
英國聖安德魯斯大學校長莎莉・梅普斯頓率團訪台,首站拜會中研院,就人文社科、生醫與淨零科技等議題交流,期盼深化長期合作。
英國聖安德魯斯大學校長莎莉・梅普斯頓率團訪台,首站拜會中研院院長陳建仁,雙方就人文社會科學、台灣與東亞歷史、生醫、淨零科技及國際人才培育等議題深入交流,期盼建立長期夥伴關係。
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英國聖安德魯斯大學校長莎莉・梅普斯頓率團訪台,首站前往中研院深化人文社會科學及科技交流。
英國頂尖學府聖安德魯斯大學校長莎莉・梅普斯頓女爵士近日率團訪台,首站到中研院,目的在深化人文社會科學交流,並就台灣與東亞歷史、生醫、淨零科技,以及國際人才培育等議題進行討論。中研院院長陳建仁表示,雙方優勢領域高度互補,期待透過交流奠定長期合作的堅實基礎;聖安德魯斯大學校方也強調,該校致力與理念及學術目標相近的研究機構建立長期夥伴關係,而台灣正是國際合作的重點發展對象,未來將各項構想逐步落實為具體成果。
聖安德魯斯大學創立於1413年,為蘇格蘭歷史最悠久、英語世界第三古老之頂尖學府,多次於《泰晤士報》與《衛報》大學指南名列全英前茅,目前在全英大學排名第一。該校學生近半數來自全球超過130個國家,為極具國際化特色的大學。首度來台的梅普斯頓亦將拜會教育部,以及台大、政大與國圖等學研單位。
聖安德魯斯大學於人文社會科學領域享譽盛名,該校國際關係、歷史、藝術史、哲學及社會人類學等學科表現均為全英第一。梅普斯頓提到,該校設有華語文學系與台灣漢學資源中心,未來盼成立「台灣研究講座」,在東亞研究與地緣政治等領域與台灣合作。
中研院副院長彭信坤指出,院方與英國學術界長期互動密切,許多優秀合作均源自研究人員共同的學術興趣。近年亦積極拓展人文社會科學領域的國際人才培育,於今年開設「東亞與現代世界的形成」國際研究生學程,提供海外優秀學生申請。
陳建仁亦詳細介紹中研院在南部院區量子科技的研究布局、淨零計畫的推動成果,以及國家生技研究園區的生醫研究量能;梅普斯頓也提及該校以2035年達成淨零排放為目標,積極投入生質能源、氫能等相關研究,並設有專門的永續科技校區,也積極推動產學合作,雙方具深厚的跨國合作潛力。
青年人才培育與研究人員交流亦為會談重要議題。陳建仁介紹中研院台灣國際研究生學程(TIGP)及台灣國際實習生計畫(TIIP),攜手國內頂尖大學提供海外優秀學生來台研究的機會,充實科研人才庫。聖安德魯斯大學全球辦公室主任珊曼莎・李斯特則介紹該校「全球學人計畫」,亦提出人員互訪、研究成果分享等方式,以建立更緊密的學術連結。
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聖安德魯斯大學將拜會教育部及台大、政大與國圖等學研單位
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Tian Tian, a 10-year-old autistic boy from an ordinary primary school in Guangdong, was bullied by 27 classmates from April to June, including physical pushing, touching private parts, and filming private videos and spreading them in WeChat groups. Mother Liu Li checked hundreds of hours of surveillance and visited multiple families. The school determined that the students were bullying and punished the students involved. Liu Li decided to sue some parents and hire "shadow teachers" to help their children socialize, calling for the need for supporting support for integrated education.
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