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| Four-year
Undergraduate Structure
The University has prepared the curriculum framework for the four-year
undergraduate degree structure and solicited views from Faculties and
Schools via consultation with their respective Boards in late January.
After consolidating their views, the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate
Education will submit the framework to the Academic Policy Committee for
consideration later this month and the Senate for approval in mid March.
Meanwhile, the University will conduct consultations with staff, students,
alumni and external stakeholders including secondary schools, parents,
professional bodies and potential employers. The University will submit
a progress report on the planning for the four-year normative degree structure
to the University Grants Committee at the end of May.
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Distinguished
Lecture Series
Professor Patrick Dowling, former Vice-Chancellor and
Chief Executive of the University of Surrey in the UK, will be on campus
to give the first lecture of the Distinguished Lecture Series 2006 at
11am, 17 February, at the Wei Hing Theatre. The lecture title will be
"The road to a first-class applied research university". All
staff and students are welcome.
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New
face of University Homepage and e-Portal
The University Homepage, which
is designed mainly for external visitors, will be enhanced by adding four
new links, namely Staff, Students, Alumni and Applicants so that pertinent
news targeted at specific groups can be brought forth with relevant web
pages for easy navigation.
The new e-Portal, based on
the Blackboard portal, will be revamped by adopting a user-centric approach
in that a specific user will log on to a designated portal. For example,
a staff member will log on to the Staff portal whereas a student to the
Student portal. According to this role-based model, a variety of services
pertinent to the different roles can be organized and made available so
that personalized, relevant, accurate and up-to-date information can be
easily accessed. The revamped University Homepage and e-Portal will be
launched soon.
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Campus
development
The University has completed
several facilities improvement projects in recent weeks to alleviate the
short-term space shortage problem and enhance campus ambiance. The shortage
of teaching venues on campus has been mitigated with the opening of the
newly converted 300-seater lecture theatre and the construction of two
80-seater classrooms on the flat roof in the Purple Zone of the Academic
Building. The situation will be further improved with the construction
of 12 temporary 80-seater classrooms near the Student Hostels on Cornwall
Street, to be completed by September. The flat roof on the Academic Building
has also been utilized to build proper greenhouses, creating laboratory
facilities for teaching and learning.
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City
Literary Festival
The City Literary Festival,
jointly organized by CityU and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council,
will be kicked off with a symposium on 25 February, in which six literary
mastersˇXMr John Chan, Mr Chang Ta-chun,
Mr Cheng Chou-yu, Mr Dong Qiao, Professor
Liu Zai-fu and Mr Yip FeiˇXwill share and exchange
their writing experiences with local young writers. The Festival will
also include a seminar to be held in Macao on 27 February. A highlight
of the Festival is the City Literary Award which aims at enhancing creativity
and proficiency in Chinese. The six literary masters will serve as judges
for the three categories of the award: non-fiction prose, short stories
and poetry. The deadline for entries has been postponed to 15 February.
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"Idiom
Zoo" chosen as a meritorious website
"Idiom Zoo" (http://resources.emb.gov.hk/idiom2)ˇXa
Chinese idiom learning website developed by LangComp Company Limited,
an affiliated company of CityUˇXwas elected one of the meritorious websites
in the 2005 Meritorious Websites Contest (formerly known as the "Ten
Healthy Websites Contest"). This is the second consecutive year that
the website wins such acclaim. Nomination and voting were open to the
public by post, by fax or via the Internet. Altogether 11 websites were
elected meritorious websites from 424 nominees with a total of 18,380
people voted.
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Kudos
Professor Liu Zhi-qiang
from the School of Creative Media
has been elected an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer this year. Professor Liu
is the only scholar in Hong Kong elected, based on his outstanding research
and reputation. He will deliver keynote speeches at two conferences, namely
the "Fourth International Workshop on Multimedia Databases and Image
Communication" to be held in Salerno, Italy, in June; and the "National
Youth Conference on Operations Research and Management Science" to
be held in Guilin, Guangxi, in August.
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CityU
Badminton Tournament 2006
The annual Badminton Tournament,
organized by the Human Resources Office, is scheduled to be held between
25 March and 1 April. It provides an opportunity for staff, students and
alumni to get together for fun and enjoyment. An inter-hall competition
has been included this year to encourage participation from resident students.
Registration is now open until 10 March. For more details, please visit:
www.cityu.edu.hk/hro/sr/bt06.
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Exhibition
The opening ceremony of "Pursuing Perfection: Works of Jingdezhen
Ceramic Institute", organized by the Chinese Civilisation Centre,
will be held at 5:30pm on 17 February at the CityU Gallery. The exhibition
will run from 18 February to 1 May.
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