Taiwan is reacting to increased pressure from brain drain as more young people head overseas for work and study, including to mainland China.

Taiwan saw a 27% increase in the number of international students its universities and colleges in 2018/19, hitting a record just shy of 57,000.

Reports that up to 300 Indonesian students were forced to work in a contact lenses factory in Taiwan has led to the closure of its internship program.

Wall Street English has announced it is seeking franchise partners in five markets, including in Germany, which it exited in 2016 when it was owned by Pearson.

Taiwanese students are taking legal action against the Norwegian government in order to be recognised as Taiwanese on their visas.

The Taiwanese government is looking to lower restrictions for international students to remain after graduation and access work rights, in a move to bolster the country’s professional workforce, fill skills shortages, and combat population decline.

72 Indonesian students have been awarded scholarships to study two to three years of masters or doctoral studies or six months to one year studying Mandarin in Taiwan.

Taiwan enrolled 41,000 students from Southeast Asia in its tertiary institutions in 2017-18 – 700 more than the governments target.