After ten-month of preparation, under the guidance of Dr. Benjamin Barber, students of DHSS’s English Language and Literature Studies Programme (ELLS) were pleased and proud to launch the forth issue of Elsewhere on December 1, 2021. Elsewhere is an English literary annual publication, which showcases outstanding writing by ELLS students. It also, features UIC student’s photography.For issue ...

On December 6th, 2021, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme invited Mr. Chandran Nair, head of the Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT) and member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Governance for Sustainability and Experts Forum, to deliver a lecture to students on “Leadership in a Post-Western World”. Mr. Chandran NairDuring the lecture, held online due ...

On November 24, 2021, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme invited Dr. Coraline Goron, an assistant professor of environmental policy at Duke Kunshan University, to share with students and staff her insights and research on China’s recent practice of multilateral environmental governance in the fields of climate change and biodiversity.Dr. Goron provided useful context by briefly ...

On November 15, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme invited a group of enthusiastic alumni to share their experience of studying in the GIR/GAD as well as their many accomplishments - in multiple fields, from business to academia, energy analysis and public policy – after graduation.“As the Deputy Secretary General of UIC Alumni Association, over time I have noticed that both gi...

On November 10, 2021, Year 3 Globalisation and Development (GAD) students, accompanied by Dr. Sharon Wu Shuang and Ms. Cinnamon Sun Yuan, visited “XCurrency”, a Zhuhai-based, high-tech and high-end service company founded and operated by GIR-GAD alumnus, Bruce Chen Jiaxin. The core activities of XCurrency include worldwide online currency exchange, exchange rate information service, as well a...

The Attachée for Science, Technology and Higher Education in Consulate General of France in Guangzhou, Dr Veronique Anton, and the University Cooperation Officer, Mr Zheng Peng, visited UIC to discuss collaborative opportunities with UIC on 19 October.Both parties explored the possibility of students going to study in France, in addition to discussing research opportunities between UIC and Fren...

The Symposium on Developing Pedagogical Innovations was held in T2-102 and on Tencent Meeting on 6 October. It is a part of a research project conducted by the English Language and Literature Studies (ELLS) Programme and funded by the Education Department of Guangdong Province’s 2018 University Innovation and Enhancement Project.All live and virtual participants took a group photo to mark the ...

Prof Douglas Jack Robinson, a professor in the School of Humanities and Social Science, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, was invited as a guest speaker by the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences (DHSS) High Table Dinner on the evening of 12 October and shared his experience as a translator and teacher.Prof Robinson taught previously at the University of Jyväskylä, Universit...