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HKU weekly notice (from Oct 6 to Oct 12, 2012)

05 Oct 2012

 

University Museum and Art Gallery talk: The Multiplicity of Simplicity: Monochrome wares from the Song to the Yuan dynasties

Speaker: Tina Yee-wan PANG, Museum Curator (English) 

Date: October 6, 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 2 p.m.
Venue: 2nd floor, Fung Ping Shan Building, HKU

HKU Faculty of Education to release research findings on Educational Inequality and ICT Use in Schools
The research team on “Digital Divide in Education” of the Faculty of Education of of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will hold a press conference on October 9 (Tuesday) to release findings of a research project on “Educational Inequality and ICT Use in Schools: Bridging the Digital Divide”.

The two-year Public Policy Research is led by Dr. Allan Yuen, the Principal Investigator, and is funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC). It seeks to understand the issues of gender and socioeconomic differences among students’ ICT use in and outside school. A total of 826 Secondary Two students from 36 schools have been surveyed to examine the extent of the digital divide into the individual, school, and outside-school level. 

Research findings to be released will cover the following areas: (1) student use of ICT in and outside school, (2) student use of ICT at home and perceived parental guidance, (3) students’ use of ICT at home and their academic attainment, (4) perceived risks and concerns of students’ use of ICT; and (5) perceived attitudes towards risks and concerns of ICT use. 

Media representatives are cordially invited to attend the press briefing. Details as follows: 

Date: October 9, 2012 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Room 101, Runme Shaw Building, HKU
Speakers: Dr Allan Yuen, Associate Professor, HKU Faculty of Education; Dr Wilfred Lau & Dr Gervas Lau, Co-Investigators, HKU Faculty of Education
Language:  Cantonese and English

For media enquiries, please contact Ms. Queenie Wong, Development and Communications Manager, Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 2219 4270 / mobile: 9220 5840 / fax: 2540 6360 / email: qlpwong@hku.hk).

HKU to release 2012 Fourth Quarter Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast
A press conference will be held on October 10 (Wednesday) to announce the "Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast", supplying headline macroeconomic indicators for Hong Kong's economy in the Fourth quarter of 2012.

Sponsored by the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the forecasting project is managed and prepared by the APEC Studies Program of the Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy.  It provides the community with reliable, transparent and useful forward-looking economic information to gauge the movements and effects of Hong Kong's activities on a quarterly basis.

Media representatives are cordially invited to the press conference, the details are:

Date: October 10, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 3:00pm
Venue: the United Conference Centre, 10/F., United Centre, 95 Queensway, Admiralty

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk  or Ms Melanie Wan (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.

Departmental Seminar: How oral history tells about the meanings of community?

Speaker: Dr. WONG Wai Ling (Research Officer, HKIHSS)

Date: October 10, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Room 201, May Hall, HKU 

No registration required. Seats are limited; First-come, first-served

For more information: Phone: 3917 5901 Email: ihss@hku.hk

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