Sub-Committee on Education

Membership

• Professor Poon Wai Yin (Chairman, Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Vice-President)
• Professor Lai Pan Chiu (Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts)
• Professor Dennis Fan (Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies), Faculty of Business Administration)
• Professor Cecilia Chun (Director, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research)
• Professor Hau Kit Tai (Choh-Ming Li Professor of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education)
• Professor Irwin King (Associate Dean (Education), Faculty of Engineering)
• Professor Shekhar Kumta (Assistant Dean (Education), Faculty of Medicine)
• Professor Chu Ming Chung (Faculty of Science)
• Professor Stephen Chiu (Faculty of Social Science)
• Professor Lutz-Christian Wolff (Dean of Graduate School)
• Mr. Duncan Kwan (Student Representative)
• Miss Michelle Wong (Student Representative)
• Ms. Kitty Yu (Secretary, Senior Assistant Registrar)

Terms of Reference

• To advise the University's Strategic Planning Committee on strategic planning in relation to the University's overall development on education, and the teaching and learning activities and initiatives undertaken by the University.
• To oversee, for advice to the Strategic Planning Committee, matters pertaining to the development of undergraduate and postgraduate curricula, as well as the continuous evaluation and improvement of the curricula.
• To advise on the implementation of innovative pedagogies, including online teaching and learning methods, and forms of assessment that are conducive to the provision of quality education to students.
• To give advice on professional development programmes for teaching staff and promote teaching excellence.
• To advise on the student support system, including learning resources and infrastructure, for promotion of a rich student learning environment.
• To formulate proposals, for recommendations to the Strategic Planning Committee, with regard to the following four priority areas for planning and development of teaching and learning policies and initiatives: (1) updates and review of curricula for quality assurance and enhancement; (2) eLearning initiatives; (3) distance learning courses for self-financed taught postgraduate programmes; and (4) joint flagship programmes.
• To identify aspects that can be further refined for promotion of high quality teaching and learning across the University.