Dr Xiao Hanyu, assistant professor at APS, was interviewed by Ming Pao. He pointed out the abilities young people should have to participate in politics and introduced the four characteristics of the Master of Public Policy and Management (MPPM) Programme. 
香港教育大學除了提供師範培訓以外，亦開辦社會科學等課程。其中包括由亞洲及政策研究學系開辦的公共政策及管理碩士(Master of Public Policy and Management, MPPM)。課程著重理論與實踐結合教學模式，涉獵廣泛公共政策元素。另外，課程提供三大專業方向讓學員自由選擇，分別為管治及公共管理；社會政策；以及高等教育政策。 對於現時愈來愈多年青人投身政府部門甚至從政，公共政策及管理碩士副課程主任肖漢宇博士指年青人參政需要三大能力：首先要深入瞭解政策過程，培養自身分析能力及批判思維；其次要深入社區，理解市民需要；最後，以全球化角度思考問題，加以不同學科及背景的角度分析。課程其中一個必修科目「戰略溝通」教導學員與公眾及傳媒溝通，亦是現時公共部門需要改進之處。 肖博士亦表示課程有四大特色：
- 課程設計方向的集中政策研究，討論及比較不同國家的社會及公共政策；
- 學系與逾50間機構合作，為學員提供實習機會，合作機構包括：香港紅十字會、香港美國商會等；
- 學系安排學員到不同政府部門及機構採訪，讓學員瞭解相關政策運行，如立法會、房委會、醫管局等，另定期邀請前政府官員或學者到校舉辦講座
- 學系非常鼓勵學員積極參與公共政策分析比賽，以訓練學員政策分析能力。
- 課程為優秀學員提供獎學金，包括：公共政策與管理碩士學術獎學金及公共政策與管理碩士非本地學生住宿獎學金。
課程查詢方式： 網址：https://www.eduhk.hk/aps/mppm
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本文轉載自明報《青年不再政治冷感 研公共政策造時勢》一文，略有刪改。 原文: https://jupas.mingpao.com/postgrad/%E9%9D%92%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%8D%E5%86%8D%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E5%86%B7%E6%84%9F-%E7%A0%94%E5%85%AC%E5%85%B1%E6%94%BF%E7%AD%96%E9%80%A0%E6%99%82%E5%8B%A2/
A team of students of the Master of Public Policy and Governance (MPPG) Programme of the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) won the first prize in the Eighth National Universities Mock Mayor Competition in November 2018. Organized by the Chinese Academy of Management and the Central University of Finance and Economics, this event is one of the most reputable academic competitions for Chinese students in the field of public policy and administration. Competing on a team basis, contestants are expected to identify a critical public policy problem in real-world setting, undertake solid policy analysis, and formulate innovative solutions.
Consisting of both local and mainland students, this EdUHK team focused on elderly care and public housing, two of the thorniest social policy issues in Hong Kong, and designed an integrated policy package that seeks to encourage intergenerational social solidarity in rapidly ageing Hong Kong. Their innovative policy solution and high-quality policy analysis were generously appreciated by the referees’ panel that comprised of senior public sector leaders in China.
A team of students of the Master of Public Policy and Management (MPPM) and Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Greater China Studies (BGCS) programme won the first prize in the Ninth National Universities Mock Mayor Competition in November 2019. Organized by the Chinese Academy of Management and the Central University of Finance and Economics, this event is one of the most reputable academic competitions for Chinese students in the field of public policy and administration. The contestants are expected to identify a critical public policy problem in a real-world setting, undertake solid policy analysis, and formulate innovative solutions.
Consisting of both local and mainland students, this EdUHK team focused on elderly re-employment under the aging society. As the coach of the award-winning team, Dr Alex He Jingwei, Associate Head of the Department (Research and Development), provided intensive training and mentorship throughout the entire course of the competition. Gigi Szeto, Year 4student from the BGCS programme said her academic research skills had been enhanced enormously.
Twenty-five international scholars participated in an authors’ workshop on The Future of Policy Sciences. Organized by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS), the two-day workshop held between November 14 and 15 provided international participants the opportunity to engage with local scholars and explore the future of policy sciences both as an intellectual enterprise but also as a pedagogical set of activities focused on teaching and training policy professionals.
Attracting a leading cohort of internationally recognised policy scholars, including the General Secretary of the International Public Policy Association, Professor Philippe Zittoun from the University of Lyon, France, the workshop explored several themes including big data in public policy making, contrasting geographies of policy science, the future of policy schools, the evolving role of the policy scientist, and future challenges for public policy teaching and research.
The papers presented at the workshop will appear in 2020 in several special issues in leading international policy journals. The organisers of the workshop also hope to institutionalise the event via an annual rotating ‘policy dialogue series’ to be hosted by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies, EdUHK, Hong Kong, the Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore and the College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Twenty-five international scholars participated in an authors’ workshop on The Future of Policy Sciences. Organized by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS), the two-day workshop held between November 14 and 15 provided international participants the opportunity to engage with local scholars and explore the future of policy sciences both as an intellectual enterprise but also as a pedagogical set of activities focused on teaching and training policy professionals.
Attracting a leading cohort of internationally recognised policy scholars, including the General Secretary of the International Public Policy Association, Professor Philippe Zittoun from the University of Lyon, France, the workshop explored several themes including big data in public policy making, contrasting geographies of policy science, the future of policy schools, the evolving role of the policy scientist, and future challenges for public policy teaching and research.
The papers presented at the workshop will appear in 2020 in several special issues in leading international policy journals. The organisers of the workshop also hope to institutionalise the event via an annual rotating ‘policy dialogue series’ to be hosted by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies, EdUHK, Hong Kong, the Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore and the College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.
MPPG students goes on their field visit to Singapore
Minna 陳蕙心
2018/19學年社會科學教育榮譽學士（大中華地區研究）三年級學生