Twenty-two faculty members receive Faculty Awards in teaching, research and knowledge transfer

FLASS has established the Faculty Teaching Award, Caring Teacher Award, Research Output Prize, and Research Impact/Knowledge Transfer Prize to commend the remarkable performance of our teachers in their teaching, research and knowledge transfer works, the three mainstays of FLASS. This year, a total of 22 faculty members won faculty awards in recognition of their success in delivering high-standard works in these three areas.

FLASS is committed to nurturing a culture that is conducive for students’ learning. It is a culture where our faculty members are encouraged to stimulate students in thinking and reflecting, to care about students’ learning needs, and to support students’ intellectual and personal growth. While reiterating the faculty’s commitment, Professor Li Wai-keung, Dean of FLASS, said: “When it comes to the passing of knowledge to our next generation, nothing can replace the role of a teacher. A good teacher should be passionate about discovering knowledge, adept at explaining ideas and concepts, good at listening, and capable of deciphering the puzzles posed to them by students. They should also know how to engage students and give them adequate care, so as to keep them in a learning mood.”

On 8 September, Professor Li officiated the Faculty Assembly-cum-Award Presentation Ceremony to mark the opening of a new academic year and to celebrate the accomplishments of the award-winning colleagues. He said the FLASS Teaching Award, Caring Teacher Award, Research Impact/Knowledge Transfer Prize and Research Output Prize were given to honour the outstanding performance of these colleagues, and expressed hopes that through the recognition, FLASS colleagues would continue to excel in their work.

Amidst the 22 awardees of this year were Dr Louisa Chung Ming-yan from the Department of Health and Physical Education, who received the Certificate of Merit for the FLASS Teaching Award and Dr Ken Chan Chi-keung from the Department of Science and Environmental Studies, who received the FLASS Caring Teacher Award. Two other faculty members received the Certificate of Merit for the FLASS Caring Teacher Award.

The FLASS Teaching Award Scheme was established to recognise and reward excellence in teaching, and to encourage disseminating and sharing the results of effective and innovative teaching. The FLASS Caring Teacher Award Scheme emphasises the University’s commitment to exhibit overall pastoral care of students and to practise the teaching of Life, Positive, and Values Education (LPVE) in classrooms, projects, experiences on the field, practicums, and the university life overall.

This year, three FLASS scholars were awarded the FLASS Research Impact/ Knowledge Transfer Prize, while a total of 15 faculty members won the FLASS Research Output Prize.

Full list of the awardees:

FLASS Teaching Award

FLASS Caring Teacher Award

FLASS Research Impact / Knowledge Transfer Prize

FLASS Research Output Prize