Thursday, August 24, 2006

FOUR TAIWANESE STUDENTS RECEIVE BTCO SCHOLARSHIPS

Taipei, Aug. 21 (CNA) Four Taiwanese students received scholarships from the British Trade and Cultural Office (BTCO) and will soon depart for one-year Master's courses in the U.K., a BTCO official announced Monday.

Michael Reilly, Director of the de facto British embassy, who met with the scholars and said: "Since the start of the BTCO scholarship program in 1990 nearly 200 young Taiwanese have received scholarships to study in the U.K. and have gone on to contribute to the advancement of Taiwan."

Applicants are selected on both their academic strength and their commitment and ambition to make a difference on their return. Each scholarship winner receives 15,000 to 20,000 pounds.

The four scholarship recipients include Yen Shu-yi, who will major in criminology and criminal justice at Loughborough University, Hsu Po-han (environmental technology at Imperial College) , Chan Chi-ya (global politics at the London School of Political and Economic Science), and Amy Hsieh (international political economy at the London School of Political and Economic Science).

The scholarship program is operated by the BTCO and administered by the British Council.

According to the BTCO, U.K. accounts for 28.2% of the Taiwanese overseas study market.