During the upcoming summer holiday in 2025, fellows from overseas and HKU will collaborate to co-design classes for the participants at HKU. HKU lecturers will provide professional coaching to the fellows before they deliver their self-designed lessons. The programme will cover a diverse range of cross-cultural subjects, including humanities, social sciences, and more, with English serving as the medium of communication. Through active participation in this programme, students will have the opportunity to develop a global identity, embrace new values, and broaden their worldviews.

OUTCOMES:

• Enhanced written and spoken English skills
• Strengthen global perspective and broaden understanding of the world beyond individual student’s own home
• Enable students to communicate confidently with people from different cultural backgrounds
• Deepened students’ knowledge of foreign cultures and develop their international relationships
• Cultivating Lifelong Mentoring Relationship
• Developing new skills & personal growth

CURRICULUM:

ARTS APPRECIATION 

• Courses related to the performing arts and visual arts. Students will learn about different types of art forms across cultures and have a better understanding of their own cultural art forms as a result.

GLOBALISATION AND CULTURE

• Courses related to the impact of the globalization in cultures. Students will explore different forms of cultures including food and popular traditions to develop an understanding of cultural identities.

HUMAN AND SOCIETY

• Courses related to human actions and decisions. Students will learn about themselves, and other societies through these courses.

ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND THE WORLD

• Courses related to sustainability, environment, and health. Students will learn about these important issues in relation to the global environment and human health.

LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND WRITING

• Courses related to English language and linguistics.  Students will gain greater insight and appreciation of the English language through different writing genres including novels, poems, lyrics, short fiction, and more.