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Impactful research into the changing world of work

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The quiet ambition of every academic is to have an impact, whether through teaching, research, publications, or involvement in public debate and discourse.

For that to happen, though, they also need the support and guidance of an institution which can provide opportunities and bring breakthrough work to the attention of a wider international audience.

Over the years, Lingnan University in Hong Kong has proved adept at doing just that, as confirmed by two significant metrics. One is the impressive number of citations, accolades and invitations its professors receive to speak at influential symposia and conferences. Another is the university’s consistently high position in comparative rankings of tertiary institutions in Asia and around the world.

Indeed, the mid-2022 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings placed Lingnan third in the world for “quality education”. Within the Greater China region, it was in the top ten for overall impact and sixth for work related to promoting “decent work and economic growth”, which is one of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This particular SDG aims to facilitate sustainable and inclusive local economies, where people have decent job opportunities, fair pay, and the chance to create better lives for themselves and their families.

To that end, Lingnan has adopted governance practices to ensure staff well-being and prepare graduates for the world of work. And it is supporting important research into current economic models and modern workplace conditions.

The topics range from corporate leadership, psychological health, labour welfare and the loss traditional jobs to income inequality and the poverty trap. This allows scholars to engage with society, inspire knowledge transfer, and instigate real change.

For instance, from Lingnan’s Department of Management, Wang Nan is now exploring “Within-person dynamics of employee performance after disruption events”, something especially relevant after Covid-19. Chen Tingting is researching the phenomenon of employee silence at work plus what it means for bosses, colleagues and team productivity. And Yolanda Li Na is investigating the internet’s impact on employees’ daily work and outcomes, as well as how delivery couriers react to social media posts and frequent mistreatment by customers.

Exemplifying the interdisciplinary nature of much Lingnan research, Francis Cheung Yue Lok of the Department of Applied Psychology is conducting a pilot study on occupational health differences between locals and new migrants from mainland China. A team at the Department of Economics is asking if Hong Kong’s current competition policy is ready for increasing economic integration with the Greater Bay Area. And Pun Ngai of the Department of Cultural Studies is spearheading a project on “Migration, mobility and labour”.

Its objective is to assess labour conditions and measures in place to protect the interests of migrant workers in mainland China, with a special focus on newer sectors of the economy such as logistics, high-speed rail services, and online e-commerce platforms. The findings will help in understanding China’s new working class in the context of the country’s evolving “infrastructural capitalism”.

All the latest Lingnan University publications related to stress management, psychological health, working conditions, leadership and labour welfare can be found in the webpage.

Research focusing on evolution in the workplace

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During the last decade, countries across Asia have experienced fundamental changes caused by a combination of new technologies, shifting economic forces, and the impact of Covid-19.

Understanding what it means for the workforce is not always easy. But scholars at Lingnan University have been tracking trends, analysing key factors, and stating their views on what to expect next.

Some of these research projects can be grouped under the heading of employment, youth transition and well-being in Hong Kong.

However, the work also takes account of international and comparative dimensions and how higher education systems in Asia should evolve to meet new challenges.

For instance, governments encourage greater focus on courses designed to speed up the transition to a knowledge-based economy. They want more entrepreneurial, innovation-driven graduates ready to enter the workplace.

That is great in principle, but amid the Covid-linked slowdown in hiring, these efforts have exacerbated the problems of graduate unemployment or underemployment.

Analysis shows the rapid increase of people qualified in favoured disciplines has outpaced actual market demand. And that realisation has sparked public policy debate and extensive academic research into the social and economic consequences.

To contribute, Lingnan University formed a research team to explore different aspects. These ranged from the “massification” and privatisation of higher education to the changing social production of labour. They also included the transition made by young people entering the workplace and youth well-being in a time of stress and uncertainty.

In line with Lingnan’s “Impact with Care” philosophy, each research project is linked to one or more of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These give countries a clear roadmap for the 21st century and promote partnerships that can address regional and global issues more effectively.

In that respect, Lingnan has established strong research links with prestigious partner institutions in Europe and Asia. The list already includes centres at the University of Oxford and the University of Turku in Finland, plus the Graduate School of Education at Peking University.

An immediate benefit of such tie-ups is the platform they provide for professors and postgraduates to test out theories and exchange ideas. But they also create opportunities to co-host international conferences, collaborate on papers, and publish findings in highly respected peer-reviewed journals.

