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Representatives of Beijing Normal, National Taiwan Normal Us meet in Taipei

Academic ties could play a major part in improving cross-strait relations; that's the message taken from last Friday's visit of Beijing Normal University official Liu Chuansheng (劉川生) to NTNU.

Thai professor, NTNU English dept discuss future of English education

Preparing students for the real world should be a focus of English-language studies, said NTNU English department chair Liang Sun-chieh (梁孫傑) last Thursday as he met with a visiting delegation from Thailand.

NTNU introduces learning on-the-go with open mobile courses

Long bus rides or being out of town are no longer valid excuses to stop learning, now that NTNU's open courses are currently available for mobile devices.

Author Chu encourages NTNU students to make a difference

"I believe in you," renowned author and translator Lucifer Chu (朱學恒) told a packed auditorium of NTNU students on Thursday. "The question is, do you believe in yourself?"

Home environment plays key role in student performance: Study

An educational gap exists between students in the nation's urban and rural areas -- and despite what many may think, it's not caused by a lack school of resources, according to a new study by National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) professor of education Hsu Tien-ming (許添明). Instead, the key factor is a student's living environment, including access to desks, dictionaries, and other learning tools at home, Hsu reported Wednesday to the National Science Council, which funded the research.