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HKU weekly notice

24 Mar 2017

 

Distinguished Lecture by the Faculty of Education, HKU
“Leading From the Middle: Not Taking It From the Top”

By Professor Andy Hargreaves
Thomas More Brennan Chair, Lynch School of Education, Boston College, USA

In a rapidly changing world, our educational goals are becoming more sophisticated and demanding. The bold directions that schools are already taking in response to these issues are too sophisticated to be imposed from the top, through single leaders or small management teams. Leading from the Middle is not about another management level or tier to get this job done, but about the heart, the spine, the guts and the gall of teaching and leadership.

The Faculty of Education of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) proudly presents the Distinguished Lecture on “Leading From the Middle: Not Taking It From the Top” to be delivered by Professor Andy Hargreaves, Thomas More Brennan Chair, Lynch School of Education, Boston College, USA.

In the Distinguished Lecture, Professor Hargreaves will let you know this is the idea that will help move you forward if you want to lead with people and through them to drive change together.

Members of the media are welcome to cover the event and the schedule is as follows:

Date: March 31, 2017 (Friday)
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Language: English
Chair: Professor Amy B M Tsui, Chair Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Emily Cheung, Senior Manager (Development and Communications) (Tel.: 3917 4270 / E-mail: emchy@hku.hk).

The Stephen Hui Geological Museum to present the largest exhibition on private mineral collections in Hong Kong

Period:  Now till August 31, 2017

This exhibition will showcase over 200 precious minerals from 18 collectors from Hong Kong homes. Highlights are the infinite variety of minerals on display including one of the best gemmy single crystals of Tanzanite from Merelani Mine, a very rare large gem quality Aquamarine on Albite with large fluid inclusions from Balochi, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and a 18 cm large gemmy Rhodochrosite on Quartz from the famous Sweet Home Mine in Colorado, U.S.A.. The mineral display cabinet of the late Dr Stephen Hui Sze-fun with a selection from his private collection is also included.

Details of the Exhibition:
Venue:  1/F, Stephen Hui Geological Museum, James Hsioung Lee Science Building, Main Campus, the University of Hong Kong
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays, University and Public Holidays
Free Admission

Special Weekend Openings from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on:
April 22/23, 2017 (Earth Day, special program to be announced later)
May 13/14, 2017 (International Museum Day)
June 10/11, 2017
July 15/16, 2017
August 12/13, 2017
Stephen Hui Geological Museum website: http://www.earthsciences.hku.hk/shmuseum/
The Mineralogy Society of Hong Kong website: http://www.minsochk.org/ENG/home.php

General Enquiries:
Tel: (852) 22415472  / Email: shmuseum@hku.hk

Media Enquiries:
HKU Communications and Public Affairs Office Rhea Leung (Tel: 2857 8555/ 9022 7446; Email: rhea.leung@hku.hk)

UMAG exhibitions
1. Louis XV’s Qianlong Tapestries and Battle Scene Prints at the Imperial Court in Beijing A crossover of Chinese and French Imperial Collections

Period: Now till May 28 2017 (Sunday)

This unprecedented exhibition highlights four of the magnificent chinoiserie tapestries of Chinese Emperor Qianlong and the print of the Conquests of the Qianlong Emperor. This exhibition is one of the events of Le French May this year.

Venue:  1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

2. Art Totems Bridging East & West: Eddie Lui's Four Decades of Artistic Pursuit -- A retrospective display of juxtaposed media and iconographic themes

Period:  Now till March 26, 2017 (Sunday)

Eddie Lui is—as a draftsman, painter and sculptor—one of the founders of contemporary art in Hong Kong. His work is beautifully executed and eccentric, and his employment of form and colour continues to engage throughout the years. Few subject matters are particular to any one culture; his pictorial language is marked by the international and diverse influences found in Hong Kong. Lui’s familiarity with various materials and use of their distinct characteristics is embraced by his overarching topics and forms of visual expression that are common to several of his techniques and recognisable as ‘art totems’. The size and volume of selected artworks shows the artist’s ease with two- and three-dimensional artworks and the dialogue that he routinely creates between them.

Venue: 1/F & 2/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays

Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk
Admission: Free
Website: www.umag.hku.hk/en/

Media enquiries:
UMAG Communication Officer Miss Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk.