日前，香港教育大学硕士生代表队于2021年全港联校公共政策案例分析比赛中脱颖而出，荣获季军。这项由香港科技大学主办的赛事迎来了第二届，共有来自全港各大学的近60个代表队参赛。参赛学生在比赛中需就本港重要的公共政策难题进行专业分析，并提出创新性政策方案，本届比赛议题聚焦香港的科创产业于科技政策及土地与房屋政策。
教大代表队Brain Interceptor由来自亚洲及政策研究学系公共政策及管理硕士课程的四位同学组成：Butakhieo Nantapong、冷玲、Pongsira Kongthaewtong、高山。他们经历三轮激烈比赛，最终跻身决赛，并摘取季军，仅次于香港科技大学及香港中文大学参赛队，这亦是决赛中唯一一支完全由内地及国际学生组成的代表队。
Hong Kong's political unrest since 2019 has led to the imposition of a national security law last year and the recent revamping of its electoral system by the central government. International sentiments have turned gloomy about the city's future, with the US ending the special treatment previously accorded to it as different from the rest of China under the 1992 Hong Kong Policy Act, claiming it is on a path towards 'One Country One System'.
Apart from Western scepticism and boycotts, and Beijing's distrust, Hong Kong has also found itself in uncertain waters in national integration (in particular Greater Bay Area integration). With Shenzhen fast catching up with the city economically, some wonder if the once much-acclaimed metropolis will now come to see its demise. Can Hong Kong still thrive as a global city within a growingly volatile geopolitical environment defined by US-China conflict, or will it have to be resigned to becoming just another city of China?
Despite overall economic affluence, steady increase in wealth and wages, ample educational and training opportunities, high life expectancy and an efficient healthcare system, social disparity in Hong Kong has been worsening in recent years. Deteriorating housing affordability and social mobility are driving discontent. Infrastructure and public transport capacities have been stretched to their limit (until Covid-19 ended, temporarily, the large influx of visitors). Urban planning and land use fall behind social and economic needs. Innovation capability lags behind other big cities in the region. Hong Kong has become a 'constraint city'. There is real concern about its long-term sustainability in growth, quality of living and competitiveness.
The Programme Team is proud to present the BALSE Memory Book 2021 which celebrates the achievements of the BA(LSE) programme over all these years. We hope the pictures and words of sharing would evoke students, alumni and staff members' fond memories and a sense of pride for the path that we have treaded together!
恭贺亚洲及政策研究学系胡志强教授凭教学发展补助金的研发项目“个人成绩线上评估系统（OASIS）”荣获2021日内瓦国际发明展的金奖。
此项目联同数学与信息科技学系的苏赐福博士及香港理工大学的研究成员合作研发。OASIS是一种针对团队项目而设计的评估方法，意在事前遏止搭便车行为（Free-riding: 指却乘其他组员之便，不负责任的人），并在事后若发现存在这种行为时惩处搭便车者。
OASIS已在美国，香港，中国内地和印度的9所大学中，对28名教师以及1,800名学生进行实施。并且成果显著，发现OASIS能通过其合约承諾和表现计分制来鼓励学生参与团队项目，并检测是否存在搭便车行为。其次，OASIS使用同侪审查能公平地评估团队成员的个人贡献。另外，OASIS对用户友好，对各方持份者都有好处，不论是学生，老师还是大学管理层。
基于当前用户的积极反馈，胡教授和他的团队预计在下一学年中使用OASIS的人将与日俱增，将有4所大学的1,000名学生从中受益。 此外，OASIS项目已在商界应用。去年有一间美资大型玩具公司在旗下两个位置广东的厂房使用改良版本的系统，评核各员工在玩具设计、生产及市场推广的投入程度，以决定所获的年终奖金金额。突显了OASIS的知识也能转移到商界应用。
日内瓦国际发明展为全球最大规模专门在创新方面的知识及技术转移展览。教大在本年度的发明展上荣获7个奖项，当中首次有项目获颁发金奖，并打破历年纪录。较早前，胡教授及其团体亦凭此项目荣获2020年IIIC国际创新发明竞赛中的金奖。
Hong Kong has been ranked by the annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Study as the world's least affordable housing market for 2019 - for the 10th consecutive year. A household would need to save up for 20.8 years to afford a home. Inadequate housing has led to the proliferation of subdivided units and soaring demand for public housing which is in short supply due to the lack of developable land. This dialogue looks at the curx of the housing, land and planning issues and explores policy and institutional possibilities on the way forward. Lessons will be drawn from the experience of Singapore which is world-renowned for its successful national housing policy.