Faculty Announcements

CETL follow-up (03-09-2020)

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONGFACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES To: All Teachers of the Faculty The University’s CETL has newly developed a webpage “Designing Online Courses” as a resource of online course designing for teachers’ information.  Recorded Summer Sandbox presentations, and other wealth of ideas and practical resources based on particular needs or areas of concern raised in the Sandbox breakout conversations, are also made available…

Teaching Arrangement (UG & TPG) for Semester 1 (28-08-2020)

Dear colleagues — This summer has been unlike any other. Normally I am welcoming you back from a summer break, where many of you would have travelled for either research or vacation. This year, most of us have remained in Hong Kong, and so it is understandable that we may be feeling less refreshed than…

Teaching in Practise Programme (New to Teaching programme) (31-07-2020)

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONGFACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES To:  All teachers of the Faculty From September 2020, CETL will run a new training programme (Teaching in Practise Programme) for HKU new teaching staff, focusing on introductory topic and practical skills.  Please refer to the below poster for more details. Faculty Office Teaching in Practise Programme…

Work arrangements in the Faculty of Social Sciences – July 20 to 24
(19-07-2020)

Dear staff and students, In light of the current outbreak of COVID-19, the University on July 19 has announced its further adjustment to the operations (https://www.hku.hk/others/covid-19/teaching.html#19072020). During the week of July 20 to 24, the opening hours of the Faculty Office will be adjusted to 1000-1600.  The Faculty will adhere to the University’s advice in…

Teachers Forum – Faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Education, Law and Social Sciences (Recording) (19-03-2020)

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONGFACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES To: All Teachers of the Faculty Teachers Forum Recording Thank you for joining today’s Teachers Forum.  The Forum was recorded, and it can now be accessible via the following link (HKU Portal login required) before next Tuesday: https://hku.zoom.us/rec/share/_81LAY7O6UVLZJHK70vdYvYvNID8aaa8gCMZ8_tbxU2R6Ddpg8uvZP1o7G14FlA (Ms) Maggie CheukFaculty Secretary

Mid-Semester Survey of Online Teaching and Learning (12-03-2020)

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONGFACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES To: Heads of Departmentsc.c.: Deanery Team, Faculty and Departmental administrators  You may wish to note that the University is about to send out a brief survey to all UG and TPG students on online teaching and learning (https://survey.tlem.hku.hk/fs.aspx?surveyid=34e1122c7de41bda619a0a58783cf47).  Reports with the findings will be sent to the…

Online teaching practices (21-02-2020)

Dear colleagues — As you know, we’ll be going back to online teaching for at least four weeks from 2 March. I know you are working hard to create an online teaching environment for your students. This is not easy, particularly in the limited time, and with the uncertainties of the last few weeks. Many…

Getting Ready for an Online Lesson via Zoom (21-02-2020)

To: All Students Getting Ready for an Online Lesson via Zoom We may all feel a little uneasy when turning on our webcam for class. Here are a few tips that will make your class more enjoyable: Before joining your online lesson on Zoom Test your video input Test your camera and microphone before accessing…

Workshop on Online Teaching: Feb 25, 3pm (18-02-2020)

To:   Academic staff of Faculty of Social SciencesCc:   Faculty and Departmental Administrators Dear Colleagues: The Teaching and Learning Committee is organizing a session with TELI to facilitate online teaching skills and experience.  The session aims to assist teachers in converting from traditional teaching to online teaching, introducing and exploring common e-learning tools and available teaching…

T&L time sensitive points (18-02-2020)

To:   Academic staff of Faculty of Social SciencesCc:   Faculty and Departmental Administrators ​Dear Teachers, Many thanks for your continued resilience and dedication during the current teaching period.  There are few time sensitive points to highlight for consideration by all teaching staff this week. – First, as the ADD/DROP period was extended until 21 February, teachers…

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