30 March 2019
HSUHK students participated in the Symposium on Service-Learning 2019 – Service-Learning Expo organised by the Service-Learning Centre, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong on 30 Mar 2019, and received the Gold Award in Tertiary Education Institutes Group by showcasing the VolTrekkers Service-learning Award and Training Scheme.
The Expo was part of the Symposium on Service-Learning 2019 in promoting good practice of Service-Learning. There were 21 teams from different local secondary schools and tertiary education institutes participating in the Expo to share their learning experience. The booth of HSUHK was designed by Chim Ying Ying, Yuen Tsz Ching, Li Tong Tong from BBA-SCM, and Wong Ka Wai and Clement Chan from BBA. The team of five also took part in introducing the VolTrekkers Service-learning Award and Training Scheme to judges and the public, as well as sharing their experience.
The theme of the Expo this year was “Innovative Service-Learning Practices at My School/ Institute”, showcasing the service-learning model of schools and students’ service-learning experiences (including on campus, off campus, local, mainland and international service-learning experiences). The symposium aimed to gather educators, students and service-learning practitioners from secondary schools and higher education institutes in Hong Kong to share their knowledge, experience and good practices in service-learning.