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JMC Talk: Lierence Li
24/09/2024

The JMC Talk on September 24, 2024 invited Lierence Li, HKSYU’s alumnus and Managing Director at Market Hubs, shared insights on artificial intelligence (AI). Li believes that using open AI tools such as ChatGPT can help reporters in their work. Students with journalistic backgrounds can leverage AI tools better than others because they can use the 5W1H method to ask questions and give precise commands to refine the results. This talk sparked new ideas and helped students understand the transformative power of AI in shaping industries and everyday life.

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SYUJC Newsletter Aug Edition
14/08/2024

The latest edition of the SYUJC newsletter featured JC alumni of 2009 Patrick Ng, who currently works as a Senior Digital News Editor for Chinese newspaper am730. A former editor-in-chief of student internship website Shuo Online, Ng devotes his career in journalism after graduation and specializes in areas such as sports, international and China-related news editing and reporting. He spoke highly of the family-like environment during his university life, and said it helped built a strong-bond social and career network. The newsletter also covered the Department’s summer events, including a seminar on Hong Kong films with JC alumni and award-winning director Vicky Wong joining us as a speaker.

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Media Training Class under the E-League Programme
01/08/2024

The Department welcomed more than 20 secondary school students on August 1, 2024, to our media training class organized under the E-League Programme by the Eastern District Office. Participants were brought to the real-world live reporting scenario through a VR immersive learning experience, in which they learnt how to make ethical news judgments. Running on its fourth year, the Department aspires to promote media literacy among the younger generation in a local context.

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SYUJC Newsletter Jul Edition
14/07/2024

In the July edition of SYUJC Newsletter, JC alumni of 2006 Calvin Lam, who now also serves as the consultant of SYUJC Radio, recounted his experiences as a student and how the professional training in journalism and mass communication equipped him into an illustrious career. Today a renowned host of commercial and charity events, Calvin said his story is a vivid demonstration of how enjoying university life, as well as studying hard, are keys to realizing one’s dreams. The newsletter also covered the summer events of the Department’s academic research projects.

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Workshop on Experiential Technology in Advertising
10/07/2024

The Department’s research project on Digital Marketing Communications went on to explore the far-reaching implications to advertising in a cross-disciplinary dialogue on July 10, 2024. The workshop featured Prof. Ben Lowe of Kent Business School from the University of Kent, UK, and veteran Hong Kong advertising partitioners Rudi Leung Chi-sing, founder and director of Hungry Digital Limited. The event discussed the growing concern of experiential technologies and how they transform existing advertising practices. The project, funded by the Research Grant Council, is led by Associate Department Head Dr. Crispy Tong.

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Chuen Yuen First Primary School pupils explore media literacy at HKSYU
20/06/2024

More than 100 pupils from Chuen Yuen First Primary School visited the University campus at Braemar Hill on June 20, 2024, for an introduction to media literacy. Hosted by HKSYU Jockey Club Multimedia Production Centre, the event featured Hong Kong’s first virtual reality showcase of a live reporting scenario (a fire scene), offering an immersive learning experience. Students and guests also had the opportunity to step into the shoes of a KOL in a professional studio setting.

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SYUJC Newsletter Jun Edition
19/06/2024

The latest SYUJC Newsletter features the sharing by JC alumna Ling Lam, who is currently the Assistant Managing Editor at “TOPick” news website under Hong Kong Economic Times. Ling has served as the consultant to our student publication “Our Voice” since 2020 and was pivotal in helping the publication go digital. She was also an editorial team member of “Our Voice” before she graduated in 2008. The newsletter also covers the presentation of Dr. Liang Jingwen Memorial Scholarship, and JC students visiting the film sets of “Warriors Within 2”, a TV series directed by JC alumni Vicky Wong.

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Workshop on PR strategies using AI
12/06/2024

As part of the research project on Digital Marketing Communications, the Department hosted a public relations workshop on June 12, 2024, featuring Prof. Rita Men from the University of Florida, U.S., and Mr Lewis Fung, managing director of SenseTime Hong Kong. The workshop discussed the fresh challenges of applying digital technology in the public relations industry and how artificial intelligence can enhance efficiency in a “people-centered” PR environment. The project, funded by the Research Grant Council, is led by Associate Department Head Dr. Crispy Tong.

