Global Higher Education Bulletin (Hong Kong)

Vol. 2, No. 6 May 21, 2019

Editor: Anatoly Oleksiyenko

Greetings!

We hope that you are enjoying a productive summer season. Meanwhile, in the community of higher education scholars and students in Hong Kong we are anticipating and celebrating the following events:

1.     On May 24, Steve Walsh, a visiting professor from Newcastle University will make a presentation on “Getting published: problems, pitfalls, and practices” at the Theatre 7, 1F, Men Wah Complex, 18:45-20:00.

2.     On June 10, CERC will celebrate its 25^th anniversary. Everyone is welcome to join the Special Interest Group of Comparative Higher Education and other CERC members for a night of exciting books presentations and sales. Mark Bray will speak on the History of CERC and Liz Jackson on her recent book “Questioning Allegiance”. For more information about the venue and schedule please stay tuned in with updates at:https://www.facebook.com/ComparativeEducationHK/

3.     On June 14, the Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), an independent pan-Asian think tank and executive education provider with focus on new business models handling the 21^st century challenges, invites everyone for an event marking the end of the 2019 Greater Bay Area Young Leaders Programme. Mr. Albert Wong, CEO of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, Mr. Chandran Nair, CEO of GIFT, as well as leaders from the government, business and civil organizations will share their vision and recommendations for strategic developments in the Greater Bay Area. The event will take place on Friday 14 June, 14:00-17:00 at MRP-1-3, 15/F, Cyberport 2, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong (credits as well as further info: Steven Yuen).

4.     On June 17-28, our Education Policy Institute will hold its Summer Institute “Higher Education for Tomorrow”. Over the last 5 years, the institute became a vibrant and popular venue for executive learning in university management and is well-attended by senior professionals from Southeast Asia and beyond. You can find more information on the event in this brochure https://www.fe.hku.hk/hesi/wp-content/uploads/SI201920Brochure202019-03-26.pdf as well as in this video: https://www.fe.hku.hk/hesi/wp-content/uploads/Final-20171026_3.mp4

5.     Among our most recent publications in theory and policy of higher education, we are recommending: Wing-Wah Law’s “Politics, Managerialism, and University Governance: Lessons from Hong Kong under China’s Rule Since 1997” (Springer, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-7303-9);  Liz Jackson’s “The challenges of learning to live together: navigating the global, national, and local” (in Asia Pacific Education Review, https://bit.ly/30BIMgK); Hugo Horta’s and JM Santos’s “Organizational factors and academic research agendas: an analysis of academics in the social sciences” (Studies in Higher Education,https://bit.ly/2M1bfcI); and Rui Yang’s “ Turning Scars into Stars: A Reconceptualized View of Modern University Development in Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Singapore” (Frontiers of Education in China,https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11516-019-0001-0)

6.     Meanwhile, the Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education, the official journal of the Comparative and International Education Society’s (CIES) Higher Education Special Interest Group (HESIG), is inviting contributions that encourage a critical dialogue across a range of contexts, perspectives, methodologies, and intersections of disciplines addressing the challenges of higher education. By October 15, 2019, the Journal is inviting submissions from graduate students for the annual Graduate Issue. For more information, please click here.

7.     Finally, our congratulations to our doctoral students: Hy T. Quoach-Hoang – on successful viva voce examination of her PhD thesis on “Research capacity building in Vietnam’s post-socialist higher education: The cases of three public universities in Ho Chi Min City”; and to Nian Ruan – on getting a Research Postgraduate Student Teaching Award for contributions to the course MEDD6347 “Comparative Higher Education Policy Studies.”

8.     Please send us your updates and invitations for sharing in the next issues.