ten year old daughter to an English library near home, and has been pleased to observe the improvements in her child’s English ability. Mrs. A was a

September 13, 2012 19:00

New Social Web Service ‘parentie’ Empowers Parents

parentie, a social network service for communications between parents, launched its service as it has built a database on schools across the United States. As a social network service designed to

August 10, 2012 11:56

Korean interest in English reading is booming from the example of United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon

In this global age, where a high level of English fluency is increasingly required for academic and workplace opportunities, there is exploding interest in English education, especially among mothers.

July 19, 2012 09:10

E-Future and MetaMetrics completes an MOU for Use of Lexile Measures

E-Future (CEO Gyeong-Ho Hwang, www.e-future.co.kr), a Korean company that develops English education content, announced on the 19th that the company has completed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) w

July 03, 2012 09:55

President Malbert Smith III of MetaMetrics, the developer of the English Lexile Measures, to visit Korea

Dr. Malbert Smith III, the President and Co-founder of the U.S. company MetaMetrics®, Inc. widely known as the developers of the Lexile® Measures for English language reading (www.lexile.com) is sched

June 28, 2012 18:00

KOHI Successfully Concluded ‘Competency Enhancement of Diagnosis And Treatment Of Autistic Spectrum Disorder’ Program With KOICA

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI (President; Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded

June 20, 2012 09:40

A Guideline for English Storybooks came out for the Lower Elementary School Students

A mother of a third grade son is worried about what English books she should buy to help her son improve his English skills, because it is difficult for her to find English books that fit his English

June 14, 2012 08:53

KOHI successfully concluded ‘Population and Reproductive Health for Pakistan’ Program With KOICA

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI (President; Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded with KOICA. 13 health officia

June 08, 2012 10:19

Effective July 1, the GRE revised General Test Will Have One Global Price for All Test Takers

The GRE Program at Educational Testing Service (ETS) has more good news for test takers. Effective July 1, 2012, the GRE revised General Test will have one global price for all test takers worldwide,

May 10, 2012 09:24

Korean Won Now Accepted As Payment Option for the TOEFL iBT Test

Students now have the option to use Korean Won as a payment method for the TOEFL iBT® test. The new payment choice is available to test takers by selecting the credit card option through the TOEFL® on

April 25, 2012 09:44

ETS Expands Test-taker Friendly GRE® revised General Test with New ScoreSelectSM Option

Following the successful introduction of the GRE® revised General Test, the GRE Program is now introducing the ScoreSelectSM option as one more enhancement to its more test-taker friendly platform. Wi

April 19, 2012 15:57

McDonald’s Celebrates 100 Days Until London 2012 Olympic Games With Focus on Balanced Eating and Fun Play for Kids Around the World

McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) is marking 100-days-out from the Games with the official kick off of its McDonald’s Champions of Play program. Developed for kids ages 6 - 14, the new program underscores the co

April 16, 2012 20:00

Meritas Family of Schools Unveils Helpful Tips to Prevent Seasonal Learning Loss, Announces Summer Seminar

According to studies conducted over the past two decades, students lose an average of a month's worth of instruction over the course of each vacation, with the most significant deficits occurring in t

April 16, 2012 16:30

KOHI, successfully concluded ‘Maternal and Child Health Promotion’ Program With KOICA

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI (President, Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘Maternal and Child Health Promotion’with KOICA. 14 health officials and profes

April 05, 2012 11:11

GlobalEnglish Business English Index Reveals Skills Shortage and Unequal Odds for International Business Success in 2012

GlobalEnglish Corporation (www.GlobalEnglish.com), the leading provider of cloud-based, on-demand software to advance Enterprise Fluency™ for global organizations, today announced the results of its a

April 02, 2012 20:00

Ebix Enters Medical E-Learning & M-Learning Markets by Acquiring Montreal Based Taimma Communications Inc.

