Achievements Highlights 2013-2016

We completed a large-scale Survey of Core Competencies of Future Teachers in the first quarter of 2014. The feedback given by some 1,000 school principals and their representatives prioritised positive personality, positive work attitudes, cooperation and teamwork, interpersonal skills and professional knowledge and skills as the focused areas.

• We continue to expand our partnership with the education community. By 2014/15, we had signed collaborative agreements with 11 major school sponsoring bodies representing 33% of the primary, secondary and special schools and 25% of the kindergartens in Hong Kong.
• Recognising the far-reaching impact of education, we have established a high-level platform – the EdUHK Foundation (previously known as HKIEd Foundation, inaugurated on 27 April 2015) – to tap into the support of the wider community in advancing the quality of teacher education, learning and teaching and research at the university.

By 2014, we had successfully obtained Programme Area Accreditation status in the programme areas of Chinese Studies, English Studies and Environmental Studies with a view to further diversifying programme offerings.

In 2015/16, we added new dimensions to our programme offerings and developed three new University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded Bachelor of Education programmes - the Bachelor of Education (Honours) in History, the Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Secondary) in Mathematics, and the Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Business, Accounting and Financial Studies. Other new programmes that will be offered in 2016 and the subsequent three years are the Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Chinese History, Geography and Science, as well as the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Special Education and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, and the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Global and Hong Kong Studies, among others. Worth highlighting is the UGC’s support for our offer of three co-terminal double degree programmes in the new Triennium 2016-2019, which is a new milestone for our programme development.

The Academic Management Information System (AMIS) was implemented in 2014. AMIS provides Senior Management, heads of departments and units, and programme leaders with consolidated academic management information about KPIs/PIs to inform academic planning, implementation and development.

Established in 2013, the International and Regional Learning Enhancement Fund aims to give every full-time undergraduate student the opportunity of gaining overseas learning experience. All students can thus apply for a grant for one overseas learning experience during their course of study to a maximum amount of $10,000.

To enrich cultural sensitivity and create an English-rich learning environment on campus, an International Tutors Scheme was introduced in 2014/15. These tutors facilitate English language exchanges through a variety of subjects and learning activities, such as co-curricular and hostel events, a conversational corner, debates and workshops, and they also provide language advice.