Drs Henry Ho Chun-yip, Jiang Da, Liman Li Man-wai and Tong Xiuhong at the Faculty of Education and Human Development, The Education University of Hong Kong, were honoured by the Association for Psychological Science (APS), which presented them with the Rising Star Award in January 2020. The award recognises outstanding APS members in the earliest stages of their research career.

Dr Pei Qing, Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Sciences, The Education University of Hong Kong, won the Second-class Award in the Natural Science category in the Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) 2019. The prestigious award, presented by the Ministry of Education, recognises outstanding breakthroughs in scientific research and technological innovations nationwide.

Joan Shum Chung-yan, final year student of the Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Visual Arts) programme at The Education University of Hong Kong, scooped the “Prize for Excellence” in the 40th International TAKIFUJI Art Award. The award was hosted by Japan Traffic Culture Association and the presentation ceremony was held on 12 November 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.

Over 150 overseas and local education practitioners took part in the International Conference on Advances in STEM Education 2019 (ASTEM 2019), organised by the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology and supported by the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) from 18 to 20 December 2019.