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Giving Teachers A Creative Writing Boost

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

Date: March 10, 2023 Time: 2:00 - 5:00 PM Venue: Common Core Lounge (MB150, Main Building, HKU) Facilitator: Tanya Kempston Senior Lecturer and PGDE Programme Director, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong A three-hour workshop for teachers of English in Hong Kong secondary schools offered jointly by the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, the […]

RESILIENCE: Farewell

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

Student visual artist, Mr. Clive Ka-lun LEE (PhD in education) is organising a community engaged visual arts exhibition, "RESILIENCE: Farewell" to invite participants to contribute in co-creation and say goodbye to the feelings about COVID 19 and welcome a new page. Artist will also be on site to invite audience to bring their own materials […]

Thriving @ HKU: Open Doors to Happiness

2/F Multi-Purpose Area, HKU Library

Dear students, Are you feeling overwhelmed with the challenges of university life? You are not alone. We’ve got your back! Join your peers for an exciting event designed to help you better navigate university life and unleash your potential. Get ready to level up your happiness and build resilience in the face of challenges! Near the coming International Day […]

Food and Identity in Hong Kong Literature: Student-Led Discussion

MB151

What food can best represent Hong Kong? Egg tart, Pineapple bun, or milk tea? In this casual academic dialogue, we will move beyond these cliched representations of the city and critically engage with the complexities of postcolonial identity from a gastronomical perspective. While previous studies on food and Hong Kong identity have mostly relied on […]

How to bring concepts and stories to life through images

CETL Learning Lab RRS 321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building, Main Campus, HKU

Date: 29 March 2023 (Wednesday) Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm Venue: CETL Learning Lab (RRS 321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building, Main Campus, HKU) Speakers: Ms. Sylvana Lee, Professional photographer Facilitators: Mr. Simon Boynton, Lecturer, Centre for Applied English Studies, HKU Mr. Donn Gonda, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, HKU Dr. Michelle Raquel, […]

Tutor’s Corner – Coffee, Conversations, Colleagues

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

Join us for this social event to network with fellow tutors, play with Generative AI applications, and enjoy coffee and light refreshments. Welcome all HKU tutors! Registration required: https://forms.gle/hqthYBzkBE75XMQB7

Transdisciplinary Global-Action-Labs: Lives of the Deltas, Critical Zones, and Connected Futures

CPD-3.41 CPD-3.41, Centennial Campus (The Jockey Club Tower), HKU

Focusing on transdisciplinarity-in-action, we will explore collaborative learning, contact points for research across disciplines, and innovative examples of institutional programming. How might the transdisciplinary help us enact flourishing and connected futures? A Panel Discussion with Winnie Yee (Comparative Literature, HKU) Julian Tanner (Director, Common Core, HKU) Rick Dolphijn (Philosophy & Art, Utrecht University) Gray Kochhar-Lindgren […]

Join-the Conversation: A great presentation gives smart ideas an advantage

RRS321 RRS321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building, Main Campus, HKU

Dear Colleagues,   You are cordially invited to join the Join-the-Conversation: A great presentation gives smart ideas and advantage on 20 April 2023. The event is co-organized by Communication Intensive Courses (CiC), Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL), Centre for Applied English Studies (CAES), and the Common Core.   Date: 20 April […]

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 […]