Ebix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EBIX), a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance industry, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Montreal

March 27, 2012 10:20

Citibank Korea Had Signing Ceremony for ‘Darae Class’ with YWCA Korea

Citibank Korea Inc. (CEO Ha, Yung-ku, www.citibank.co.kr) had a signing ceremony for “Darae Class,” an after-school education program for teenagers from multi-cultural families, with YWCA Korea (Presi

March 08, 2012 14:11

CKI donated USD 400,000 to Korea YWCA to support financial education

Citibank Korea (CEO Ha, Yung-ku, www.citibank.co.kr) had a signing ceremony for “Think Money – financial education through learning and experience” with National YWCA of Korea (President Cha, Kyeong-a

March 06, 2012 10:26

KOHI successfully concluded ‘Community Healthcare Development for Vietnam’ Program

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI(Presidentm, Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘Community Healthcare Development for Vietnam’ which was scheduled from Februar

February 02, 2012 14:10

Accepting Applications for the 2012 Wall Street Journal Asia Fellowship at New York University

The Wall Street Journal, in association with New York University, is now accepting applications for the 2012 Wall Street Journal Asia Fellowship. The Fellowship provides promising journalists from Asi

December 20, 2011 10:34

SpeakingPal(R) Plus!(TM) Mobile Service for Learning English Now Available in the Apple App(TM) Store and the Android Market

Educational Testing Service (ETS) has teamed up with SpeakingPal Ltd. to offer SpeakingPal® Plus!™, a mobile learning product that helps users build English speaking skills anytime, anywhere. Availabl

December 15, 2011 10:01

KOHI successfully concluded ‘Health Policy and Program Management in Paraguay’, International Training Program.

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI(President, Lee Sangyong) successfully concluded ‘Health Policy and Program Management in Paraguay’ with KOICA, as part of Korea‘

November 29, 2011 18:00

Attractive mixture of Sahara and Mediterranean

Located at the western edge of North Africa where both African and Islamic culture are co-existed, Morocco is known as “Africa’s small Arab.” As the last event of ‘Mizy - Embassy Program’ in 2011, Mor

November 16, 2011 16:53

Basic concept of uSundo, an Online version of Kouksundo

uSundo has been developed and practiced by Koreans for 9,700 years where they lived in Korean peninsular, Manchuria and east China, to survive from cold weather and dangerous beasts. Sometimes, they m

November 06, 2011 13:48

We will be healthy, only if our Bio-rhythm runs properly.

We may believe that we have only one life and die once through whole life of period, but it isn’t true. Our life is actually a combination of 100 trillion individual life of cells that have own birth

October 27, 2011 16:30

KOHI successfully concluded ‘Health Policy and Health Program Management in Iraq KRG’ ,International Training Program With KOICA

Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI(President, Lee Sang-yong) successfully concluded ‘Health Policy and Health Program Management in Iraq KRG’ with KOICA, as part o

September 19, 2011 15:14

uSundo and its theory

uSundo.com is an Online Kouksundo that teaches Chunggakdo process which is a part of Kouksundo, focusing on improving health of trainees. The beginner of uSundo starts from Ipmoon (Entry) level, then

September 13, 2011 20:14

Callidus Software's Litmos Gains Strong Momentum Across Globe

Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), announced today that 50 new customers have joined its global roster of Litmos customers since Callidus acquired

September 13, 2011 11:42

Callidus Software Acquires Award-Winning Rapid Intake

Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), announced today it has acquired the leader in collaborative rapid e-learning authoring, Rapid Intake. “Give

September 07, 2011 10:30

KTH Launches ‘Why? Kids Dinosaur,’ a Kids' iPad Application

KTH (President: Seo Jeong-su) (KOSDAQ: 036030), a leading smart mobile company in Korea, launched today a kids‘ application used for iPad, ’Why? Kids Dinosaur,' that can help toddlers learn about dino

August 02, 2011 13:20

Chang-ho Lee, “Dokdo is Korean territory”

There is an increasingly loud call for re-examination on the dealing strategy of Korean government regarding Dokdo issues in reference to the recent attempt of Japanese lawmakers of Liberal Democratic

May 11, 2011 15:13

New MBAs See Better Job Market as Employers Turn Focus to Growth

With graduation season rolling into view, students about to finish business school have an especially good reason to celebrate: The job market for people with management education degrees has improved

May 06, 2011 13:57

MIZY & Embassy Project ‘Danish Month’ Held from May 11st to June 1st at MIZY Center

‘Let’s go to Denmark in May!' What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘Denmark’? To most Korean youth, Denmark is an unfamiliar country where they only can relate to ‘Denmark diet’ and o

March 29, 2011 11:44

Cisco Announces Results of International Education Survey: World Education Leaders See Increasing Role for Technology to Transform Learning

More than three-quarters of top education officials around the world believe technology can play a major role in how students learn and how teachers educate, according to a global survey commissioned

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