Three recent publications by Professor Ngai Pun, head and chair professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of Cultural Studies, neatly illustrate the scope of the research.

One examined the making of the new Chinese working class, whose efforts and struggles are significantly reshaping the future of class relations in China.

Another involved a critical policy analysis of unemployment insurance in Hong Kong. And a third addressed the question of mobilising truck drivers in China, with its implications for the new migrant struggle and the emergence of “infrastructural capitalism”.

Other scholars have studied the effectiveness of working from home during Covid; the psychological distance among Hong Kong’s working adults with regard to the Greater Bay Area; and personal income and happiness in a rich global city.

All the latest Lingnan University publications related to employment, youth transition and well-being can be found in the webpage.

Lingnan research cluster studies COVID-19’s wider impact

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Once aware of the true scale and severity of the Covid-19 pandemic, scholars at Lingnan University in Hong Kong moved quickly to set up a wide-ranging series of research projects.

They recognised the importance of studying the likely longer-term impact and understanding what the disruptions to normal life would mean for different sectors of society.

By taking an interdisciplinary approach, their aim was to look at the direct effects of the disease and the challenges faced by families, schoolchildren, university students, and those now out of work.

Clearly, a stalling economy, online schooling, and social distancing requirements would affect livelihoods and general well-being. So, Lingnan formed a distinct research cluster focused on Covid-19 and its consequences, with many of the approved projects also tied directly to one or more of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These set out a blueprint for global action over the next few decades.

The purpose was to ensure proposals put forward by different departments have real-world significance and that, on completion, the research findings and recommendations can have a genuine impact.

For instance, one current study funded by the Lingnan Research Committee is looking at the well-being and health literacy of school principals, management teams and teachers during the ongoing pandemic.

Led by Prof Padmore Adusei Amoah of the School of Graduate Studies, the work is focusing on an issue which is often overlooked. That is the increased burden shouldered by those responsible for organising online classes and dealing with the extra complications that inevitably result.

Much of the public discourse has been about the impact on school children, their parents, and the merits or otherwise of online learning. But the viewpoint of teachers and principals – and the difficulties they encounter – require similar consideration, especially if some education authorities now advocate blended or hybrid learning as the way forward.

Another important project, jointly run by Prof Maggie Ka Wai Lau of the School of Graduate Studies and Prof Stefan Kuehner of the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, involved an international survey of children’s well-being during Covid-19.

It found that children in Hong Kong had a low ranking overall and expressed most dissatisfaction about “time use” and “being listened to by adults”. Obviously, there are lessons to learn here for anyone concerned about the well-being of young people and how to help them regain the sense of stability and participation that allows them to thrive.

Taking a different path, Prof Gizem Arat of the Department of Sociology and Social Policy has been exploring possible factors for the prevention of Covid-19 cases among underprivileged ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.

And, in the Department of Management, a study of the pandemic’s impact on doctors and nurses was overseen by Prof Nan Wang and Prof Nancy Yifeng Chen.

New angles will no doubt continue to emerge, and all the latest Lingnan University publications and articles related to Covid-19 can be found in the webpage.

International collaboration in the emerging field of student agency and self-formation

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In early June, a symposium organised jointly by Lingnan University’s Institute of Policy Studies, and the University of Oxford’s Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), examined the emerging field of student agency and self-formation in higher education.

In general, the existing literature has emphasised higher education’s role in human capital creation. By contrast, the symposium drew attention to the active role of students, emphasising their agency and identifying higher education as a process of reflexive self-formation.

Around 100 participants were in attendance, both on-site at the Lingnan University Campus in Hong Kong, and online. The event highlighted, yet again, the value Lingnan University places on nurturing international, inter-university collaborative partnerships throughout all its activities. The University has already developed an extensive, and growing, network of links that stretches out, not only across Greater China, but around the globe.

Setting the scene

After the distinguished speakers and all those participating had been welcomed by the symposium’s primary organiser, Lingnan’s Dr Yusuf Ikbal Oldac, Professor Simon Marginson, Director of the CGHE, underlined the importance of supporting students in developing their own agency. “What we are attempting to do is position the notion of student centred-ness more effectively, to ground it more effectively, and move from the notion of a consumer, with the weak power of a consumer, to a strong, self-educating agent,” he said.

