The CLASS Awards Day was successfully held on 4 May 2016. Congratulations to all the awardees on their outstanding achievements. Detailed information of the winning projects is available on the CLASS Awards Day website. A photo album capturing the happy moments at the workshop, exhibition and ceremony of the event is now available at http://www.cityu.edu.hk/class/cad/photo.aspx. During the workshop, winners of the Excellence in Knowledge Transfer Award, the New Researcher Award and the Teaching Innovation Award, Dr Yanto CHANDRA, Dr ZHANG Xiaoling and Dr Justin ROBERTSON, shared with the participants their innovative approaches in knowledge transfer, research and teaching. Their presentations were videotaped and made available on the event website.
The award-winning projects were displayed at the exhibition. The ceremony presented a total of 11 awards in four categories. The awards were presented by Professor Way Kuo, University President, Professor Arthur Ellis, Provost, Professor Lu Jian, Vice-President (Research and Technology), Professor Horace Ip Ho-shing, Vice-President (Student Affairs), Professor Linda Li Che-lan, Associate Provost (Strategic Planning), Professor Cheng Shuk Han, Director of Office of Education Development and Gateway Education, and Mr David Ai Chuan, Director of Knowledge Transfer Office. Professor Matthew Lee Kwok-on, Vice-President (Development and External Relations), Professor Paul Lam Kwan-sing, Chief-of-Staff, and staff and faculty within CityU and from other institutions also attended the event.
The College has lined up a series of radio interviews for our awardees to share their exemplary work with the general public. The interviews will be broadcasted on a radio segment entitled「今朝城大事」on Metro Broadcast (Channel FM99.7) from 9 May to 6 June. Please refer to the broadcasting schedule below and stay tuned!
Interviews of CLASS faculty members and students on Metro Broadcast
「今朝城大事」 at Channel FM 99.7
Date | Interviewee (Staff / Students) | Programme details |
9 May
8:30 – 9:00 am | Dr ZHANG Xiaoling | Sustainable urbanisation and urban redevelopment in China |
Students of Dr Justin ROBERTSON | Innovative teaching of Dr Robertson |
16 May
8:30 – 9:00 am | WONG Yau-lai Yocky | YES! I CAN |
LAM Choi-ni Charlie, LUK Tzu-wei Bryan and CHEUNG Chun-pong Derek | FoneFraud Shield |
23 May
8:30 – 9:00 am | LI Yu-ying Jenny | Huh! You Know Me But You Exclude Me? |
MA Ka-yan Jessie | Discover the Power of Creating Art in Mood Improvement |
30 May
8:30 – 9:00 am | LO Tsz-yan Kate and LUI King-yan Karen | Word Association and Word Games |
Dr John Sie Yuen LEE | Data-driven Language Learning |
6 June
8:30 – 9:00 am | Dr HE Zhou | Four-episode documentary on the Independent Commission against Corruption |
Dr TSE Wing-ling John | Continuing Education for Offenders: A Taste of University and Rainbow Reading Award Scheme |
Enjoy the radio interviews (in Cantonese). Re-run of the radio interviews will be available on: http://www.metroradio.com.hk/997/Archive/ProgramArchive.aspx.
Happy listening!
Cover: Celebrating the success of the award winners
Photo 1: Dr Justin Robertson, Winner of the Teaching Innovation Award, shares his innovative approach in teaching.
Photo 2: Professor Way Kuo presents the New Researcher Award to Dr Zhang Xiaoling.
Photo 3: Dr Yanto Chandra receives the Excellence in Knowledge Transfer Award with his project “Empowering Society with Social Innovation”.
Photo 4: Professor Arthur Ellis congratulates CLASS at the event.
