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EdtechX Holdings (NASDAQ:EDTX) and Meten International Announce Successful Merger Closing and Capital Raise

London, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – EdtechX Holdings Acquisition Corp. (“EdtechX”) (Nasdaq: EDTX), the world’s first special purpose acquisition company focused on investing in the education services and education technology industry, and Meten International Education Group (“Meten”), a leading English language training (“ELT”) service provider in China, announced today that they have successfully completed their previously announced merger transaction. [...]

The Graduate Management Admission Council Welcomes One of Portugal’s Leading Business and Economic Institutes

RESTON, Va., March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today announced the addition of one of Portugal’s top business schools into its membership. The addition of Nova School of Business & Economics (Nova SBE), brings GMAC’s total membership to 229 institutions. GMAC member schools go through an [...]

CUHK Business School Research Reveals U.S. Firms Not Coming Home Amid Trump’s Trade War

HONG KONG, CHINA, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The foundation of the current U.S. administration was President Donald Trump’s vision of “Make America Great Again” and his promise to bring jobs back to the U.S. From the tariffs on US$550 billion of Chinese goods to tax cuts, President Trump was confident that his economic initiatives could [...]

IELTS Reappointed as a Language Test Trusted by the UK Government for Visas

CAMBRIDGE, UK, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — This week, UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) announced IELTS, the world’s most trusted language test, will continue to be accepted for UK visas that require applicants to demonstrate their English. Following a tender process, IELTS was reappointed as an official test provider for visas required as part of [...]

Myanmar’s “Inclusive Intercultural Education for Social Cohesion” Project Receives UNAOC-BMW Group Intercultural Innovation Award

MADRID, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Inclusive Intercultural Education for Social Cohesion” project of Kachinland College in Myanmar was selected as one of ten global grassroots initiatives to receive the prestigious Intercultural Innovation Award from the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group, during an Awards Ceremony held last night at [...]

The Graduate Management Admission Council Selects Four New Business Schools for Membership

RESTON, Va., Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today announced four new schools into its membership. The addition of Hult International Business School; Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics; Sabanci University, Sabanci Business School; and Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Business School [...]

CUHK Appoints Dean of CUHK Business School

HONG KONG, CHINA, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Council of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has unanimously approved the appointment of Prof. Lin Zhou as new Dean of CUHK Business School for five years, targeted to start from December 2019. Prof. Zhou succeeds Prof. Kalok Chan, Wei Lun Professor of Finance at [...]

Immigration is Critical for the Productivity and Growth of Global Economies, According to New GMAC Report

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Today the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) unveiled Early Warning Signals: Winners and Losers in the Global Race for Talent. This comprehensive report examines the role immigration plays in fueling the productivity and growth of global economies, the need to support international mobility of talent across borders, and the critical role [...]

GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions Now Available

RESTON, Va., Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™), administrator of the Graduate Management Admission Test™ (GMAT™) and a global association of leading graduate business schools, announced today the release of its GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions, the only test preparation material to exclusively contain hard questions from past GMAT exams. The [...]

CUHK Business School Reveals How Court Transparency in China is Biased by Politics and How the Bias Has Economic Consequences

HONG KONG, CHINA, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) - Researchers say the Chinese government has suppressed more than 60 percent of the judicial disclosures in litigation cases involving public limit companies — even though such disclosures have been required by law since 2014. The study “Transparency in an Autocracy: China’s ‘Missing Cases’ in Judicial Opinion Disclosure” reveals evidence [...]