KE Spotlight - Community Engagement - HKU Knowledge Exchange

Four HKU students organise community art events

Four HKU students initiated an art group called "Artseeker" to allow participants to explore the HKU neighbourhood through a community art programme "Sai Ying Pun Seek & See". Their initiative is supported by the HKU Knowledge Exchange Fund granted by the University Grants Committee and the community partner organization, The Conservancy Association Centre for Heritage.

Knowledge Exchange Awards 2014

The Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards were introduced in 2011 in order to recognize each Faculty's outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organizations. Following the successful launch of the Faculty KE Awards, the KE Award (Non-Faculty Unit) was introduced in 2012 with the same objective for the independent centres, institutes and units of the University. Results of the 2014 KE Awards are now available.

A lesson in respecting the past through a student knowledge exchange project

A team of students with a student knowledge exchange project grant in 2012/13 produced a video about life in the historic Blue House in Wanchai. It highlights frustrating inconsistencies in the Government's heritage policy.

Knowledge Exchange Awards 2013

The Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards were introduced in 2011 in order to recognize each Faculty's outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organizations. Results of the 2013 Faculty KE Awards are now available.

Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards 2012

The Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards were introduced in 2011 in order to recognize each Faculty's outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organizations. Following the successful launch of the Faculty KE Awards, the KE Award (Non-Faculty Unit) has been introduced this year with the same objective for the independent centres, institutes and units of the University.

Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards 2011

Most faculties have introduced Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award this year in order to recognize the faculty's outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organizations.

Where There Are Asians, There Are Rice Cookers: How "National" Went Global via Hong Kong

As the first book in English to focus on electric rice cooker and the impact it has had on the lives of Asian people, this book provides a fascinating insight into the process by which the National rice cooker was first localized and then globalized.