Social Involvement
Investing in Education
Talent is an important growth driver for enterprises. Reading is the groundwork for accumulating innovative capabilities. As part of the Investing in Education strategic pillar, USI helped establish the Taiwan Reading Culture Foundation and its Philanthropic Library. Libraries are set up in each township as a resource for teachers to borrow and use in class. Regarding youth training, we have several industrial-academic partnerships and internship projects in multiple facilities to enhance youth employability and develop next-generation technology talents.
Sponsor Taiwan Reading Foundation
"Broadening children's horizons and cultivating reading interest" cannot be done overnight. Therefore, USI has continuously sponsored the Taiwan Reading Culture Foundation to build Philanthropic Libraries since 2005 and organized Parent-Child Reading and Magical Physics Science Camp activities to expand investment in local education, enhance reading habits, and promote interest in science.
We continued to use the SROI methodology to analyze and quantify our impact on students and children through the Philanthropic Libraries program and activities. Our survey found that 75% of students participating in the Magical Physics Science Camp felt their science knowledge increased. Of the parents participating in the Parent-Child Reading activity, 73% believed the event could enhance family reading quality. Every $1 invested in the Philanthropic Libraries can generate $3.88 of social value. For detailed analysis, please refer to the graphs below.
USI University Courses and Industrial-Academic Partnerships
Over the years, internal lecturers from USI University provided several free courses to share their knowledge, experience, or the industry's latest trends with associated organizations and students. In 2021, we shared 19 classes and 2,343 hours of lessons investing in youth capacity development training.
USI provides internship opportunities with a one-on-one mentor system so students can bridge the gap between school and work after graduation. In 2021, 56 students interned in our internship programs.
In addition to internship opportunities, Nantou Facility continued to partner with National Chiao Tung University. In 2021, we invested CNY 710,000 to implement research projects such as Cross-Component Short Circuit and Tin Defect Detection, Non-Solder Automated Optical Inspection Optimization Model for Machine Learning and Extracting Key Product Specifications Using Natural Language.
In total, 1,415 students benefited from our industrial-academic partnership programs in 2021.