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SYUJC Newsletter May Edition
21/05/2024

In the latest edition of SYUJC Newsletter, JC alumni and Part-time Senior Lecturer Dr. Quinton Chan encouraged our students to harness the power of imagination in their future career and life journeys. Dr. Chan, a partner at PR firm Brunswick Group, noted that finding a job you love is crucial to one’s career path. The newsletter also reported on our previous JMC Talk and the news of our alumni winning the Pictures of the Year Asia 2024 Award.

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JMC Talk: Prof. Edmund Cheng and Prof. Fu King-wa
09/04/2024


The JMC Talk on April 9, 2024 invited Professor Edmund Cheng from the City University Hong Kong, and Professor Fu King-wa from the University of Hong Kong, to shed lights on the importance of public opinion research in the city’s policymaking processes. They recounted the history of public opinion polls in Hong Kong and shared the challenges faced by researchers at this juncture. The event was attended by about 100 students.

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Cross-disciplinary Seminar on Digital Marketing Communications
02/04/2024

As part of a new research project on Digital Marketing Communications, the Department on April 2, 2024 hosted the first cross-disciplinary introductory seminar on the subject. Guest speakers included Mr Eddy Hui, Vice-chairman of the Association of Interactive Marketing, and Prof. Wang Cheng-lu, Professor Emeritus at the University of New Haven in the US. The project, funded by the Research Grant Council, is led by Associate Department Head Dr. Crispy Tong.

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SYUJC Newsletter Mar Edition
02/04/2024

The latest SYUJC Newsletter features JC alumni Patrick Cheung’s sharing on his career pivot from journalism to public relations. A seasoned political reporter who had worked across multiple print and digital media outlets, Patrick is now serving Hong Kong Tourism Board, with his new role aiming to bridge the information gap. The newsletter also reported on earlier events including the Chinese Martial Arts and Sports Culture Communication exhibition and the JMC Talk with Jennifer Lee, Assistant General Manager - Social Innovation at New World Development.

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SYUJC Newsletter Feb Edition
16/02/2024

The February edition of SYUJC Newsletter welcomes the incoming editorial team of “Shuo Online”, a student online publication and part of our on-campus internship that has been 19 years in the running. President Bertrand Hung said the team will continue its bridge roles to connect news and audiences in an objective and fair manner. The newsletter also reported on an earlier internship workshop from RTHK to prepare JMC students for the upcoming summer

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SYUJC Newsletter Jan Edition
29/01/2024

In the January edition of SYUJC Newsletter, JC alumni Philip Kwong, of class 2017, shared with our current students about his journey to transform himself from a journalist to a public affairs and communications specialist for Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The newsletter also reported on our latest internship workshop and JMC Talks.

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Chinese Martial Arts and Sports Culture Communication: Release of project results
27/01/2024

The research team of Chinese Martial Arts and Sports Culture Communication, a project led by Associate Professor Dr. Lee Ka Man, was delighted to release its findings to members of the public on January 27, 2024. The research tracked how local and overseas Chinese martial arts masters break through territorial boundaries over the past few decades to inherit the skills and essence through mass communication, interpersonal communication, and organizational communication. The project also demonstrated the use of cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence in the modern artistry of Chinese martial arts.

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Award-winning JC Graduate Invited to Share in Photojournalism Talk
19/11/2023


Award-winning JC alumni Leung Man-hei, who graduated this year, was invited to be one of the speakers in the World Press Photo Exhibition Talk on November 19, 2023. In the talk, he shared his experiences in an earlier photojournalism workshop in the US, a sponsored trip following his double award success in the prestigious College Photographer of the Year competition (COPY) last year.

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HKSYU Info Day 2023
18/11/2023

The Department’s teaching staff and current students set up booths to chat with prospective students in the annual HKSYU Info Day at our Braemar Hill campus on November 19, 2023. The event also marked the premiere of the documentary “Boundless: Chinese Martial Arts”, part of our research initiatives to explore how Chinese martial arts thrive in Hong Kong as an intangible cultural and sport activity.

