A delegation from the Ministry of Education was in the UK on Monday and yesterday with the goal of helping Taiwan become a priority nation for the British Department of Education’s Turing Scheme.
British students who are accepted into the program receive subsidies to study and undertake apprenticeships overseas, Deputy Minister of Education Liu Mon-chi (劉孟奇) said in a statement.
“We hope Taiwan would be considered as a priority nation to receive such students,” Liu said. “Through cooperation between Taiwan and the UK, British students can take professional courses, as well as Mandarin courses, funded by the Ministry of Education. They could also have apprenticeships at private corporations.”
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British Minister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education Robert Halfon, who spoke with the delegation, expressed hope that the two sides would boost their education partnerships on the basis of mutual benefits, the statement said.
Liu and Halfon exchanged views on the development of math, science and vocational education, it said.
The delegation also met with Martin Hope, global head of Higher Education and Science at the British Council, a cultural relations organization, as the UK is a key partner in Taiwan’s Bilingual 2030 Policy, the statement said.
“We hope that the UK, with its expertise in teaching the English language, can provide more effective technical guidance and personnel support for Taiwan’s bilingual policy, which would jointly facilitate the exchange of higher education,” Liu said.
The delegation was also scheduled to meet with Universities UK (UUK) chief executive officer Vivienne Stern, who visited Taiwan to host the UK-Taiwan Higher Education Forum in 2019, the statement said.
As UUK international director, she helped facilitate academic partnerships between the UK and other states, the statement said, adding that the forum is to be held again in Taiwan next year.
Taiwan has about 10,000 students studying in the UK, of whom about 3,000 are in undergraduate or graduate programs, data from the education ministry showed.
About 800 British students are studying in Taiwan, the data showed.
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