Awards

The Office of University General Education (OUGE) is committed to quality teaching. OUGE has received honours and awards locally and internationally in recognition of its efforts and outstanding performance in General Education teaching practices.

The  Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) team from the General Education Foundation Programme of the Office of University General Education including Dr SZETO Wai-man (team leader), Dr LI Ming, Dr WU Jun, Dr YIP Lo-ming and Mr YIU Tsz-kin received the University Education Award 2021.

More details can be found in the links below:

• University Education Award
• CUHK holds ceremony for inauguration of the Choh-Ming Li Professorships and presentation of teaching and research awards (Press Releases, Communications and Public Relations Office, CUHK, 7 January 2022)
• The video message from University Education Award 2021 recipients

The General Education (GE) Foundation team has received a Hong Kong University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award (Category Team) for its work in the design and implementation of the GE Foundation. The award is competitive. The CUHK team is one of the three awardees selected from among 22 entries from the 8 UGE-funded institutions. Prof. Leung Mei Yee, Dr. Julie Chiu and Dr. Wong Wing Hung are the team leaders who accepted the award during the award event on behalf of the entire team.

More details can be found in the links below:

• Recipient of 2016 UGC Teaching Award (University Grants Committee)
• UGC presents awards for teaching excellence (The Government Press Release)
• CUHK General Education Team Awarded 2016 UGC Teaching Award (Press Releases, Communications and Public Relations Office, CUHK, 8 September 2016)
• Congratulations to the Chinese University of Hong Kong from the Association for General And Liberal Studies (AGLS)
• CUHK General Education Team Awarded 2016 UGC Teaching Award (UGE News, 9 September 2016)

The University instituted the University Education Award to honour academics for outstanding commitment to the promotion of teaching excellence. Recipients of the award are commended for their contributions to enhancing the student learning experience through curriculum design/development, for scholarship in teaching and learning, and for adopting learner-centred approaches. One of the awardees of the University Education Award 2016 was the University General Education Programme team (Prof. Leung Mei-yee, Dr. Chiu Chu-lee Julie and Dr. Wong Wing-hung). The University also nominated the awardees for the University Grants Committee Teaching Award 2016, and the University General Education Programme team won the award.

More details can be found in the links below:

• University Education Award
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong Holds 81st Congregation for the Conferment of Degrees (Press Releases, Communications and Public Relations Office, CUHK, 17 November 2016)

In 2015, CUHK became the first institution outside the US to receive the Exemplary Programme Award for Improving General Education from the Association for General and Liberal Studies (AGLS), in recognition of its commitment to continuously improve teaching and learning approaches in general education based on students’ needs and learning outcomes.

More details can be found in the links below:

• 2015 Exemplary Program Recipients (AGLS)
• CUHK Receives Exemplary Program Award for Improving General Education (Press Releases, Communications and Public Relations Office, CUHK, 13 October 2015)