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JC Events in HKSYU Info Day 2023
18/11/2023

The Department welcomes our prospective students to the annual Info Day with specialist events that cover our various research initiatives and programme collaboration. All on the same day, they included the release of project results of “Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage and IPMAN Ving Tsun” sponsored by Tin Ka Ping Foundation, the premiere of themed documentary “Boundless: Chinese Martial Arts”, the release of study findings: “Social media addiction, coping strategies and psychological wellbeing of Hong Kong citizens”, and a seminar to introduce our academic programmes and to explore future collaboration.

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Three Research Projects Led by Journalism and Communication Scholars Awarded UGC Funding
12/09/2023

Congratulations to three researchers at the Department of Journalism and Communication whose respective projects have been granted a total of more than HK$2 million in funding in the 10th round of Competitive Research Funding Schemes under the University Grants Committee.

The project “Court news in the post-national security law Hong Kong: Examining the significance and journalistic roles, production, and contents of protests-/ politics-related court news”, led by Assistant Professor Dennie Leung, received funding of about HK$850,000. Another project led by Assistant Professor Dr. Grace Zhang, “Does Corporate Sociopolitical Activism Oriented Market Exits Benefit Corporate Brand Equity and Firm Profitability? Evidence from Corporate Exodus from Russia amidst the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War”, has been awarded more than HK$625,000. Both projects are awarded under the Faculty Development Scheme (FDS).

The research team led by Assistant Professor Crispy Tong was granted funding from the Inter-Institutional Development Scheme (IIDS) for the project “Reviewing digital technology-driven marketing communications and future research directions: A cross-disciplinary dialogue between academics and practitioners”. It received funding of more than HK$560,000.

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JMC and MDIT Freshmen Joined Podcast Workshop
12/09/2023

Fresh-faced JMC and MDIT students embarked on a new journey of creating podcasts at the University’s studio on September 12, 2023. Guided by seasoned mentors from SYU JC Radio, our new students showcased their imaginations on the airwaves which sounded ready to resonate far and wide. Their works will be uploaded to social media platforms including Podcast and Instagram.

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Research Paper Coauthored by Dr. Dennis Leung awarded the Top Conference Paper
30/08/2023

A research paper on media-police relations in Hong Kong co-authored by Assistant Professor Dr. Dennis Leung from HKSYU and Dr. Gary Tang from the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong was awarded the First Place Paper in the Political Communication Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2023 Annual Conference. The paper, entitled “Press-Police Relations after Critical Event: Media Representations of Police Misconduct in Post-Social Movement Hong Kong”, examined the media portrayal of the police’s image after the radical protests in 2019.

In the same conference, Dr. Leung and Dr. Tang also presented another research paper entitled “Facebook and Policing during a Crisis and Post-Crisis Autocratization: The Case of Hong Kong”. This paper examined how the Hong Kong Police Force made use of social media for policing before, during, and after the radical protests in 2019.

The AEJMC Annual Conference is a top academic conference in the field of journalism and communication studies. The 2023 annual conference was held in Washington, D.C., United States from August 7 to 10.

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JC Academic Staff Summer Retreat 2023
29/08/2023

Our academic staff joined together on 29 August for a summer retreat to connect and refresh ahead of the new semester. They also took the opportunity to review the department’s strategic plans after a satisfactory intake this summer.

The university’s senior management, including Deputy President Dr. Hu Fai-chung and Senior Vice President Professor Catherine Sun attended the event and expressed gratitude to staff commitment to the University’s vision of digital humanities. They were joined by Senior Academic Vice President Professor Selina Chan, Vice President (University Administration) Professor Cheung Siu-keung, Associate Academic Vice President (University Research) Dr. Alex Li and Acting Associate Academic Vice President (Teaching & Learning Development) Dr. Jason Chow who elaborated on the University’s directions in teaching, research and facilities management.

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HKSYU Opening Ceremony 23/24
28/08/2023

The Department of Journalism and Communication welcomes our new batch of freshmen on August 28, 2023. Around 100 young faces who joined us at Lady Lily Shaw Hall for the University’s opening ceremony and the Orientation Day met with JC teaching staff for the first time. They showed much eagerness in taking up the challenges in the next few years and preparing themselves to become professionals in the field of media and communications.

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Journalism student savors internship experience at ICAC
04/08/2023

The Department is excited to welcome our students back from their summer internship. Among them, year-three journalism student Chan Rachel enjoyed a unique experience at the operations department at the Independent Commission Against Corruption which runs summer internship for the first time. Internship forms an integral part of our BJMC programme and is essential to fulfil our students’ ever more diversified career interests and aspirations.

