The British Office Taipei is accepting applications for Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK, it said yesterday.
The office on Monday hosted Taiwanese Chevening alumni to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the global scholarship program, the office said in a news release.
The Taiwan version of the program, launched in 1990, has helped more than 240 students study in the UK, it said.
Photo courtesy of the office
The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office partners with Taiwan’s Delta Electronics Foundation and Taiwanese business tycoon Winston Wong (王文洋) to fund the Taiwan version of the program, it said.
The program not only identifies and cultivates talent from around the globe, but also helps enhance people-to-people exchanges through its alumni network, British trade envoy to Taiwan Richard Faulkner said at the celebration.
“I hope the Chevening connection with Taiwan continues to live on and grow strong with Chevening alumni and local partnerships to advance ties between the UK and Taiwan,” he said.
Faulkner is in Taiwan with a delegation of 10 representatives from British renewable energy firms.
Vice Premier Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) said that he was glad to see young Taiwanese participate in the program to hone their communication skills and enhance their areas of expertise.
They also helped expand Taiwan’s international exchanges on issues such as climate change and energy transition, which can boost the nation’s competitiveness on the global stage, Cheng said.
British Representative to Taiwan John Dennis said that the 240 previous recipients “are leaders, innovators and visionaries, each with their unique stories and experiences.”
They “are a testament to the transformative power of education, the Chevening spirit and the vibrancy of the UK-Taiwan relationship,” he said.
National Science and Technology Council Department of International Cooperation and Science Education director Yeh Chih-cheng (葉至誠), a Chevening alumnus, said that he applied for the scholarship with the aim of becoming a proficient civil servant.
“Taiwan and the UK now work together to help drive technological advancements, economic growth and meaningful change on a global scale, and I am proud that I am a part of that because of Chevening,” Yeh said.
Applications for Chevening Scholarships are open until Nov. 7, the office said.
Those who have completed an undergraduate degree and have at least two years of work experience are eligible to apply for the scholarship, which covers tuition fees for one year of a master’s degree course at any UK university, it said.
POLAM KOPITIAM CASE: Of the two people still in hospital, one has undergone a liver transplant and is improving, while the other is being evaluated for a liver transplant A fourth person has died from bongkrek acid poisoning linked to the Polam Kopitiam (寶林茶室) restaurant in Taipei’s Far Eastern Sogo Xinyi A13 Department Store, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday, as two other people remain seriously ill in hospital. The first death was reported on March 24. The man had been 39 years old and had eaten at the restaurant on March 22. As more cases of suspected food poisoning involving people who had eaten at the restaurant were reported by hospitals on March 26, the ministry and the Taipei Department of Health launched an investigation. The Food and
Advocates of the rights of motorcycle and scooter riders yesterday protested in front of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taipei, making three demands. They were joined by 30 passenger vehicles, which surrounded the ministry to make three demands related to traffic regulations — that motorcycles and scooters above 250cc be allowed on highways, that all motorcycles and scooters be allowed on inside lanes, and that driver and rider training programs be reformed. The ministry said that it has no plans to allow motorcycles on national highways for the time being, and said that motorcycles would be allowed on the inner
CHANGES: After-school tutoring periods, extracurricular activities during vacations or after-school study periods must not be used to teach new material, the ministry said The Ministry of Education yesterday announced new rules that would ban giving tests to most elementary and junior-high school students during morning study and afternoon rest periods. The amendments to regulations governing public education at elementary schools and junior high schools are to be implemented on Aug. 1. The revised rules stipulate that schools are forbidden to use after-school tutoring periods, extracurricular activities during summer or winter vacation or after-school study periods to teach new course material. In addition, schools would be prohibited from giving tests or exams to students in grades one to eight during morning study and afternoon break periods, the
AMENDMENT: Contact with certain individuals in China, Hong Kong and Macau must be reported, and failure to comply could result in a prison sentence, the proposal stated The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday voted against a proposed bill by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers that would require elected officials to seek approval before visiting China. DPP Legislator Puma Shen’s (沈伯洋) proposed amendments to the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例), stipulate that contact with certain individuals in China, Hong Kong and Macau should be reported, while failure to comply would be punishable by prison sentences of up to three years, alongside a fine of NT$10 million (US$309,041). Fifty-six voted with the TPP in opposition