by admin | Nov 21, 2022
In the summer of 2019, Dr Peter J Cobb, a joint appointee of the Faculties of Education and Arts, decided to create a course around his archaeological fieldwork in Armenia. The idea was that HKU students would travel to the country the following summer to help with...
by admin | Nov 21, 2022
When the Jockey Club ‘Peace and Awareness’ Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative began in 2019, COVID-19 had not appeared on the scene. But the challenges the pandemic has wrought on the mental health of our community – especially youth – have made it both timely...
by admin | Nov 20, 2022
Hong Kong, China and much of the non-Western world have one thing in common: they have embraced the Western idea of a university, where English is the lingua franca and modern academics pursue the goals of speaking truth to power and serving the economy. To the new...
by admin | May 26, 2022
Entitled ‘The Leadership Development Course on Culture, Science and Society’, the programme aims to complement the hard skills undergraduates learn through formal education with soft skills such as concepts of leadership, working with others in teams and engaging with...
by admin | May 25, 2022
In 2012, HKU and all universities in Hong Kong switched from three-year to four-year undergraduate programmes. But HKU added an innovative twist with the launch of the Common Core, under which all students must take six courses alongside peers from outside their...
