24 March 2025 

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) has partnered with the Centre for Global Higher Education at the University of Oxford to organise the Annual Conference of the Centre for Global Higher Education from 3 to 4 April 2025 in Oxford. Not only does this event enhance HSUHK’s global impact, the collaboration with universities in the UK comes as a proactive response to the Hong Kong Government’s call for the further internationalisation of higher education.

Professor Simon Ho, President of HSUHK, will present a speech at the CGHE conference to promote Hong Kong as a leading international higher education hub and highlight HSUHK’s unique “liberal plus professional” education model. President Ho and Professor Joshua Mok, Provost and Vice-President (Academic and Research), will also engage in a special panel discussion which will examine how growing geopolitical issues are affecting international student mobility and international academic collaborations. Leading scholars from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong and the UK will also join the panel discussion.

During their visit to the UK, President Ho and Professor Mok will also visit several leading institutions to promote inter-university collaboration, including the School of Management at University College London and Herford College at the University of Oxford, where Memoranda of Understanding for collaborations will be signed. They will explore with the Oxford Global Society at Wolfson College of the University of Oxford for collaborations in their Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) programmes. They will also visit the Institute of Education at University College London, where President Ho will share how HSUHK fosters sustainability leadership and education as a leading institution in this area in Hong Kong. Professor Mok will also visit the University of Durham to discuss areas for academic collaboration.