Intercultural understanding and global citizenship
Intercultural understanding and global citizenship
Ever wonder how it will be like to mingle or even have brief “dates” with people from various cultural background? Cross-cultural Speed Dating provides you a chance to meet prospective romantic partners and friends in a fun, speedy and relaxing way. Through various activities, you can meet different people from different cultural backgrounds, polish your social skills and discover your love language.
Enquiries: cedars-cope@hku.hk (Counselling and Person
Enrichment (CoPE) Section)
Expand Social Circle – Social
Communication Enhancement
Striking up
conversation with a stranger may be difficult. Pair up with your peers to brush
up your language skills and enhance your confidence!
“Peer English Tutoring” connects
you with a native or near-native English speaking Language Partner to practise
conversational English in a stress-free environment. Spoken English is made
easy by chatting about food, movies, travel and music!
“Survival Cantonese” provides practice sessions
conducted by Cantonese Student Tutors to cover essential day-to-day “Survival
Cantonese” phrases for non-Cantonese speakers to get around in Hong Kong. It is
ideal for newly arrived non-Cantonese speaking students.
Language
Tutoring Booking System: https://languagetutoring.cedars.hku.hk/
Enquiries: cedars-cope@hku.hk (Counselling
and Person Enrichment (CoPE) Section)
Global Friends Programme (GFP)
The Global Friends Propgramme (GFP)
aims to engage both local and non-local students in organising and
participating in programmes over time with the support from CEDARS. It is about deeper cross cultural exchange
and lasting friendship. Students are asked to serve as partners and leaders
under the GFP. At the end of the
programme, participants are expected to develop:
• a
mindful reflection of intercultural experience and competence;
• a
sense of belonging of HKUers, contributing, and being valued.
Enquiries: cedars@hku.hk (Campus Life Section)
Happy Thursday - Tea from Around the World
Our Happy Thursday – Tea from Around the World continues to bring you the very best opportunities to learn more about different places’ tea culture and meet your HKU peers in the new semester.
Student hosts from different countries, cities and villages will be invited to share the tea and snacks of their homelands, and to tell stories of their tea culture and own place!
GE Team has been curating this cultural exchange programme
since 2017, student hosts from all over the world including Australia, Denmark,
Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Iran, Jamaica, Japan,
Kazakhstan, Mainland China, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea,
Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK, and Vietnam have shared the tea and snacks
of their hometowns.
Enquiries: gened@hku.hk (General Education Team)
Global News Chat
We are living in a globalised world with news circulating across the Internet in an instant. Just by tapping your smartphone, you can catch a glimpse of the latest news happening thousands of miles away. To facilitate some in-depth understanding and discussion on significant international and regional news, Global News Chat invites students from various backgrounds to share their personal views and insights on the issues that they care about.
Prior knowledge about the issues is not required; come along and learn more from our peers.
Enquiries: gened@hku.hk (General Education Team)
Music Salon
Enquiries: gened@hku.hk (General Education Team)
Filmtastic
Have you
ever seen a mind-blowing film that you eagerly wished to tell your friends
about, only to find that you were lost for words? Have you ever wanted to
discuss films with your friends, only to find that they were not interested at
all? In Filmtastic – a programme curated by student hosts for cinephiles – you
can meet with your fellow movie lovers, discuss and share the films you love.
Enquiries: gened@hku.hk (General Education Team)
Student Theatrical Technician
Training Programme
The programme provides opportunities for
you to learn the essential stage lighting principles and the use of
audio-visual equipment in theatrical production. Upon passing the safety
examination organised by Construction Industry Council, you will also be
qualified as part-time technicians of Chong Yuet Ming Cultural Centre (CYMCC).
This is a pre-approved programme
under Credit Award Scheme for
Out-of-classroom Learning Experiences. Students who successfully completed
the Programme will be eligible to earn one credit of the Credit Award Scheme by
submitting an application to the Horizons Office for formal approval.
Enquiries: cymcc@hku.hk