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Professor Peter Wong met with readers at Hong Kong Book Fair 2023
28/07/2023

Recently published a new book on the city’s popular fiction tradition in the 1950s and 1960s, Professor Peter Wong Chung-ming met with the readers at Hong Kong Book Fair 2023 to share about his research journey that began with his PhD study on Hong Kong’s unique “saam kap dai (三及第)” writing style. His most recent publication is at the pinnacle of his decades-long research work during which he devoted much time and resources to revisit Hong Kong’s newspaper archives.

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Dr. Kaman Lee won 2023 Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards
20/07/2023

Congratulations to Head of Department Dr. Kaman Lee and fellow alumna Vicky Pang for winning the 2023 Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards. Published by Joint Publishing (HK), they co-authored two books namely “Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage and IPMAN Ving Tsun - Wah in action (香港非遺與葉問詠春:阿樺出拳)” and “Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage and IPMAN Ving Tsun – Wah’s secret (香港非遺與葉問詠春:阿樺秘笈)”, as part of Dr. Lee’s research on the communications of Chinese martial arts.

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New Book on Popular Fiction Tradition by Professor Peter Wong
19/07/2023

One of a handful journalism historians in Hong Kong, Professor Peter Wong Chung-ming published the second book in a series which detailed the city’s popular fiction tradition. The new book revisited local newspaper archives in the period between 1950 and 1969 and filled in the missing pieces of Hong Kong’s literary studies. Prof. Wong also discussed his research at Hong Kong Book Fair 2023.

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In loving memory of our dearest Jingwen
22/03/2023

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Liang Jingwen, an esteemed assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Communication at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Dr. Liang was a dedicated and passionate scholar,researcher, and colleague who made significant contributions to our university community and will be dearly missed.

Members of the university management visited Dr. Liang at the hospital over the past weeks. The University offered the deepest condolences to Dr. Liang’s family at this sad time.

Dr. Liang was the Head of Data Analytics and Survey Research Center, dedicated to promoting research in data analysis. Despite her illness, Dr. Liang showed unwavering commitment to her work and continued to inspire in teaching and research. She was cherished dearly by all those who knew her at the Department of Journalism and Communication.

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JMC Talk: Chloe Lai
14/03/2023

The JMC Talk on March 14, 2023 invited Dr. Chloe Lai, Head of Integer Urban Sustainability at the Oval Partnership to share with our students about promoting her cause through moving images. Dr. Lai was a producer and co-director of a documentary The Limbo of A Plastic Bottle. A former journalist, she devoted her career in NGOs over the past decade and reinvented herself as an urbanist focusing on sustainability.

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SYUJC Alumni Newsletter February Edition
28/02/2023

In the latest edition of our alumni newsletter, Assistant Professor Dr. Grace Zhang heaped praise on our first-year journalism students who demonstrated a good understanding to media and society, and showed great potential and enthusiasm in news production. Only six months into their freshmen year, they have already managed to create news clips on their own social media platforms.

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Research Paper Coauthored by Dr. Grace Zhang awarded the Best Paper of the Year
20/01/2023

A research paper on Covid-19 misinformation co-authored by Assistant Professor Dr. Grace Zhang from HKSYU, Prof. Ran Wei from CUHK and Prof. Jack Qiu from NTU Singapore was awarded the Best Paper of the Year by Communication & Society, an Affiliate Journal of International Communication Association (ICA), top-tier TSSCI journal. The paper, entitled Knowledge, Negative Emotion and the Third-person Effect of Covid-19 Misinformation: A Study in Singapore, provided a perspective for understanding the Covid-19 infodemics. Congratulations to Dr. Zhang!

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JMC Talk: Eric Chan
17/01/2023

Our Department are honoured to have Chief Secretary Eric Chan joining us as the guest speaker of the first JMC Talk of the year on January 17, 2023. Mr. Chan, a Shue Yan sociology alumnus, shared with hundreds of students the key initiatives in the government’s Youth Development Blueprint. He also took the opportunity to join a campus tour and visited the Virtual Reality Laboratory at the Research Complex, and attended a sharing session with fellow sociology juniors.

