It is my pleasure to join the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2017. Here, I presented a poster titled ‘Life Science Education from LEARN 1.0 to LEARN 5.0‘ under the theme of Educational Improvement and Quality Assurance. The road-map … Continue reading ECER2017
CUSA2013 Great Discoveries in Biomedical Sciences (Senior Class) is essentially an upgrade of CUSA1013, which has been offered in previous years. The reason for the upgrade to the senior class is because of the curiosity of our students: they want … Continue reading CUSA2013 2016/17
Since most of the students joining CUSA1013, CUSA2013, and CUSA3003 are interested in interacting with university students for the sharing of knowledge and experience, many talented Biochemistry students have been recruited to give lectures in these courses over the years (2015-16, 2014-15). In the summer of 2017, the student teaching team for CUSA2013 was formed and we had some high tea meeting for the preparation. Continue reading CUSA student teaching team 2016/17
In summer, the School of Life Sciences of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) offers some lab visits and activities to Secondary School students, who are interested in studying life sciences. On 27 June, I was involved in a … Continue reading Experiential learning
On 6 and 13 May 2017, another course related to applied biochemistry was offered to 14 gifted and talented students; two of them had also completed the previous applied biochemistry course held in Winter Term. The rationale to offer applied … Continue reading 2017 PGT Spring Term course
The Science Interview 2017 was held on 9-10 May. Quite a few candidates interested in science were invited to the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), … Continue reading 2017 Science Interview
It is my second time to join Asia-Pacific Association of International Education (APAIE) since 2011. Interestingly, both conferences were held in Taiwan: Taipei in 2011 and Kaohsiung in 2017. This year, I presented a poster paper related to the utilisation … Continue reading APAIE 2017
A recent shocking news reported that a patient died from an infection, which was initially diagnosed as sore throat. I remembered, some years ago, I discussed with my students in BCHE4030 Clinical Biochemistry about the possibility of deadly sore throats … Continue reading An episode of BCHE4030
It was busy after the Chinese New Year as there were two student gatherings in a week. On Monday (6 February) evening, the Spring Banquet (沖天飛雞賀年歲) … Continue reading Chinese New Year Gatherings
There is an interesting display in New Asia College Library: I suppose it is a piece of arts; yet, it is highly scientific. When any one of the cogwheels is turned, all others will also turn at different time: sooner … Continue reading ‘Fusion’ between arts and science