In his introduction to the event, Lingnan Vice-President Professor Joshua Ka Ho Mok hailed the significance of this symposium in encouraging collaborative research in the field. “We have speakers from universities in eight regions or countries, including, but not exclusive to, the UK, the US, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Turkey, Australia and Switzerland. This demonstrates the importance of international cooperation,” he said.

Tackling universal questions and identifying cultural differences

A range of important topics were covered in the symposium’s four sessions.

Proceedings began with a conceptual discussion on self-formation which opened with two illuminating presentations. First, GCHE member Ms Soyoung Lee, set out her belief that more empirical and conceptual development was required as a basis for research in this field. Then, Dr Lili Yang, of the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Education, compared the Confucian xiushen (self-cultivation) and German Bildung perspectives on student formation in Higher Education, and advocated adopting a combination of their complementary aspects.

Along with sessions on the agency and self-formation of international students, and on student agency and engagement, the symposium included a discussion on employability. In her presentation in this session, Dr Thanh Pham from Australia’s Monash University described the way in which the type of agency graduates’ could exert was dependent on the career stage they were at, and the scale of external support and resources available to them.

Next, Dr Weiyan Xiong of Lingnan University’s School of Graduate Studies, noted the sharp rise in unemployment among Mainland graduates, and looked at obstacles to student, and graduate, self-formation. Based on his research Dr Xiong pointed to culture-related obstacles, such as gender stereotyping and family pressures, as the most problematic challenges to be tackled.

Please click here to review the highlights of the Symposium.

An arts and cultural heritage postgraduate programme spanning East and West

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The exponential growth of the art market, and the creation of new cultural assets, such as Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural Center and the M+ Museum, are just some of the factors fueling a huge surge in demand in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and the region, for professionals trained in the field of art and cultural heritage management. With Hong Kong already home to what is ranked as the world’s second largest art market, and the Hong Kong Government’s 2022-23 budget statement including further significant financial backing for the SAR’s creative and cultural heritage sectors, this demand only looks set to grow.

This makes the September 2022 launch of the Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Heritage Management (MA ACHM) programme, run in partnership by the School of Graduate Studies at Hong Kong’s Lingnan University and the Lincoln International Business School at the UK’s University of Lincoln, so timely.

Spanning East and West, the curriculum of this exciting new dual degree will integrate the theories and practices of arts management, cultural heritage policy, curatorial practice, art projects, entrepreneurial initiatives, and professional training. Students on the programme will get the chance to apply their knowledge in tackling real-world problems. They will also be able to experience professional interaction with art historians, collectors and museum professionals, through workshops and an internship.

The structure of the programme

During their first academic semester, students will take four required courses at Lingnan. These courses are: Critical issues for cultural and heritage management; History, heritage and regional perspectives; a cultural policy workshop, and; a workshop for arts administration and programme management.

The rest of the year will be spent at the University of Lincoln, where MA ACHM students will take courses in: Community organisation, sustainability and development; Research methods for tourism; Hospitality, visitor experience, and cultural and heritage attractions, and; Digitising cultural and heritage collections.

To graduate, students will also be required to complete a master’s thesis.

The value of the East-West partnership

Both Lingnan University and University of Lincoln bring first-class faculty, as well as access to important art and cultural heritage resources, to their collaboration.

Lingnan has strong partnerships with a number of local private and public organisations, including the Hong Kong Arts Centre. Furthermore, in his latest budget, Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan made clear his desire to promote, and broaden, the development of the SAR’s arts and culture heritage sectors, and earmarked hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars for this purpose.

While Lincoln, and the surrounding area, is home to a number of exceptional heritage sites, including it’s 1000-year-old cathedral and castle. “The University of Lincoln also has established expertise in running taught masters degree programmes in the field of cultural heritage management,” explains the MA ACHM Programme Director at Lingnan, Professor Creighton Connolly.

The programme, therefore, promises to be an ideal foundation for either advanced study in cultural heritage management and conservation, or a professional career centred on museums, or in curatorial and other art-related roles.

Education forum highlights the importance of partnerships with China

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Lingnan University in Hong Kong recently hosted a roundtable discussion on the theme of “Creating a New Destination Market” as part of the QS Higher Education Summit China 2022.

The mid-April online event saw speakers examine issues affecting student mobility, research exchanges, scholarship funding and partnerships between institutions at a time when diplomatic tensions and COVID-19 have brought many new challenges.

A key consideration was whether there is a “paradigm shift in the making”, as universities in Hong Kong and China take steps to circumvent current obstacles and position themselves as attractive destination markets for overseas undergraduates and research students.

