Cooperation in Education
Taiwan Studies Program in Australia presents Wayfaring Exhibition and a series of public programs at the Australian National University
Drawn mostly from the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Collection, the exhibition Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s-80s Taiwan is a presentation of Taiwanese society in a visual medium during the 1970s and 1980s. The exhibition features 35 works by 12 Taiwanese artists and the show runs at the Australian Centre on China in the World of the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra from 30 July to 28 October 2021.
In addition to the exhibition, a series of public outreach programs including Taiwanese film screenings, a panel discussion as well as an on-line Remembering Taiwan’s Martial Law Conference have been organized by ANU to better appreciate the cultural and social development in Taiwan.
Since 2010, the Taiwan Studies Program has been a significant collaboration between ANU and the Ministry of Education(MOE), Taiwan. The Program is to make accessible the knowledge of Taiwanese language, politics, society, culture and history.
The opening of the Wayfaring exhibition at ANU
(left to right): Associate Professor Benjamin Penny, Associate Professor Benjamin Hillman, Emeritus Professor Helen Ennis, Representative Elliott Charng, Professor Helen Sullivan, Emeritus Professor Richard Rigby, Ms Jill Lai.
2021 Taiwan and Huayu Enrichment Scholarship Grants 32 Australians to Study in Taiwan
Taiwan Scholarship and Huayu Enrichment Scholarship was established in 2004 to encourage international students to study a higher degree or Mandarin in Taiwan. In 2021 there are 2 Australian recipients selected to be awarded Taiwan Scholarship, 30 Australians awarded the Huayu Enrichment Scholarship (HES) funded by MOE, Taiwan.
Taiwan Scholarship gives Australians the opportunity to study for degrees in higher education in Taiwan and a total of 450 scholarships worldwide awarded in 2021. HES allows to study Mandarin full time in the language immersion environment beginning in September of 2021. A total of 925 HES recipients worldwide studied in Taiwan in 2019.
