On Thursday 22 March 2022, the CFLC offered an academic lecture, entitled “Deciphering the ‘Words of the Gods’: The Story of the Egyptian Hieroglyphic Script”, held by Dr. Julien Charles Cooper. Prof. Carlotta Viti, coordinator of the CFLC, held an opening speech, introducing to the public the keynote speaker as well as the activities of the CFLC, one of the most important centres in UIC. T...

Speaker: Prof. Wolfgang Ulrich Dressler, Professor, University of Vienna, Austria On 16 December 2020, the CFLC offered an academic lecture entitled “Language Typology and its Impact on Language Learning" held by Prof. Wolfgang Ulrich Dressler, Professor. Owing to the epidemic, the lecture was organized online and was attended by numerous UIC teachers and students. Prof. Carlotta Viti introduc...

UIC’s journalism students excelled in the 10th Campus News Awards hosted by China Daily Hong Kong, receiving two First Prizes, two 1st Runners-Up, and two 2nd Runners-Up in the categories of Best in News Writing, Features Video Reporting, Feature Writing, and Business News Reporting.CategoryWinning PieceAuthorAwardSupervisorBest in News WritingSex Education in ChinaZhong Peilin, Zhang Yihang, ...

On December 8, 2021, UIC’s Scholarship Presentation Ceremony for the 2020-2021 academic year was held at the University Performance Theatre. Overall, 27 GAD and GIR students were awarded at the event.Among them, Ms. Victoria Jiang Xuguorong won the Prof. Xu Jialu Whole Person Education Award. Ms. Charlotte Zhong Yuyi won the Dean’s Award. Ms. Jasmine Wang Yuejiao received the Beeplus Scholars...

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...