Jockey Club Project IDEA, funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and organised by CityUHK, is a three-year education project launched in 2022. The project aims to enhance the literacy and technical skills of secondary school students and teachers to work at the intersection of Arts Tech for artistic expression and social innovation. The project also enhances accessibility and participation in Arts Tech for PWDs, and promotes inclusive arts among the young generation and the general public.

The project utilises CityUHK’s strengths in Arts Tech to provide platforms for cultivating literacy in the medium. Through the Arts Tech train-the-trainer programmes and student workshops in secondary schools, the project provides niche training for art teachers and nurtures young Arts Tech talents to foster a robust foundation for Arts Tech to flourish in Hong Kong. Working with arts and social welfare NGOs on a series of sharing talks by PWDs, and arts accessibility experiences, students and teachers can identify the needs of PWDs in the daily lives and in arts appreciation. The project emphasises the role of Arts Tech in promoting social inclusion and showcases technology-infused artworks that are created to reflect and inform on humanistic values.

The project is overseen by the Office of the Vice-President (Community Engagement) and implemented by a team led by Prof Lam Miu Ling from the School of Creative Media.