Dr Celia Chan and her team in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration conducted the first psycho-social intervention programme in Hong Kong for children with eczema that aims to help both the sufferer and their parents.
Most street maps are designed to get cars from A to B. But now the Faculty of Architecture has an alternative: a 3D map that helps pedestrians navigate narrow walkways and footbridges, and provides a trove of data for app makers.
Psychosis tends to strike women a decade or longer after men. The Department of Psychiatry has a new project that builds on its deep, long-term work and helps the most economically-deprived female sufferers treat this silent ailment as early as possible.
A team of teachers and students from the Faculty of Law has put their knowledge of property law into practice and developed a DIY residential tenancy electronic package which helps landlords and tenants save money.
Organised by the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG), an exhibition of the works of Swiss photojournalist Walter Bosshard offered a fascinating insight into life in China in the 1930s.
Professor David Lung has been educating professionals and the public about the cultural value of built heritage and has helped three places to achieve UNESCO World Heritage status. "The value of education is in knowledge exchange", he says.
Children tend to be precocious in the skills that are valued in their culture.
Professor Pun Ngai’s research not only has brought attention to the widespread use of vocational school students as a new form of labour use in Apple’s supply chain in Mainland China, but has also influenced campaigns launched by local and international NGOs that seek to improve working conditions for those student interns.
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