C

M

Y

CM

MY

CY

CMY

K

Motto (SCMP) 2018_out.pdf 2 18年12月6日 下午2:49

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2018 SPONSORED FEATURE S1 SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2018 SPONSORED FEATURE S1

Four distinguished individuals awarded honorary doctoral degrees

OUHK students are real-world ready

Prof. Peter J Buckley is Professor of International Business and Founding Director of the Centre for International Business and the Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds. He has played a major role in establishing Leeds University’s Centre for Chinese Business and Development and was Founding Director of its Institute for Research on Contemporary China. Prof. Buckley is listed in The Times Higher Education Supplement as one of the ‘most successful academic writers’ in 2006, and has carried out many consultancy assignments for central and local governments, international bodies and leading companies. He is currently a Global PhD Supervisor of the OUHK Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration’s Global PhD Programme.

Prof. PeterJ BuckleyOBE (Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa)

Mr Anthony Chow Wing-kin, a seasoned solicitor for nearly 40 years, is Senior Consultant and Global Chairman of the law firm Guantao & Chow Solicitors and Notaries, and Chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club. During his service on the Council of the Law Society of Hong Kong between 1994 and 2004 (as President between 1997 and 2000), he contributed tremendously to the reform of legal education and helped lay the foundation for professional exchange between lawyers in Hong Kong and mainland China. In addition, Mr Chow has applied his professional knowledge and experience to many public services. He is currently the Chairman of the Process Review Panel of Hong Kong’s Financial Reporting Council and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Mr Peter Lee Kwok-wah, a respected entrepreneur and philanthropist, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Crowning-United (CU) Group, a conglomerate with global business networks in a wide spectrum of fields. With unswerving enthusiasm for education, Mr Lee has enabled the building and renovation of schools in less-privileged areas of mainland China and set up scholarships for students from various backgrounds to realize their dreams. Back in 2015, the OUHK conferred on Mr Lee the Honorary University Fellowship in recognition of his contributions to the University over the years, including his generous donations for a number of projects. In April 2017, he was appointed an OUHK Court member by the Hong Kong SAR Government.

Prof. the Honourable Tsui Lap-chee, world-renowned molecular biologist, is Founding President of the Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong, President of the Victor and William Fung Foundation, Director of Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies, Master of the Residential College of the International Campus of Zhejiang University and Emeritus University Professor of the University of Toronto. Prof. Tsui received international acclaim in 1989 for identifying the defective gene that causes cystic fibrosis. In local higher education, he led the University of Hong Kong through a series of unprecedented reforms and strategic developments during his tenure as Vice-Chancellor from 2002 to 2014, and provided his expertise to the Research Grants Council for many years. Recently, he was appointed by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR Government as the convenor of the Task Force on Review of Research Policy and Funding and also the Preparatory Committee for an Institute of Biomedicine in Hong Kong.

Mr Anthony Chow Wing-kinSBS, JP (Doctor of Social Sciences,honoris causa)

Mr Peter Lee Kwok-wah (Doctor of Letters, honoris causa)

Prof. the HonourableTsui Lap-cheeGBM, GBS, JP (Doctor of Social Sciences, honoris causa)

The Open University of Hong Kong Congregation 2018

OUHK is proud to have gotten so much of the city’s young talent ready for the workforce, having produced 62,000 full-time undergraduates since the University conferred its first batch of Bachelor’s degrees in 2004.

Real-world learning experience

OUHK students are given access to a host of internship opportunities – thanks to connections with many of Hong Kong’s top corporations. In 2017/18, more than 2,600 students were granted internship and work experience in Hong Kong and beyond.

“The real-world career experience provided by internships is only one example of our efforts to encourage students to broaden their horizons, build their self-confidence, and gain practical understanding of their areas of interest,” explained President Professor Yuk-Shan Wong.

Several degrees have compulsory internships and placement programmes. This is true of Nursing and Education students – who are commonly required to complete practicums to be workforce-ready. But OUHK takes this initiative for all of its students. For example, its Sports Management and Hospitality students embark on a “Work-Based Learning Project,” while Engineering and Testing & Certification students will do an Industrial Placement as a compulsory course for credit.

“The Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration has also begun to partner with the Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners in a move that will provide nine-month internships for students of Hospitality Management,” explained Wong. “These are developments that are genuinely helping our students to soar.”

Its Student Affairs Office runs a “Career Success Scheme” that helps students identify their career paths through personality and aptitude assessments, consultations, career-related training and experiential learning, and has been invited by well-known companies to nominate students for full-time graduate trainee positions. Through a variety of programmes, OUHK students have worked with companies like Apple, LegCo, Citibank, Deloitte, Hong Kong Airport Services, and more.

Wong said the University is constantly working to become more global, and launched a number of fun summer tours this year. Some of these were geared towards students of specific streams, such as the Artistic Journey to Europe: Explore Media & Art in the UK; a Business Learning Program in Australia; and a Study Tour to Canada: Where Technologies Meet Nature.

