HKSYU Joined the Education & Career Expo 2023 to Promote Digital Humanities
2023-03-03
 
Hong Kong Shue Yan University has taken the opportunity to showcase our aspiration to combine technology and humanities in tertiar y education at the Education & Career Expo 2023.
 

Secretary for Education Dr. CHOI Yuk-lin (third from left), TDC Deputy Executive Director Ms. Sophia CHONG (second from left), and Shue Yan senior management.
 

The four-day event, concluded by February 5, 2023, has seen more than 2,500 people visiting the booth of HKSYU. The booth, together with the displays and the exhibits, were created under the same theme to promote our five-year development blueprint in Digital Humanities.

On the first day of the Expo, HKSYU’s booth was lit up in an opening ceremony officiated by the University senior management, including Senior Vice President Prof. Catherine SUN, Academic Vice President Prof. Selina CHAN, Vice President (University Administration) Prof. CHEUNG Siu-keung, as well as the Heads and representatives of the Departments. Prof. SUN, Prof. CHAN and Prof. CHEUNG were invited to place their hands on the electronic screen to power up the tree-themed display. Secretary for Education Dr. CHOI Yuk-lin also visited the booth at a later time and showed her interests in how we achieved the goals in Digital Humanities in recent years.

Teaching colleagues and students played the role of University ambassadors during the four-day Expo to share with visitors about life in Shue Yan and answer enquiries on admissions. The booth has also set up a “Metaverse Teaching and Learning Zone”, in which visitors would put on portable VR headsets to enjoy immersive and interactive experiences created in our research projects, including the Virtual Museum of the Hungry Ghosts (Yulan) Festival, a virtual journey to the Ving Tsun Athletic Association, a VR showcase of live reporting scenario by the Department of Journalism and Communication, and a virtual journey to the Braemar Hill campus. The VR experiences have made the booth one of the most eye-catching and inviting spots in the Expo.

Ms. LEUNG Siu-ki, Jay, Director of the University Admissions Office, said the tree-themed design this year was a metaphor of Shue Yan providing tree shades for our students to grow and thrive. At the tree top there were three badges, representing the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Commerce and the Faculty of Social Sciences at HKSYU. “The design of the badges uses 12 artworks to demonstrate the unique features of each faculty. Yet at the same time they are inter-connected and share a level of cross-departmental elements between them.”

Prof. Catherine SUN told Shue Yan Newsletter that she expected the number of applications from mainland students would go up in the next academic year. “Our programmes have always been appealing to mainland students. With the end of COVID pandemic in sight and the relaxation of crossborder rules, we will make sure the supporting facilities, such as student accommodations, are ready to welcome more local and mainland students.”
 


Shue Yan’s booth


Prof. Catherine SUN was invited to place her hand on the electronic screen to power up the tree-themed display. 


Prof. Selina CHAN and Prof. CHEUNG Siu-keung were invited to place their hands on the electronic screen to power up the tree-themed display.


Secretary for Education Dr. CHOI Yuk-lin collected a toy capsule.


Inside the capsule were a paper strip of New Year blessing and a HKSYU memory stick.


Secretary for Education Dr. CHOI Yuk-lin visited the booth of HKSYU.


A “Metaverse Teaching and Learning Zone” was set up at the booth of HKSYU.


Dr. MAK Sau-Wa, from the Department of Sociology, gave a seminar on art, culture and technology


The Admissions Office hosted four sharing sessions. Guest speakers included Dr. HUI Kin-yip from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Dr. Michelle CHAN from the Department of English Language and Literature, and two students. 


The Admissions Office hosted four sharing sessions. Guest speakers included Dr. HUI Kin-yip from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Dr. Michelle CHAN from the Department of English Language and Literature, and two students.


The sharing sessions were well-received by secondary students who sat under the tree.


Teaching colleagues and students played the role of University ambassadors to share with visitors about life in Shue Yan and answer enquiries on admissions. 


Young visitors received souvenir bags.


Secondary students were eager to know about the admission requirements. Some of them finished their applications on the spot. 


Secondary students and their parents were eager to know about the admission requirements.


Secondary students were eager to know about the admission requirements. Some of them finished their applications on the spot.