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- Lingnan honours 53 outstanding research scholars as total number of patents for research projects hits record high
- Grandchildren engage in intergenerational care to relieve parental pressure: early grandparent-grandchild bonds prove crucial
- Heavy pressure on Hong Kong’s compound carers
- Higher nomophobia linked to more frequent social media use during less busy periods of negative emotion
- Educating retail investors to understand companies’ actual cash flows can effectively curb blind stock buying
- Endangered Lantau Short-legged Horned Toad may be undergoing speciation
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- In the footsteps of the Nobel Laureate: Lingnan launches the inaugural Samuel C.C. Ting Elite Class
- First cohort of the Samuel C.C. Ting Elite Class seeks fresh international horizons
- Lingnan University Flag Guard Team joins Beijing exchange tour Beneath the national flag: witnessing youth and mission
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- 54 Lingnan scholars in Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists
- Prof Sam Kwong Tak-wu elected Fellow of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada
- Prof Jean-Michel Morel elected Foreign Member of the Luxembourg Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Prof Helen Geng Hongyan wins UGC Teaching Award
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- Five distinguished individuals receive honorary fellowships
- President S. Joe Qin speaks on interdisciplinary AI and governance at Digital Universities Asia 2026
- Lingnan co-hosts 2026 Summit on AI Ethics and Governance
- Lingnan and the Civil Service Bureau co-organise the first Government Career Fair
- Five innovative projects featured at InnoCarnival
- Cybersecurity Awareness Day 2026 to promote anti-fraud information
- Leading media and communications scholar Prof Meng Bingchun joins Lingnan University Institute for Advanced Study as Senior Lingnan Scholar
- Lingnan hosts South-South academic symposium focusing on development dilemmas and innovative cooperation in Global South
- Aquatic Meet 2026: athletes break four records
- Lingnan Host Family Scheme 2026-27 launches
Department of Translation to be renamed Department of Language Industry and Technology in 2027/28
- Faculty/Programme News
Issue No. 198 Oct 2026
Lingnan University announces the renaming of its Department of Translation to the Department of Language Industry and Technology starting in the 2027/28 academic year. Related undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes will adopt new names in the same academic year, reflecting the Department’s strategic development direction in the digital era.
The new positioning aims to strengthen students’ professional knowledge of languages and translation while equipping them with human-machine collaboration skills. Students will learn to integrate digital tools and artificial intelligence into professional language workflows, preparing them for a wider range of language-related and digital roles across different sectors.
Lingnan ranks 4th in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan for translation capacity
Lingnan has ranked fourth among higher education institutions in the Hong Kong SAR, the Macao SAR, and Taiwan region in the 2025 China University Translation Capacity Index, recently released by Beijing Foreign Studies University. Covering 511 universities across Chinese Mainland, the Hong Kong SAR, the Macao SAR, and Taiwan region, the index assesses translation capacity at university level and provides an important reference for understanding the development of translation education and related capabilities across different regions.