KE Spotlight - Community Engagement - HKU Knowledge Exchange

Engineering Everywhere

As one of the oldest and the most well-established engineering schools in the region, the HKU Faculty of Engineering has played an important role in building Hong Kong since its establishment as one of the two earliest Faculties of The University of Hong Kong in 1912. The Faculty celebrates its centenary this year and proudly shares with us the impact it has made on the community over the last 100 years.

DSpace CRIS (Current Research Information System) Module

The University Libraries had made available the download of the first alpha release of the DSpace CRIS module.

Understanding Non-Academic Impact of Research in Social Sciences

The Dean of Social Sciences shares his views on how to demonstrate non-academic impact of social sciences research.

Green Roofs to Conserve Energy

The green roof and associated green wall (vertical greening) research projects transfer the research-based knowledge to the community for direct adoption and application.

10 themes and 15 network group projects developed under ExCEL3

The ExCEL3 Project (Excellence in Capacity-building on Entrepreneurship and Leadership for the Third Sector) under the Faculty of Social Sciences has identified 10 project themes and developed 15 network group projects in collaboration with non-profit organizations since its launch on May 7, 2012.

Life and Death Education Training and Service Programme for Cancer Survivors and Local College Students

During the summer of 2012, the Department of Social Work and Social Administration and the Centre on Behavioral Health of the University of Hong Kong, the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, and the Hong Kong Social Enterprise Incubation Centre jointly provided a Life and Death education and training course to cancer survivors and local college students and arranged them to visit and accompany terminally ill patients after the training. It is hoped that this pilot programme could be promoted to different hospitals in Hong Kong to attract more cancer survivors and college students to participate in the scheme so as to benefit more terminally ill patients.

HKU Faculty of Education develops teaching materials on HKDSE Chinese Language oral exam

The HKU Faculty of Education partnered with 22 secondary schools between 2010 and 2012 to interview around 800 students and 100 Chinese Language teachers to identify the problems faced by students in preparing for the HKDSE Chinese Language oral exam. The project team has developed teaching materials for secondary schools to help raise students' oral communication skills. The project is supported by a $2 million funding from the Quality Education Fund.