OUHK is also launching new global initiatives. Starting in September 2019 the Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration organizes a Global Immersion Programme (GIP) for all new full-time students, with the aim of enhancing students’ cultural awareness whilst preparing them for the challenges of the international business environment. GIP students are granted access to language courses, Belt and Road cultural awareness seminars, and overseas study tours in countries like the UK, the US, Australia, Japan, and more.

Finally, the School of Education and Languages has a new initiative built around its long-term partnership with the University of Warwick’s Centre for Applied Linguistics. A three-week summer English Language and Culture Immersion programme at Warwick has recently been extended into a separate credit-bearing course, with a focus on intercultural pragmatics.

Shinning with confidence

OUHK encourages its students to part icipate in competitions outside of school to test their abilities, build confidence, and put what they have learned into practice. In addition to bolstering students’ CV’s, Wong believes these competitions help prepare students for the workplace.

Now, we are seeing OUHK students from a diverse range of fields – such as creative arts, business, entrepreneurship, and science and technology; triumph in outside competitions. This year, another group of Animation and Visual Effects students made it to the Golden Horse Award nomination list with their final-year project – “Kin’s Hair” (after “Losing Sight of a Longed Place” from last year’s graduating class won the Award for Best Animated Short Film). And this year, OUHK students also made a breakthrough in the Hong Kong Challenge Cup, a major innovation and entrepreneurship contest: one of the participating teams took home a First

Hong Kong’s only government-established self-financing university – the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) has a lot to celebrate on its 27th Congregation taking place this week. With over 7,300 graduates this year – among them 2,595 full-time undergraduate students, OUHK has become one of the city’s premier institutions for nurturing young talent.

3awards

1393awards

1102awards

55awards

61awards

556awards

79awards

203awards

2awards

1433awards

2416awards

Doctoral Degree

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Associate Degree

Postgraduate Diploma

HigherDiploma

Postgraduate Certificate

Diploma

Dual Awards

CertificateBachelor’s

Degree with Honours

Class Award by developing a “Spiru-Gel” fertilizer from spirulina for hydroponic plant cultivation.

“Students of OUHK have won prestigious competitions, stood out in creative, scientific and business endeavours, been valued by a wide range of employers, and become pillars of their profession and of the community,” Wong said.

“In short, they have done the OUHK proud.”

we have launched programmes in areas as diverse as hospitality, sports management, supply chain management, and fintech, and have developed some interdisciplinary programmes as a result of close collaboration between Schools,” explained Wong.

Meanwhile, in 2019/20, the Hong Kong government’s Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP) will offer 1,150 subsidized places for 12 of OUHK’s programmes. “This is a sign that the government recognizes the practical value and professional standard of OUHK’s degrees, and the importance of the role its students play in the Hong Kong economy,” said Wong.

Building a flourishing future

OUHK, which will be celebrating its 30th anniversary next year, has a commitment to meeting Hong Kong society’s needs – and that includes the need for more qualified healthcare professionals. This past January, OUHK upgraded its Division of Nursing and Health Studies into the School of Nursing and Health Studies – which means students will have access to better facilities and a host of new degrees. In addition, last December saw the grand opening ceremony of the OUHK Jockey Club Institute of Healthcare (IOH) – a state-of-the-art building that, once built, will bring all OUHK healthcare programmes under one roof with greatly improved facilities. Expected to be completed in 2020, the IOH will add an important milestone to OUHK’s achievements in serving society.

On the research side, OUHK continues to build on the presence of its research institutes to further expand its research profile as a university. “OUHK has now established six research institutes that are building solid reputations for innovative applied research activity. We have received grants totalling over HK$65 million from the Research Grants Council over the last few years, including the additional HK$13 million for 11 new competitive research projects awarded this year, which is the highest among all 13 eligible self-financing institutions. The encouraging result affirms our research capability and commitment to expanding research both for our academic development and the betterment of Hong Kong. Our research institutes will continue to make their mark in academia with innovative projects that are of practical value to society,” said Wong.

With so much success and even more on the horizon, expect OUHK to be one of Hong Kong’s premier universities for years to come.

Increased programme offerings and enhanced learning opportunities

To ensure that graduates have a clear edge in the job market, OUHK closely observes society’s needs in programme development. Nowadays, employers are looking for workers with a variety of talents. In response, OUHK launched several new inter-disciplinary double degree programmes this year, including the Bachelor of Applied Psychology with Honours & Bachelor of Business Management with Honours; and the Bachelor of Language Studies with Honours (Bilingual Communication) & Bachelor of Global Business with Honours.

“In keeping with the multi-level diversity of modern culture, society and technology, and global business,

TOTAL AWARDS:THE 27TH CONGREGATION

7303Going global

Students aren’t just provided with these opportunities locally – they can take their talents abroad thanks to OUHK’s many exchange and internship programmes, as well as scholarships supporting students on these initiatives. Recently, OUHK has organized signature programmes in Vietnam and Shanghai launched in collaboration with the Hong Kong Young Industrialists Council and the Hong Kong-Shanghai Youth Association, respectively.