Event Details
Date : 6 Jun (Fri) & 25 Sep (Thu) 2025
Time :
- [Workshop 1] 12:30pm – 2:00pm (HKT)
- [Workshop 2] 12:00pm – 1:45pm (HKT)
Venue : Learning Lab (RRS321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building, Main Campus, HKU)
Abstract
Two teaching portfolio workshops will be offered. The workshops are open to all teaching staff who are interested in finding out more about compiling teaching portfolios, which are often required for promotion, tenure application, and job applications. How to compile a portfolio for applying for the University’s Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) will be covered in the second workshop scheduled in September. You can choose to attend the workshop(s) depending on your needs. For instance, it is not necessary to attend Workshop 1 before Workshop 2.
The maximum quota for each workshop is 25 participants. Once the maximum quota is reached, you may join the waiting list via the same registration link. Rest assured, you will be contacted immediately if spots become available.
[6 Jun 2025] Compiling a Teaching Portfolio
Date : 6 Jun 2025 (Fri)
Time : 12:30pm – 2:00pm (HKT)
Venue : Learning Lab (RRS 321 Run Run Shaw Building, Main Campus, HKU)
Facilitator : Dr. Jannie Roed, Director, TALIC, HKU
Abstract
[25 Sep 2025] Presenting a Teaching Portfolio for a Teaching Excellence Award
Date : 25 Sep 2025 (Thu)
Time : 12:00pm – 1:45pm (HKT)
Venue : Learning Lab (RRS 321 Run Run Shaw Building, Main Campus, HKU)
Guest Speaker : Ms. Tanya Kempston, PGDE Programme Director and Senior Lecturer, Academic Unit of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, HKU
Consultants :
- Dr. Law Ka Ho, Associate Head (Teaching & Learning) and Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, HKU
- Dr. Mei Li Khong, Lecturer and Digital Education Consultant, School of Biomedical Sciences and School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU
- Ms. Stephanie Biedermann, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, HKU
Facilitator :
- Dr. Jannie Roed, Director, TALIC, HKU
- Prof. Lillian Luk, Assistant Professor, TALIC, HKU
Abstract
The first hour of the workshop focuses on the specific teaching portfolio needed to apply for one of the University’s teaching excellence awards. You will be guided through the criteria and advised on how to present your case in the most effective manner. The workshop will also cover the next steps for unsuccessful candidates.
In the following 45 minutes, three Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) winners – Dr. Law Ka Ho, Dr. Mei Li Khong and Ms. Stephanie Biedermann will share with us their experiences in applying for the award. After the sharing session, they will be available for small-group consultations. To help us distribute participants evenly, please indicate your preferred consultant in the registration form. We will do our best to accommodate to your preference.
About the Guest Speaker

About the Consultants



Ms. Stephanie Biedermann is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and is a US-licensed lawyer. She was awarded the Early Career Teaching Award at the University’s Teaching Excellence Awards 2024.
She specializes in international law, immigration, forced migration, and discrimination issues, particularly for refugees, asylum-seekers, and migrant workers. Her legal experience includes work in the US, the Middle East, and Hong Kong, with a focus on public interest law and access to justice issues as they relate to individual client services, policy decisions, and the development of clinical opportunities for law students.
At HKU, Stephanie teaches across a variety of subject areas. She has helped build the Law, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (LITE) program, which creates opportunities for students to gain practical and transactional experience in Hong Kong, research relevant legal issues, and assist local companies and NGOs. She also teaches courses in human rights, refugee law, and legal writing and research.
Stephanie holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a B.A. in English from Princeton University, and is admitted to the State Bar of California, USA.


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She specializes in international law, immigration, forced migration, and discrimination issues, particularly for refugees, asylum-seekers, and migrant workers. Her legal experience includes work in the US, the Middle East, and Hong Kong, with a focus on public interest law and access to justice issues as they relate to individual client services, policy decisions, and the development of clinical opportunities for law students.
At HKU, Stephanie teaches across a variety of subject areas. She has helped build the Law, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (LITE) program, which creates opportunities for students to gain practical and transactional experience in Hong Kong, research relevant legal issues, and assist local companies and NGOs. She also teaches courses in human rights, refugee law, and legal writing and research.
Stephanie holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a B.A. in English from Princeton University, and is admitted to the State Bar of California, USA.
Ms. Miffy Leung
Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre- 3917 8182
- miffylhy@hku.hk