CUHK and Zheng Sheng students learn from each other

CUHK I-CARE Programme and Christian Zheng Sheng College jointly launched the “CUHK – Christian Zheng Sheng College Service Programme” which enabled students of both institutions the chance to experience each other’s campus life and learn from each other.

The opening ceremony of the programme was held at CUHK’s campus on June 18. Officiating guests include Prof. Joseph Sung, Vice-Chancellor of CUHK and Dr. Alman Chan, Principal of Christian Zheng Sheng College.

After the ceremony, CUHK students showed Zheng Sheng students around the campus. Zheng Sheng students had a taste of university campus life when they were led to the Satellite Remote Sensing Ground Receiving Station and had a lecture given by Dr. Matthew Pang, Professional Consultant of Institute of Space and Earth Information Science.

CUHK’s hospitality was reciprocated by Zheng Sheng during a 3-day camp at Zheng Sheng campus from June 26-28. During the camp, 20 CUHK students and members of the “CU50 • Care” Service Team lived and studied with Zheng Sheng students on their Chi Ma Wan campus. It was a unique learning experience to students of both institutions.

Prof. Chan Chi Fai Andrew to lecture on brand building strategies

Prof. Chan Chi Fai Andrew has been invited to be the speaker of the fourth 50th Anniversary Fair Public Lecture. The topic will be ‘Strategies for Building Successful Brand Image’. Details are as follows: Date: July 27 (Sat) Time: 7:00pm Venue: Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong Central Library Synopsis: A brand is not just about your logo or a name; it represents your complete business identity. The right branding strategies could bring real success for your business as it would help identify the most valuable tools to create a powerful business brand. What convinces people to invest in you or your products or services is how well they know, like, and trust you. In general terms, a strong brand is one that people recognize and believe in your ability to deliver your promise.

However, developing strategies for building successful brand image can be one of the most difficult task in your strategic endeavour. On the one hand, it is often this particular element that causes most businesses the biggest challenge, but, on the other hand, this is a vital factor that creates the corporate identity.

Upon completion of this seminar, participants are expected to be able:

For more information and online registration, please click on to the link next to the title.

Educational psychologist Herbert Marsh spoke on Student Evaluation of University Teaching

CUHK is privileged to have invited Prof. Herbert W. Marsh, Professor, Department of Education, University of Oxford, as a guest speaker for the University's 50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture. Prof. Marsh presented a lecture on “Student Evaluation of University Teaching: Recommendation for Policy and Practice” on July 2.

In the lecture, Prof. Marsh shared his views on students' evaluations of teaching effectiveness (SETs), which has been the topic of considerable interest and a great deal of research in universities all over the world. Although SETs have a solid research base stemming largely from research conducted in the 1980s, it is surprising that research conducted in the last decade has not done more to address critical limitations previously identified and incorporate exciting methodological advances that are relevant to SETs research. One of the observations is that the use of SETs is for personnel decisions rather than on improving teaching effectiveness. Also, it is opined that the feedback from students is potentially demoralized to academics without more fully implementing programmes to improve teaching effectiveness. Prof. Marsh also discussed the usefulness of SETs as part of a programme to improve university teaching and the necessity to conduct more intervention studies on SETs.

Prof. Stephen Wong spoke at the Public Lecture organized by Faculty of Education

The sixth Faculty of Education 50th Anniversary Public Lecture organized by the Department of Sports Science and Physical Education was held on June 22.

Prof. Stephen Wong gave a talk on “The Development and Future of Sports Science”.

The rapid development of Sports and Exercise Science in Hong Kong began in the 1980s. Nowadays, this relatively young discipline has made remarkable achievements in both research and practical applications. Sports science has demonstrated its importance and contribution in supporting elite athletes in their preparation for international competition, promoting healthy lifestyle, as well as conducting research. Looking to the future, the development of Sports and Exercise Science will continue to present diverse and interdisciplinary characteristics. Furthermore, it will have a closer relationship with increasing academic fields.

“International Conference on the Philosophy of Criminal Punishment” successfully concluded

“International Conference on the Philosophy of Criminal Punishment” was held from June 18 to 20. The three-day conference was organized by the Department of Philosophy and co-organized by Chung Chi College and New Asia College. Fourteen papers were presented in the conference on the following three themes: 1. Why Punish? How Much? 2. Punishment and Social Justice 3. Should the Death Penalty be Abolished or Implemented?

Prof. Erin Kelly from Tuft University; Prof. T. M. Scanlon, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity at Harvard University; and Prof. Tommie Shelby, Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy at Harvard University, were the keynote speakers. Other attendees were academics from Hong Kong as well as Belgium, Israel, Taiwan and the United States.

International Conference on Nucleic Acid Enzymes and Enzymes in Human Diseases (NAEEHD)

Hosted by the Biochemistry Programme of the School of Life Sciences, the “International Conference on Nucleic Acid Enzymes and Enzymes in Human Diseases (NAEEHD)” was held at the Mong Man Wai Building from June 16 to 21. The Conference aimed to update recent trends in the areas of structure-function studies of nucleic acid enzymes, as well as enzymologies in different diseases. Topics include: 1. Enzymes in DNA replication, gene transcription, DNA recombination, repair and mobility 2. Enzymes in biotechnology and medicine 3. Enzymes in epigenetic gene regulation and development 4. Enzymes in human diseases

The Conference enhanced our understanding of natural sciences and also enabled us to better utilize these enzymes in medicinal sciences and biotechnology for the benefit of our society.

There were keynote speeches, talks and poster presentation. 50 research scientists from nine regions including Sir Richard Roberts, New England Biolabs Inc. USA and 1993 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Professor Sen-Fang Sui, Tsinghua University and Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences gave talks on their fields.