This meeting provides a channel of communication between students across campus and the Common Core. All undergraduate students are encouraged to join us in order to learn more about course development, how the programme is structured from the inside-out, and to let us know your suggestions for further enhancing the experience of the Common Core […]

This panel discussion of Student Peer Mentors, under the guidance of Ian Paolo Villareal, will share their insights, successes, and challenges around Transdisciplinary Undergraduate Research and the Critical Zones Project. This is a great opportunity to learn about the different ways that undergraduate students are approaching interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research work around a diverse range […]

We are hosting a showcase event to highlight a few of the games created from a 9-week Learning Game Design in the Common Core research project, in collaboration with Press Start Academy, a Hong Kong-based educational game design company. This event will feature games designed by undergraduate students on Common Core courses including a panel […]

The world is home to the largest generation in the history of young people between the ages of 15 and 24 years, adding up to 1.8 billion. Close to 90 percent of the youth live in developing countries, where they constitute a large proportion of the population (UN Youth Strategy). Connected to each other like never before […]

Welcome to the CC Digital Villa! The Common Core Digital Exhibition Villa is a virtual space that showcases student work from Common Core courses, projects, and other initiatives. In this demonstration, Mathew and Lynn will take you on a tour of the Exhibit Space Villa and show you how teachers and students can use it […]

What, in our time, does it mean to “communicate” effectively? Why, for students, is enhancing communication skills absolutely essential?  Many undergraduate courses teach content but have assessment tasks which test both students’ knowledge of content and how they communicate this. Examples of the communication assessments are an essay, a report, an oral presentation, a poster, […]

The HKU Horizons Experience Awards competition is organized annually to encourage students to reflect on and share their mainland/international learning experiences, with a top prize of $10,000 and two further prizes of $5,000 to be awarded. Awards will be made on the basis of the substance and value of the learning experience captured, and also […]

What types of movies have CC students created in our courses in order to think through film? How might this work enhance their communication skills, their imaginations, and their critical thinking? Bring your popcorn! Speakers: Prof Gina Marchetti, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU Dr Esther Yau, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU Mr Nik Ettel, Faculty […]