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the Editors
Bulletin, a biweekly brief to be published on every first and
third Mondays of the month, aims to provide staff and students the latest
campus news in an easy-to-read format. Comments and ideas are welcome
(puo@cityu.edu.hk). |
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Group on AD programmes to publish draft report
The Council Working Group will
publish a draft report on 17 October for university-wide consultation, said
Group Chairman Mr S M Chung on 2 October. Consensus has been reached on
a number of issues:
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AD programmes provide
value to society; their future provision must operate on a self-financing
basis;
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The University has considered
reducing the direct costs if such programmes are offered off-campus;
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Staff costs would need
to be substantially reduced to make future programmes competitive;
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Eventually, future self-financing
AD programmes should be relocated to a new site off-campus; the University
has expressed interest to the government in bidding on a piece of
land;
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The future College should
establish an independent Academic Board, subscribing to the University
Senate's requirement for quality assurance of academic programmes;
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A range of programmes,
including pre-AD and other top-up courses, must be offered in the
future Community College to expand income potential.
Remaining issues that need
to be further discussed relate mostly to transitional arrangements up
to 2008:
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Salary and benefits: the
magnitude of cuts in total remuneration package and whether existing
College staff should be transferred to contract terms and, if so,
the details in the proposed redundacy package;
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Campus arrangement: whether
AD programmes should be offered entirely off-campus before 2008.
The Working Group was set
up in June to study the financial viability of self-financing AD programmes.
Apart from Mr Chung, members are: Ms Marina Wong, Mr
Edward Cheng, Council members, Dr Jerry Yu,
CIO, Prof Leung Kwok, MGT, Dr Ko Sai-hong,
Acting Hd/CM and Ms Wanda Lau, Acting Hd/LS.
The Group's progress reports
can be read at www.jvrhmfr.xyzcityutoday/ad/home.htm
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| Role
differentiation
A UGC Working Group on role differentiation, led by Oxford University's
Vice-chancellor, Sir Colin Lucas, will soon be on campus
for a familiarization visit. The University, in preparation for the visit,
will have to perform a self-evaluation on how it sees its role in the
higher education sector. The self-review will carry out a comparative
advantage analysis and look into possible niche subject areas in the next
five years. Faculties have been invited to contribute to this process.
The Group, together with two
others on, respectively, performance and role-related funding, and academic
development proposals, is part of a move forward by the UGC in implementing
the Higher Education Review last year. |
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| Search
for Deputy President
The Council will hold a special meeting soon to decide on the appointment
of the Deputy President. After an international search, the Search Committee
for Deputy President, a Council group, whittled down its recommendation
to one candidate in early October. The Council initiated the search process
in December 2002. |
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| MB
to tackle budget constraints
Prof David Tong, VP (AA) headed a core group to look
into ways to update the University's staffing policies in times of dwindling
resources. Other group members include Prof Y S Wong
VP (AD), and Prof Roderick Wong (Dean/FSE).
In formulating these policies,
the core group will give academic needs and interests strategic emphasis,
in order to maintain and strengthen the University's reputation. It will
consider the effectiveness of these policies in easing long-term financial
difficulties and impact on the terms and conditions of service of serving
staff. Also on the agenda is the implication of funding withdrawal for
Associate Degree programmes on the University's administrative and support
services. Extensive staff consultation on these policies will be conducted. |
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| Ranking
The University recently has been ranked seventh in the top 10 universities
in the Greater China region, and 332 in the world's top 500, in a study
by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. CityU received another ranking—seventh
among the eight local UGC-funded institutions, in a study by the Hong
Kong Economic Journal Monthly (Oct. 2003). |
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Kudos
Ms Wong Mei Ki and Ms Yeung Ka Man, 2003
graduates of BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying and BSc (Hons) in Building
Surveying respectively, were awarded the Education Prize 2003 by the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Ms Yuriko Leung Hor-ling
and Ms Viven Ng Pui-ling, in the Language Studies Division,
were awarded Japanese Government Scholarships to study one year in Osaka
and Hokkaido Universities respectively, starting October 2003. |
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| Concurrent/Acting
appointments (until further notice)
- Prof (Chair) Eden
Yu, Head of EF, Acting Librarian
- Ms Kathy Chan,
Acting Director, AEO and DAO
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Arrivals
(up to 25 September)
- Dr Francis Lee
Lap Fung, Assistant Professor, EN
- Dr Henry Gao Shuchao,
Lecturer, SLW
- Dr Duncan Wong
Shek, Assistant
Professor, CS
- Dr Tao Yufei,
Assistant Professor, CS
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