Every year, over 35,000 international students from more than 70 different countries come to Queensland to study. From English language training to diploma and degree courses to short-term study programs, these students experience limitless education and training opportunities.
Queensland is the only place in the world where students have the opportunity to dive on the Great Barrier Reef, collect research specimens from ancient tropical rainforests, trace the tracks of dinosaurs in the Outback, and participate in cutting edge medical research or experience Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture as part of their studies.
Queensland schools are world leaders in applying technology to education. Technology such as computers, internet access and multimedia materials are a part of everyday learning. At a Queensland school, students will be given every opportunity to be part of the global education community. Queensland offers a wide choice of both government and non-government schools. Whether one is looking for a boarding school, a religious school, a school in one of Queensland's vibrant regional areas, a school for girls only, boys only or both boys and girls, Queensland can offer the right choice.
All schools offer English, mathematics, science, arts, technology and languages. Students will also have a diverse range of additional subjects to choose from, such as graphic design, music, catering, accountancy and multimedia studies.
Queensland's technical and vocational education and training institutions can provide students with the skills that will allow them to achieve their professional potential and follow their chosen pathway to a career or university.
Queensland Government Trade & Investment Office in Taiwan is organizing another Taiwan Education Agents delegation to visit Queensland between 22 Feb -- 4 March to explore the quality education for primary, high schools, technical colleages such as TAFE (Tertiary and Further Education), universities in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Cairns. This will help the agents gain a first hand information through experiencing and being able to present different options for overseas studies to the students in Taiwan. If you require further information regarding Queensland, please contact the Office by e-mail: taipei@sd.qld.gov.au.
ROLLER-COASTER RIDE: More than five earthquakes ranging from magnitude 4.4 to 5.5 on the Richter scale shook eastern Taiwan in rapid succession yesterday afternoon Back-to-back weather fronts are forecast to hit Taiwan this week, resulting in rain across the nation in the coming days, the Central Weather Administration said yesterday, as it also warned residents in mountainous regions to be wary of landslides and rockfalls. As the first front approached, sporadic rainfall began in central and northern parts of Taiwan yesterday, the agency said, adding that rain is forecast to intensify in those regions today, while brief showers would also affect other parts of the nation. A second weather system is forecast to arrive on Thursday, bringing additional rain to the whole nation until Sunday, it
LANDSLIDES POSSIBLE: The agency advised the public to avoid visiting mountainous regions due to more expected aftershocks and rainfall from a series of weather fronts A series of earthquakes over the past few days were likely aftershocks of the April 3 earthquake in Hualien County, with further aftershocks to be expected for up to a year, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Based on the nation’s experience after the quake on Sept. 21, 1999, more aftershocks are possible over the next six months to a year, the agency said. A total of 103 earthquakes of magnitude 4 on the local magnitude scale or higher hit Hualien County from 5:08pm on Monday to 10:27am yesterday, with 27 of them exceeding magnitude 5. They included two, of magnitude
CONDITIONAL: The PRC imposes secret requirements that the funding it provides cannot be spent in states with diplomatic relations with Taiwan, Emma Reilly said China has been bribing UN officials to obtain “special benefits” and to block funding from countries that have diplomatic ties with Taiwan, a former UN employee told the British House of Commons on Tuesday. At a House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee hearing into “international relations within the multilateral system,” former Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) employee Emma Reilly said in a written statement that “Beijing paid bribes to the two successive Presidents of the [UN] General Assembly” during the two-year negotiation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Another way China exercises influence within the UN Secretariat is
Taiwan’s first drag queen to compete on the internationally acclaimed RuPaul’s Drag Race, Nymphia Wind (妮妃雅), was on Friday crowned the “Next Drag Superstar.” Dressed in a sparkling banana dress, Nymphia Wind swept onto the stage for the final, and stole the show. “Taiwan this is for you,” she said right after show host RuPaul announced her as the winner. “To those who feel like they don’t belong, just remember to live fearlessly and to live their truth,” she said on stage. One of the frontrunners for the past 15 episodes, the 28-year-old breezed through to the final after weeks of showcasing her unique