亚洲及政策研究学系博士生荣获特区政府奖学金
香港教育大学亚洲及政策研究学系本年度迎来四位研究型博士生(PhD)，他们全部获得由香港特别行政区政府颁发的博士研究生奖学金。
Burcu Mirkelam小姐、Munira Jahan小姐及Tareq Hossain Khan先生获得香港特区政府颁授给博士生的最高奖学金——香港博士研究生奖学金(Hong Kong PhD Fellowship)。此奖学金计划由特区大学教育资助委员会辖下资研局于2009年启动，颁授予成绩特别优秀并富有学术潜力的博士生。获奖的博士研究生每年可获得近32万元港币的奖学金及会议及研究活动交通津贴。本年度香港教育大学共有四位优秀的博士获此最高殊荣，其中三位来自亚洲及政策研究学系。此外，特区政府教育局日前也公布了「一带一路奖学金」的颁授名单，本系博士生SAI Htong Kham先生榜上有名。本奖学金由特区政府资助，授予来自「一带一路」沿线地区的优秀学子在香港深造。奖学金涵盖三年的全额学费，并会按照学术表现而续颁奖学金。本年度全港八所公立大学共有不超过25人获此殊荣。
Born and Raised in Istanbul (Turkey), Ms Mirkelam graduated from Sociology and Political Science and International Relations double-major programme at Bogazici Univerisity (Turkey). During her undergraduate study, she was selected to the ERASMUS-Exchange programme in University College London (UCL) at the Department of Anthropology. As a Jean Monnet Scholarship holder, she completed MSc Political Sociology programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2016. In 2018, she graduated with a second master degree in Asian Studies at Bogazici University. Ms Mirkelam strongly believes that conducting her research in a key geographical location in East Asia, like Hong Kong, will widen her perspective.
Ms Jahan earned her Bachelor and Master degrees from the Department of Government and Politics at Jahangirnagar University (Bangladesh) and second Master degree in Public Policy from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPAS) in Tokyo. She has been working as a faculty member in the Department of Political Science at the Jagannath University (Bangladesh) since 2014. Her research area is ‘Bangladesh Policy towards China’.
Mr Khan received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Government and Politics from the Jahangirnagar University (Bangladesh) and second Master degree in International Relations from Jacobs University and University of Bremen, Germany. Prior to his studies at EdUHK, he has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Jagannath University (Bangladesh).
Born and raised in Myanmar, Mr Sai obtained his Bachelor and Master degrees from the Department of Asian and Policy Studies of the Education University of Hong Kong. After graduation, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Department. He also participated in voluntary services at the Hong Kong Society Asylum-seekers and Refugees (HKSASR), founded by Assistant Professor Isabella Ng, since he was a sophomore. Mr Sai’s research interests lie in potential youth leaders’ socio-political participation, conflicts and displaced population. His doctoral research project is related to the potential youth leaders and their socio-political participation in the conflict-affected regions in Myanmar.