Securing Teaching and Research Collaboration with Tokai University

A delegate of three faculties of School of Political Science and Economics of Tokai University, Tokyo Japan, conducted courtesy visit to the Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies on 8 March 2024. The acting Head of SSPS, Dr Fox Hu; The associate Head, Dr Anita Chan, together with Dr Lawrence Ho, Dr Norman Cheung and the administrative colleagues responsible for overseas field-based learning, internship and student exchange provided hospitality and had an hour of in-depth discussion with the Japanese visitors. Dr Hu and two student representatives, Mr Jay Chung and Mr Cater Liu, expressed the gratitute to Prof Prof Fujimaki HIroyuki, Dr Ryuta Wada and Dr Arata Hirai who have hosted lectures on Crisis Management and Japan Society in their Tokyo campus for 30 SSPS Bachelor of Social Sciences Global and Enviromental Studes (GES) as outbound expereiental learning in December 2023. Encouraged by the promising feedbacks from that winter learning tour, SSPS discussed further possibilities to consolidate and institutionalize the collaboration with Tokai University. Consensus was reached by both units to intensify the collaboration in the areas of Sustainable Development and Growth (SDG) and public policy studies. Attempts to foster the exchange of both units in the coming academic years would include: installment of guest lectures in international relations studies at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels; coordination of theme-based public policy research workshop for academic publication and knowledge transfer; provision of scholarship for postgraduate students to participate in summer schools and the arrangement of short-term field visit and internship for SSPS students in Tokyo.