Presumably the course was designed a while ago.
Unfortunate timing, though.
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Yeah. Neo-nomadism was cutting edge… 5 years ago. But the most sensible thing to teach about this now is that corporations are less interested in off site employees and anyways it is barely relevant in Taiwan. Like, this is a face to face course that requires attendance. #leadbyexample
I’m also getting an ad for an online course with MIT about leadership, looks way more interesting and useful, but not worth the price for me
Or, funny. Took them so long to get through the paperwork it isn’t relevant anymore
If the professors are great it might still be ok, but just based on the ad and a few clicks i think it looks hilarious
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It takes about five years for Taiwan to start absorbing ‘cutting-edge’ stuff. Actually, that’s a big improvement. The lag used to be more like 20 years.
Besides, Taiwan just got a digital nomad visa…
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Another reason not to study leadership here. Followership. Maybe.
Anyways, at least the course seems to be nailing the “entertainment” part!
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Yes, up here in Taipei there is a big market for all kinds of edu-tainment courses especially if there is a personal or career development hook. That’s probably what is really going in here.
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In fairness, university marketing is always woeful.
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The course appears to be one of the electives from their yet to be released master’s programme in leadership…
Taiwans DEI is hiring only Indonesians, Filipinos and Vietnamese to work for little money and long hours in our factories. See how diverse, equitable, and inclusive we are? But don’t be getting any ideas like thinking you can take off with your friends on a Sunday, ride an ebike, or congregate at the train station or else.
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Perhaps these unlawful practices are precisely why it is a good idea to offer courses like this. In Module 1, students could watch and discuss Nine Shots plus migrant worker made docs. Then in modules 2 and 3 they could consider ways of leading organizations including NGOs and religious groups to spread the word that it is not OK to take away holidays. It is fine to ride registered ebikes and gather at train stations. Taiwanese law enforcement and civil society have already made the right decisions on these two issues even if a fair number of conservativ citizens don’t like the decisions.
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Would love to take this course and disagree with everything being taught. In essence-- to hijack it and push lewdness, political incorrectness and the movie, Raunch 9.
Imagine advertising a DEI initiative in 2025. As timely as advertising a course on how to Disco dance.
Also, what’s the point of DEI in a homogenous country like Taiwan? Hardly a melting pot like the USA where half the country are minorities (not that I agree with DEI policy there either, but it at least makes a little more sense from a social perspective).
Taiwan is equitably and inclusively regarding all seven days of the week as working days for this diverse portion of society. 
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Masters degree for foreigners in Taiwan is a joke everywhere. I studied engineering here and i was able to get the top rank in NTUT without even buying a single book. Just relying on notes.
Part of the reason is that professors usually give high scores to foreigners because failing them cause more trouble to school. They want foreigners to come here , have good experience and then go back to their country
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Taiwan is much more diverse than outsiders think. Hakka perhaps 20%, Mainlanders perhaps 10% these days, Indigenous 5%, and New Immigrants 7-10% depending on how you count things. And there are real tensions and prejudices that lead to discrimination between these groups. Discrimination that is not much discussed. Attempts to rectify such as affirmative action for the indigenous and women are highly controversial. Then you have sexual and religious minorities.
Taiwan has plenty of room to improve in terms of equity and inclusion. The members of this forum would greatly benefit if it did.
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Really?
I’ve read in the Taiwanese media that faculty are reluctant to fail any students, Taiwanese or foreign, because of declining enrollment.
NTUT is not really considered to be an elite school because it used to be a trade school. So it will need to retain students just like private universities.
Yup. Even my own professor told me “we can’t fail foreigners because if we do, our school ask us to justify it and it would make the student feel demotivated and would even maybe ask other friends in his country that Taiwan is not easy to study and then they might lose students from that country”
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When it comes to engineering, it’s still considered a good school.
Yeah it’s not NTU for sure
But yeah failing isn’t common here for any student but there is definitely difference between the scoring of locals vs foreigners.
Maybe doesn’t happen in all schools.
I’ve not come across anything like this before, but I can see how it could happen.