On May 12, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at BNU-HKBU United International College (UIC) invited Prof. Paul A. Van Dyke, a renowned scholar and retired professor from Sun Yat-sen University, to deliver a lecture on “Chinese Seamen and Passengers and their Global Adventures-1780s onwards”. The lecture was hosted by Dr. Wei Chin Wong, Associate Professor of Chinese Culture...

“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”On May 10th 2023, a launch party was held to celebrate the successful release of Elsewhere Issue 5. Elsewhere is an annual English literary magazine that showcases excellent writing and photography by students across UIC and beyond. Produced by Year 4 students in the English for Professional Communications (EPC) con...

Shao Chenhan is a UIC student from the Class of 2020. After graduating from UIC, she obtained her master's degree from Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. Later, she is admitted to the doctoral programme of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a full scholarship.Shao Chenhan at UICAttracted by UIC's liberal arts educatio...

On April 21, students from the Religion and the Arts: Eastern Traditions course visited Putuo Monastery 普陀寺 under the guidance of Professor Shawn (Xiang) Wang from the Centre of Foreign Languages and Cultures (CFLC). This trip aimed to offer students who opt for general education courses more opportunities to engage in on-site investigation and experience course-related cultural content. The...

The program in English Language and Literature Studies (ELLS) is dedicated to cultivating the teaching talents of UIC students to meet the actual needs of English teaching in schools. To this end, in February 2023, members of the UIC Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences signed agreements with Zhuhai Yunfeng Primary School and Xiawan Middle School to collaborate in delivering the English te...

After studying for almost four years in the Department of Social Sciences at UIC, Yang Xiaoman is admitted by the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford for her graduate study.Yang XiaomanYang has always been concerned about social issues. Her research abilities in sociology have flourished by participating in multiple research programmes organised by UIC.She joined a research grou...

On March 20, 2023, Professor Guo Zhenzhi, the first female scholar in mainland China to complete her Ph.D. in Journalism Studies (Television), and a retired instructor from the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University, gave a lecture to the Department of Communication in T2-101. The theme was “Chinese Media: Past, Present and the Future”, attracting more than 70 teachers and students from each major in the whole department to participate.

On the 23rd Chinese Journalists' Day, two journalists who graduated from UIC shared how they abide by the professional spirit of journalists in the ever-changing era of new media.Lu ZheDeputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Department at China Review News AgencyFormer Director of the New Media Department at China News Service Hong Kong Bureau2011 graduate from UIC's International Journalism...