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Student Learning Festival 2023

Haking Wong Podium

April 26 Wednesday, 11:30 am-2:30 pm @ Haking Wong Podium The Student Festival will showcase students’ innovative work in tackling issues which required them to integrate knowledge, methods, and media across disciplines. These exemplary projects come from different undergraduate courses and include posters, videos, podcasts, models, and more. Come Meet the Students!  

Communication-intensive Courses Symposium 2023

2/F Digital Interactive Lab HKU Main Library

Date: 3 May, 2023 (Wednesday) Time: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Venue: Digital Interactive Lab, Main Library Target Audience: All HKU staff (including those who have badged CIC courses and those who haven’t) >>Details and registration Programme Time Activity 9:30 – 9:35 Opening Speaker: Prof. Ian Holliday Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning), HKU 9:35 – 10:20 Keynote: […]

Transdisciplinarity And The Terrestrial: Thinking Critically With Critical Zones

Common Core / BASc Lounge Room 150 1/F Main Building, The University of Hong Kong

Following its adoption by the US earth sciences community at the turn of the century, the concept of the ‘critical zone’ has been central to a so-called ‘terrestrial turn’ in the arts as well as the sciences. Originally defined as the “heterogeneous, near-surface environment in which complex interactions involving rock, soil, water, air, and living […]

(Webinar) Earth Stories: Hong Kong

Zoom

Earth Stories: Hong Kong WEBINAR A Transdisciplinary Art, Ecology, and Research Project Earth Stories: Hong Kong explores new habits of thought and feeling that emerge along the edges of Hong Kong’s cultural and natural worlds. Based at the KFBG Green Hub in Tai Po, the project includes expressions by flora and fauna, sky and earth, poets, film-makers, voice-artists, […]

24 Frames; A Student Short Film Show/廿四格-學生短片影展

Laundry Steps, Tai Kwun No.10 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong

Let's all celebrate an evening full of motion picture experiments and exchange of visual ideas. This international cooperation showcases a selection of 24 short films produced by students from various film-based courses from The University of Hong Kong, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and the Vienna University of Technology.   The screening will be […]

Cultural Heritage Crowdsourcing for Sustainable Development Goals: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Investigations

Room 202, Runme Shaw Building or Zoom

Monday, 29 May 2023, 12:45 pm – 2:30 pm Room 202, Runme Shaw Building or Zoom All are welcome Pre-registration required for joining via Zoom https://bit.ly/crowdsourcingSDG    Abstract: Crowdsourcing is vital in facilitating the sustainable development goals of digital humanities projects. In this talk, I will start with a literature review on cultural heritage crowdsourcing. A […]

Games for Change Conference @ HKU

KK Leung Building

Games are the most powerful form of immersive learning. In the modern era where experience is king, we are seeing a fascinating movement exploring social impact and educational innovation in the form of creative and interactive storytelling mediums. At the inaugural Games for Change APAC-Hong Kong organised in collaboration with Press Start Academy, we will […]

Tutor’s corner – cocktails, conversations, colleagues, singing

Junels Restobar Bar Junels Restobar Bar, G/F, 7 On Ning Lane, Sai Ying Pun

Join us for a laid-back social event of drinks and karaoke. Mingle with fellow HKU tutors, unwind, and recharge in a welcoming atmosphere. The event is free. Food and drinks are available for purchase (at happy hour prices). All HKU tutors are welcome! Sign-up now https://forms.gle/dqtb822xQwqYaigr9

Common Core – Online Talk on Course Selection with Q&A (AM session)

Zoom

Welcome to the Common Core, SDGs in CC, Transdisciplinary Minors, Hong Kong Learning Partners, The Future Readiness Initiative, Global Transdisciplinary Partnerships, Peer Tips from Current Students, and more! All first-year students are welcome Date and time: 15/08/2023 11:00-12:00 Venue: Online via Zoom Details and registration: https://www.cedars.hku.hk/registration-and-induction/index.php

Common Core – Online Talk on Course Selection with Q&A (PM session)

Zoom

Welcome to the Common Core, SDGs in CC, Transdisciplinary Minors, Hong Kong Learning Partners, The Future Readiness Initiative, Global Transdisciplinary Partnerships, Peer Tips from Current Students, and more! All first-year students are welcome Date and time: 15/08/2023 12:30-13:30 Venue: Online via Zoom Details and registration: https://www.cedars.hku.hk/registration-and-induction/index.php

Why the CC? Choosing the Best Courses for You

Common Core / BASc Lounge Room 150 1/F Main Building, The University of Hong Kong

Why the CC? Choosing the Best Courses for You Q&A on Common Core for First-Year Students   Participating CC Student Consultants:  Anthony, BBA, Year 4 Vaishali, BA&BEd(LangEd), Year 4 Billy, BEd&BSc, 2023 Elly, BBiomedSc, 2023 Jenna, BBA, 2023   Wednesday, Aug 16, 2023 Common Core / BASc Lounge (MB150) 12:30 - 14:00 HKT   Please […]

Tutor Certificate Workshop – Foundations in Teaching and Learning

Common Core / BASc Lounge Room 150 1/F Main Building, The University of Hong Kong

As an initiative to provide a professional development path for tutors, the Communication-Intensive Courses (CiC) initiative in collaboration with the Common Core and the Centre for Applied English (CAES), is hosting a 1-day workshop open to tutors.   Date: Thursday, 24 August 2023 Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Location: Common Core Lounge (Main Building Room 150)   […]