The Cultural Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Sydney and the Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW), a research institution under the Australian National University, inked an agreement on July 31 to cooperate in preliminary study for the Taiwan-Australia collaborated cultural project ,“Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s-80s Taiwan” exhibition.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) said Wednesday said that all international students enrolled in Taiwan universities will be allowed to return to continue their studies, but it later made reversal on one aspect of the policy, saying students from China are not included. As part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan had closed its borders to foreign nationals on Mar. 19, but has been gradually easing the restrictions to allow the return of some international students and others.
Singapore Airlines said it will restart three services per week between Taoyuan and Singapore from September, following the temporary suspension of flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former defense chief of Australia, Paul Dibb said that Australia should protect Taiwan from China. He wrote his thoughts in an article that came out Tuesday in The Australian. Dibb said that Australia should side with the US if there is a confrontation with China over Taiwan.
A Taipei high school student was recently honored for a project combining Malaysian cuisine and artificial intelligence sponsored by a government program for the children of new immigrants, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said Sunday.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) has announced that graduating students from the academic year 108 from outside the 19 low-risk and medium-risk countries/regions are allowed to return to the Republic of China (ROC) (Taiwan) for study.
The Ministry of Education’s Youth Global Action Plan is affording young adults the chance to learn from other countries’ best practices and promote social change in Taiwan.
On June 20, the Taiwan Education Center in Surabaya at Asia University hosted the Taiwan Higher Education Fair Online 2020, in conjunction with the Taiwan Education Center in Jakarta and the Taiwan Education Center in Yogyakarta, and with the support and assistance of Taiwan’s Ministry of Education and the Education Division at the Taipei Economic and Trade Office, Jakarta, Indonesia (TETO).
The outbreak of the coronavirus led to schools and universities in Thailand shutting down. So instead of going onto campuses, the Education Division at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand and the Taiwan Education Center in Thailand (TEC) adopted new methods to inform Thai students about Taiwan’s higher education.
In response to the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federation of Alumni Associations of Taiwan Universities, Malaysia (FAATUM) has successfully created a new normal for promoting the higher education environment in Taiwan: holding a virtual Education Fair, and webinars. These transformed education events are offering services to the public very effectively in different forms.
