Taiwan to deepen cooperation with UK research council
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On 6 February, Representatives from UK-based Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) met with officials from Taiwan’s Ministry of Education (MOE), spotlighting deepening academic cooperation between the two countries. MOE Department of International and Cross-strait Education Director-General Bi Cheu-an warmly welcomed the six-member delegation, praising the UK as one of the top destinations for Taiwanese students looking to receive higher education abroad. The meeting is part of Taiwan’s efforts to encourage advanced R&D and elevate its competitiveness in the international arena, he added.
University of Sussex Professor Paul Nightingale and director of strategy and operations at ESRC, lauded Taiwan’s excellence in the social sciences and looked forward to increasing collaboration in the future. He stressed the visit will help foster understanding between the two sides’ academic communities. ESRC, part of UK Research and Innovation, is Europe’s largest organisation funding academic exploration of social and economic issues, supporting more than 4,000 researchers and postgraduate students each year. The council facilitates partnerships between British social scientists and preeminent international academics.
