Advisory Board for Core Curriculum

Terms of Reference

 

Role

The role of an Advisory Board is to act as an interface between Government / industry / commerce / the community at large and the Core Curriculum.

 

Power and responsibilities

An Advisory Board shall normally meet once a year to help plan and keep under review the following aspects of work including future developments:

a) Level and length of courses/programme(s) concerned in relation to local needs;

b) The relevance of the courses/programme(s) in relation to the changing needs and nature of potential employment in Hong Kong of graduates of the University;

c) The prospects of local employment for graduates;

d) The adequacy of the equipment and other resources of the academic unit(s) to fulfill local needs;

e) The development of teaching and other activities carried out jointly by the academic unit(s) and the appropriate sector of the community;

f) Consultancy and other services given by the academic unit(s); and

g) Keep under review the assistance which the community can give to further the objectives of the University in the subject concerned by way of practical training facilities, the provision of part-time teaching staff and equipment, the award of scholarships, student-fellowships, etc.

 

Membership

Chairman:

Prof. CHOW King Lau
Acting Dean of Students Office
Professor, Division of Life Science
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Division of Public Policy
Director of the Center for the Development of the Gifted and Talented
Program Director of BSc in Individualized Interdisciplinary Major Program
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 
Convener:

Prof. FONG Jonathan
Director of Core Curriculum
Associate Dean (Administration and Education), School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Associate Professor, Science Unit
Lingnan University

 
Member:

Prof. LEE Hun Tak, Thomas
Director, Office of University General Education
Programme Director, General Education Foundation Programme
Director, Baldwin Cheng Research Centre for General Education
Emeritus Professor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

Prof. HO Wai Chung
Professor
Acting Director
Music Education Concentration Coordinator
Academy of Music
Hong Kong Baptist University

Dr. LAU Wai Neng, Michael
Adjunct Professor, School of Biological Sciences
The University of Hong Kong
Independent Ecological Consultant
Conservation and Ecology Environmental Strategy, Conservation and Management Co., Ltd.

Ms. CHUNG Yuk Man, Susanna
Head of Learning & Participation
Head of Special Initiatives
Asia Art Archive

Ms SZE Yau Yee Freda
Consultant
RSL Asia

 

Prof. MARSHALL Danial Graham
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
(Representing the Dean of the Faculty of Arts)
Lingnan University

 

Prof. Paul WHITLA
Professor of Teaching, Department of Marketing and International Business
Associate Director of Undergraduate Business Programmes
(Representing the Dean of the Faculty of Business)
Lingnan University

 

Prof. CHU Pok Marcus
Assistant Professor
Master of Arts in International Affairs Programme
Department of Government and International Affairs
Lingnan University

 
Secretary:

Ms. CHAN Ada
Assistant Administrative Manager
Office of the Core Curriculum