Announcements

The TransDisciplinary Undergraduate Research Project is an opportunity for an individual or small groups of undergraduate students to pursue funded research on a topic of their own choosing. To be carried out locally or outside Hong Kong, the project will be supervised by a Faculty mentor, with a duration of between 6 weeks to 6 months.   All undergraduate students (first to final year) are eligible to apply  Application Period for 2023-24 (Sem 1): Now – October 31, 2023 Application method and guidelines: https://commoncore.hku.hk/tdugr-project/

Register before 28 Aug, 2023 deTour is Hong Kong’s largest annual design festival, featuring innovative installations, creative workshops, inspiring design dialogues, and more. This year’s festival will be held at the PMQ from November 24th to December 3rd, and Common Core will be one of the supporting organisations of the festival. deTour 2023 – design festival is currently conducting an Open Call exercise for Creative Proposals for Workshops to respond to this year’s theme “New Know How”. The deadline for submitting is 28 August 2023 (12:00 nn). Sponsorship Max. HKD 2,500* / session *The number of workshop sessions and amount of

Register before Sep 17 We invite undergraduate students to join the program Cities Alive Hong Kong: WHAT ARE THE 100 ISSUES SHAPING HONG KONG’S FUTURE? in collaboration with Arup https://www.arup.com/. Students from all disciplines are encouraged to join. No prior experience is required, just an interest in exploring Hong Kong’s future. Over 8 weeks, students will: Attend interactive workshops by Arup’s Foresight team to learn futures thinking concepts and methodologies Conduct desktop research in teams on social, technological, economic, environmental, and policy trends specific to Hong Kong Develop a set of “Cities Alive” cards (20 cards per team) communicating key

Dear all,   It’s our pleasure to share with you that the project “LEAN Social – Virtual Work & Study Space for GenZ” (https://www.lean.social) carried out by Ky Nam Nguyen, Fanyin Yang and Zi Hao Lam, has received the Most Collaborative award in the U21 RISE (Real Impact on Society and Environment) 2023 competition!   We would like to take this opportunity to give our sincere congratulations to the team and thank all students whose fantastic works were showcased in the competition. You could view the entries at https://universitas21.com/RISE-2223.   The Common Core nominates one or more student projects every

Dear Friends,   We are pleased to announce that Gitanjali Anna Pies, a Year 4 student in the BASc programme, has been named the winner of the Best Student Work at the Student Learning Festival!   We would like to extend our congratulations to Gitanjali and thank all the students whose excellent works were showcased at the festival. Your hard work and dedication to your studies continue to inspire us.   Thank you to the staff and students who supported the festival and helped make it a success. We could not have done it without your help.   All the

The TransDisciplinary Undergraduate Research Project is an opportunity for an individual or small groups of undergraduate students to pursue funded research on a topic of their own choosing. To be carried out locally or outside Hong Kong, the project will be supervised by a Faculty mentor, with a duration of between 6 weeks to 6 months.   All undergraduate students (first to final year) are eligible to apply  Application Period for 2022-23 (Sem 2): Now – March 15, 2023 Application method and guidelines: https://commoncore.hku.hk/tdugr-project/ Students who are awarded in the 2023/23 Sem 1 Iteration are not eligible