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colonel · Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 89 Location: Nanyang and Cha-Am

I applied for a job in Taiwan and have been informed that my Open University (U.K.) degree is not recognized by the Taiwanese government as it is a correspondence course! Does anyone 'in situ' have any thoughts on this position?

clark.w.griswald · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 2056

As unfortunate as it obviously is for you, the above situation doesn't seem unreasonable to me. The government maintains a list of accepted institutions. If the institution that you got your diploma from is not on that list then you cannot be issued a work permit.

I do know of a teacher who sucessfully had her institution added to the list and this may be a possibility in your case. It requires the instution to play ball as far as supplying relevant paperwork and if it sounds like a possibility then I would recommend that you contact the CLA to find out what is involved.

colonel · Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 89 Location: Nanyang and Cha-Am

Many thanks for your reply. I would welcome your advice as to how I can contact the CLA. My particular degree is a BSc which is a modular degree and " equal in academic standing to similar qualifications gained from other U.K. universities". I intend to pursue the point and contact the British Council as I would be surprised if there was no educational funding from "The West". My point is, given " equal in academic standing to similar qualifications gained from other U.K. universities" who has decreed my degree is from a correspondence course and insufficient to teach in Taiwan?

killian · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

the taiwanese. they get to make the rules in taiwan.