From the wars dominating our newsfeeds to rising violence in everyday life, peace feels fragile. Yet peace begins with people — with us. On Sunday, join the UNESCO Hong Kong Association, Rotary Action Group for Peace, and HKU Common Core to observe the UN International Day of Peace @ HKU. Date: 21 September 2025 (Sunday) Time: 9:30–11:00 […]
Digital technologies and generative artificial intelligence have transformed many aspects of teaching and learning in higher education. These tools offer opportunities to enhance student engagement, facilitate collaborative learning, and develop essential communication literacies. We invite teachers to participate in our interactive workshop (running again due to popular demand), designed to provide a practical overview of […]
A session will be held for a representative group of students who have taken CC courses to meet with Professor Schäfer as an opportunity for her to know more about students’ experiences in the CC. The details of the session is as follows: Date: October 8, 2025 (Wednesday) Time: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm […]
Workshop: Facilitation Basics for Teaching and Learning- Questioning and Leading The workshop focuses on facilitation skills for interdisciplinary teaching contexts. Through hands-on and playful activities, we will practice questioning and listening techniques, moving your students across levels of abstraction, how to maintain the connection during delivery, and skills for leading and pacing. Teachers will walk […]
Join Cintia for an eye-opening session on building entrepreneurial ecosystems and communities. The talk focuses on how to empower entrepreneurs and early-stage ventures to tackle climate change, resource scarcity, and other urgent planetary challenges. Cintia unpacks how mission-aligned capital and industry partnerships can drive systemic shifts by supporting technologies and business models that respect planetary […]
HKU Information day 2025 Date: Oct 25, 2025 (Saturday) Time: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Venue: The University of Hong Kong Stop by our booth to learn more about the Common Core and grab an exclusive souvenir available only on Info Day!
Join this interactive session on how to design interdisciplinary courses for quality and rigour, while optimising student learning and engagement. The workshop will include an introduction by the Director of the Common Core, Prof. Julian Tanner and sharing from CC teachers on: Tips for writing Common Core course proposals Generating compelling learning outcomes Framing the […]
Game On! Practical Storytelling Game-Based Design Workshop for HKU Teachers Bored of lecturing? Ever thought about turning your teaching into an effective game for your students? Our speaker will show you how. In this hands-on workshop, teachers will play with a storytelling-driven framework to design interactive and gamified student-centred activities for your teaching. To get […]
Date: 1 November 2025 (Saturday) Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (Registration begins 8:30 am) Venue: Lecture Hall II (Opposite Grand Hall Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre), HKU Centennial Campus 8:30 – 9:00 Registration 9:00 – 9:15 Overview of the day and introduction of judges (9:15 – 9:30 Time to move to judging rooms) 9:30 – […]
Stories in War Zones: Building Positive Peace through Humanitarian Work With Urieb Samad 14th November 2025 (Friday) @ 15:30-16:30 Common Core / BASc Lounge (MB150) We’re offering a rare opportunity to hear firsthand stories from war and conflict zones in the Middle East—right here in Hong Kong, where many of us can easily […]
Teaching and research aren’t opposites—they can power each other! You’re warmly invited to an informal collegial sharing on how Common Core teaching can evolve into publications. Date: Thursday, November 27 Time: 16:00–17:30 Venue: Common Core / BASc Lounge (MB150) All HKU staff, CC teachers, and tutors are welcome Speakers Prof. Joe Lau (Associate Professor, Philosophy) […]
Presented by AFTEC 由誇啦啦藝術集匯呈獻 Work with professional artists and scientists on your own cross-disciplinary mini project! Vitruvian Bridge: Arts x Science Minds is a cross-disciplinary practice-as-research project. Artists and scientists indulge in months of exchange and conversations and locate their topics of interest. We present to you three unique artworks inspired by human brains in […]