Organized by Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Date : 14 October, 2015 (Wednesday)
Time : 12:45pm - 1:45pm
Venue : Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
(sandwiches, coffee and tea will be available from 12:30 pm)
Coordinator: Dr Suki Ekaratne, Associate Professor, CETL, The University of Hong Kong
Abstract:
Grants for overseas reciprocal visits through ‘Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme’
To promote HKU staff to bring in new ideas and teaching methods to improve teaching through interaction with overseas university teachers, HKU will award up to $50,000 for reciprocal staff visits. This funding is provided through the “Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme”. The seminar provides an overview of this funding scheme and information on the application process. Staff will be guided on how to go about planning exchange visits to enhance the scholarship of teaching at HKU, which is the aim of the scheme. It will explain, and also showcase examples, on how this funding opportunity can be used by HKU teaching staff to share experience and to collaborate on teaching and curriculum development initiatives with overseas reputable universities through reciprocal visits.
The seminar is open to all teaching staff interested in finding out more about this Teaching Exchange Fellowship Scheme. Staff will be provided an overview of the scheme, how to lodge an application, the key objectives, amounts they can apply for, eligibility and advice in preparing an application. Staff who are thinking about applying are strongly encouraged to attend (the first round has a November 13th closing date). Staff who attended the last seminar but found they had insufficient time to make overseas contacts, or who are thinking of planning ahead, in time for the second round (having a March 18th, 2016 closing date), would also find the seminar useful. If you are not sure whether this scheme would be relevant to teaching innovations you have in mind, or would simply like to know more about the scheme, you are welcome. The Circular on this scheme can be found at http://intranet.hku.hk/web/reg/adqa/rslleung/TEFS-2015-16.pdf.
For information on registration, please contact:
Ms Ivy Lai , CETL
Phone: 3917 8996; Email:
Email: laichun2@hku.hk.
