Events

Dr. Cecilia Chan was invited as a keynote speaker at the 5th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’19) held in Valencia (Spain) from 25th June to 28th June 2019. She gave an interactive presentation on the topic “Assessing 21st century skills using 20th century approaches? – Time for a change room” which highly engaged the audiences and received very positive feedback. The conference has created an excellent forum for researchers and practitioners to exc

Dr. Cecilia Chan has been actively working to help push for an overhauling shift in both culture and education, highlighting the need for generic competencies to become part of education that is not to be completely overshadowed by academic knowledge. Being an international expert in generic skills, Dr. Chan has been invited by The Education University of Hong Kong to discuss how generic competencies can be assessed (if it should be assessed at all) and how can students recor

Being a woman leader in education, Dr. Cecilia Chan has been invited by The Women’s Foundation HK to share her expertise on engaging this generation of digital learners to develop holistic competencies. Dr. Chan also shared the e-platform that helps to assess, record, provide feedback and reflection in students’ holistic competencies. “We want our young people to develop and become good citizens, which is why we are embracing the term ‘holistic competency’” said Dr. Chan.

Ms. Hannah Wong, Ms. Katherine Lee, Ms. Jiahui Luo, Ms. Lillian Luk and Ms. Michelle Cheng from Dr. Cecilia Chan’s research team attended and presented their posters at the Lilly-Asia Conference which was held at Baptist University in Hong Kong from 16th to 18th May 2019. Dr. Chan’s first PhD student – Lillian, who has successfully completed her PhD dissertation in Engineering Education has also been invited to share her experiences and future aspirations during one of the st

Congratulations to the successful launching of The Asian Society for Engineering Education (AsiaSEE) at the University of Hong Kong on 8th May 2019. The event has marked the establishment of the first Asian regional network of higher educational institutions to improve engineering education. More than 40 guests and founding members of the Society, who all hold important positions as Presidents, Deans, and Professors from over 10 Asian universities, were present to witness the

Dr. Cecilia Chan was invited by co-founders of Nanyang Angelz (NAZ), Mr. Ivan Yong and Mr. Sam Lee to attend the “Masters of Abstraction” Gala Dinner event on 17th January 2019, which was held at the Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong. It was a pleasure for Cecilia to dine with professionals from different industries: Mr. Sam Lee (Nanyang Angelz), Mr. Austin Tay (Omnipsi), Mr. Daniel Lau (Xinhua News Media Holdings Ltd), Ms. Rosa Chan (Chair of Irish Chambers of Commerce), Mr. Paulus Ch

We are pleased to share that Dr. Cecilia Chan’s postgraduate student Ms. Michelle Cheng Wing Tung has won the Runner-up in the U21/Price Waterhouse Cooper Innovation Challenge. The challenge asked the students to respond to and prepare for working in a world where companies care, and humans come first. Michelle will receive a cash prize and coaching opportunities with the PwC Academy. We are very proud of you, Michelle. Well done!! Click here to see the official news from U21

Dr. Cecilia Chan has been invited to podcast by the Times Education Supplement (TES) to share her professional insights on generic skills and discuss about curriculum choices: what we are teaching now, why we make those choices and what impact those choices have on happiness and future prospects of the current crop of school-age children. In the podcast, Dr. Chan emphasized the importance of shifting the education culture by balancing academic knowledge with 21st Century skil

Dr. Cecilia Chan was invited as a panel discussant and speaker for the Higher Education Service-Learning Symposium titled “21st Century Service-Learning Model for Inclusive Growth” at Lingnan University. Along with Dr. Albert Ko (Director of the University’s Office of Service Learning) and Mr. Howard Ling (Chief Consultant of the Social Enterprise Business Centre) in the panel session, they shared about how to cultivate generic skills of university students, the importance of