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SYUJC Alumni Newsletter December Edition
31/12/2022

The latest edition of our alumni newsletter featured the new year wish from Assistant Professor Dr. Crispy Tong, who also took the opportunity to congratulate the new batch of graduates. The Department has also launched another teaching and learning project in December which took our students to the Cyberport to learn about the e-Sports industry and its ecosystem.

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SYUJC Alumni Newsletter November Edition
30/11/2022

In the latest edition of our alumni newsletter, Associate Head of Department Lam Wun-sum offered his own light touch review of the University’s café and restaurants over the past years. Meanwhile, the Department has launched another teaching and learning project in collaboration with the research on the Chinese Martial Arts and Sports Culture Communication, with 38 students participated in interviews with Ving Tsun grandmasters.

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Ving Tsun Exhibition “Shuttle through 50 years"
09/11/2022

As part of the research project for the Chinese Martial Arts and Sports Culture Communication, the Department took the opportunity to collaborate with Ving Tsun Athletic Association to showcase precious exhibits from Ving Tsun Grandmaster Ip Man and his apprentices over the past decades. The exhibition was opened to public from Nov 8 to 19 at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Participants were able to join a virtual journey to go back to the old premise where the grandmasters hosted classes.

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Academic conference: Chinese Martial Arts and Sports Culture Communication
08/11/2022

The much-anticipated academic conference of The Chinese Martial Arts and Sports Culture Communication was successfully concluded at Hong Kong Shue Yan University on Nov 8, 2022 with leading researchers and industry veterans presenting their works and exchanging stimulating ideas on the subject. The conference is part of the research project spearheaded by Department Head Dr. Kaman Lee. Dr Sam Lam, Ms Jenny Li and Mr Vincent Ho are Co-Investigators.

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HKSYU 2022/23 Opening Ceremony
23/08/2022

The Department of Journalism and Communication welcomes our new batch of freshmen on August 23, 2022. More than 100 young faces who joined us at Lady Lily Shaw Hall for the University’s opening ceremony and the Orientation Day showed much eagerness in taking up the challenges in the next four years as they prepared themselves to become professionals in the field of media and communications.

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Editorial Board Orientation Camp
19/08/2022

The student-led Editorial Board of our Department hosted one of the much-anticipated events of the year – the Orientation Camp at Yuen Long Tai Tong Holiday Camp – to give our freshmen a warm welcome to university life. A dozen alumni also joined and shared their experiences with the new faces. Amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the event has vigorously followed the health guidelines.

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Media Literacy Master Talk by Prof. Raymond R. Wong
08/07/2022

We are delighted to have veteran journalist Prof. Raymond R. Wong, also the founder of Dorothy Shen Wong Journalism Education Fund, as our guest speaker in the “Media Literacy Master Talk” seminar. Speaking to a full house comprising media practitioners and secondary students on July 8, 2022, Prof. Wong shared how he dealt with ethical problems and norms in decades of news practices.

The seminar was part of a two-year research project spearheaded by Dr. Kaman Lee to promote media literacy and ethics. The project also includes a digital archive to record the history of TV news in Hong Kong, the filming of a documentary, and a VR showcase of media ethics through an immersive learning experience.

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The First VR Showcase on Media Ethics Unveiled
08/07/2022

As part of a two-year research project funded by Dorothy Shen Wong Journalism Education Fund, the Department on July 8, 2022 introduced the first virtual reality showcase in our campus. Students and guests were brought to the real-world live reporting scenario (a fire scene) through an immersive learning experience, in which they would need to make ethical news judgments. The showcase serves as an essential component of our journalism education to promote media literacy.

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Leung Man-hei Won Prestigious Photo Award
29/05/2022

A big congratulations to Year 3 journalism student Leung Man-hei, who won the first prize in the prestigious photo competition “Focus at the Frontline 2021” in the capacity of freelance photographer. Leung’s work, captioned “A man farewells his family before moving to Canada”, won the biggest award in the general news section. The competition was organized by Hong Kong Press Photographers Association and first began in 1993.

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HKSYU and HKPC Sign MOU to Groom Media Talents
13/05/2022

The University signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) on May 13, 2022 to offer internships and on-the-job training for students enrolled in Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Journalism and Mass Communication and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Media Design and Immersive Technology. The collaboration aims to strengthen the local digital talent pool in media design, immersive technologies and visual production.