EdUHK Annual Report 2019/20
The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) released today (7 January) its 2019/20 Annual Report, which captures the University’s major developments, challenges and achievements during the period. These include the following:
- Implementation of the new common core curriculum for full-time undergraduate programmes, covering the introduction of the University ePortfolio, interdisciplinary and experiential learning courses, and final-year capstone projects in parallel with the honours projects. These curricular changes tie in with the new Graduate Attributes introduced in the preceding year, with special emphasis on professional excellence, ethnical responsibility and innovation.
- Record-high donations of over HK$178 million in 2019/20, representing a more than three-fold year-on-year increase. A total of HK$306 million was pledged during the same period, covering an array of pioneering projects in special educational needs, education technology, Chinese language and culture, and life education, as well as scholarships and bursaries. Particularly encouraging was the overwhelming response to these funded projects, notably those on Chinese language and history animation, which recorded about one million and over five million hits, respectively.
- Topping both the number of funded projects and the awarded amount in the subject discipline of Education in the RGC’s General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) funding exercises 2019/20, and joint top in the number of ECS-funded psychology and linguistics projects;
- Ranking second in Asia and 16th in the world in the 2020 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject. The University was also the youngest of the world’s top 20 QS-ranked universities in education;
- Winning prestigious awards for educational innovation and inventions at international competitions held in Canada and Germany;
- Engaging in a new World Bank project, partnering with five leading public higher-education institutions in Cambodia to build teacher capacity in the country, following the completion of a World Bank-commissioned project in Vietnam in 2018.
EdUHK President Professor Stephen Cheung Yan-leung said, “2019/20 was certainly a challenging year full of unexpected developments. The pandemic, in particular, drastically transformed how we work, study, travel and socialise. I must express my heartfelt gratitude to all of our staff, students, alumni and school partners for their unfailing support during this testing time”.
“We are also indebted to our donors for their staunch support, which culminated in a significant increase in donations received and pledged during the period,” he said. “The new resources have enabled us to undertake pioneering projects in special education, educational technology, Chinese language and culture, and life education”.
The Annual Report and the Treasurer’s Report can now be accessed on the University’s website: www.eduhk.hk/ar/annual1920
EdUHK Annual Report 2019/20