Statistics show that almost half a million international students chose the China region as their study destination in 2019 and, despite subsequent disruptions, the number has remained relatively stable.

Underlying trends indicate admissions from some “source countries” are rising, while elsewhere they are in decline.

However, more courses are being tailor-made for overseas applicants, universities are looking to export certain education models, and for those in the region’s “knowledge economy”, success in the face of stiff competition from other international markets, has become a major objective.

Professor Leonard K Cheng, President of Lingnan University, noted that Hong Kong’s universities still face some operating constraints in admitting non-local students.

These relate predominantly to government funding for undergraduate programmes, with a cap of around 20 per cent on mainland China or overseas students, who pay higher tuition fees.

There are, though, self-financed and taught postgraduate (TPg) programmes, for which tuition fees are in effect determined by market competition.

“We’re also working to establish joint schools or colleges [with partners in the Greater Bay Area] to enrich students’ learning experience and tap into the possibilities for research and co-supervision of PhD students.” Cheng said.

“The rise of China in terms of education and research capability will be the key driver for partnerships and student mobility. China will move up the global pyramid as the ‘local knowledge’ aspect starts to count more.”

Professor Wenqin Shen, Associate Professor at Peking University’s Graduate School of Education, noted four main reasons for China’s increasing appeal to international students. One is generous scholarships at national level. Another is comparatively cheap tuition fees, especially for medicine and engineering.

Third is the now extensive alumni network. And fourth is “language capital”, which gives an advantage in the labour market.

A pressing challenge, though, is extending STEM research partnerships with overseas institutions amid sensitivities about anything high-tech.

“The number of science, engineering and computer science students going abroad has decreased very fast in the last two years,” Shen said.

Even so, Professor Shalendra Sharma, Associate Vice President (Quality Assurance and Internationalisation) at Lingnan University, was confident about future two-way exchanges, based on China’s burgeoning reputation for advances in nanotechnology, robotics and AI, and opportunites to transfer credits.

For Professor Anthony Welch, Professor of Education at the University of Sydney, partnerships benefit students, faculty members and research initiatives.

“It strengthens both sides,” he said. “Chinese universities are now hugely competitive and often world-leading.”

Learning to apply psychology to our real-world problems

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Long before the mental, as well physical, stresses generated by the COVID pandemic began to have their profoundly negative impact, the accelerating pace of modern life was already exacting an increasing toll on many people’s psychological well-being.

In response, there has been a growing interest from organisations, as well as individuals, in understanding the drivers of human behaviour, and in the identification and treatment of specific mental health issues. Unfortunately, however, there remains a shortage of skilled professionals, and trained academics, equipped to respond to these developments.

This is a key reason why Lingnan University’s Department of Applied Psychology created its new Master of Social Sciences in Applied Psychology (MAP) programme, which will be launched in September 2022. The MAP will not only provide students with a broad foundation in the practical applications of psychology, but also enable them to take the first steps along specific career paths.

Increasing opportunities

“People with a background in psychology can work in a diverse range of fields: in both public and private organisations, in NGOs, in schools, in health settings, almost everywhere,” points out Professor Padmore Amoah of Lingnan’s Department of Applied Psychology.

In this one year full-time or two years part-time programme, a range of elective courses enable students to explore their own specific interests. A number of these courses will cover topics not usually found in postgraduate psychology programmes in Hong Kong, such as sleep and health, positive gerontology, and consumer psychology. Furthermore, MAP students will get the chance to conduct their own research project with the support of a supervisor.

On graduation, MAP students will be eligible to join the Hong Kong Psychological Society (HKPS), and they can go on to enrol in professional programmes, such as those in clinical, educational, and industrial and organisational, psychology.

For students wishing to begin training for a career in counselling, the options open to them include the programme’s Concentration in Counselling Psychology. Despite the huge and growing demand for counsellors and clinical psychologists in Mainland China, very few Chinese universities currently offer relevant degrees, either at undergraduate or postgraduate levels. These types of professional skills also seem certain to be increasingly sought after in the wider region, as well.

Alternatively, rather than pursue professional training or employment opportunities, MAP graduates may choose to stay in academia and apply to doctoral research programmes.

Faculty and facilities

With international faculty of the highest quality, Lingnan’s Department of Applied Psychology is recognised as one of the best in its field within the region. In its research and teaching, the department aims to apply psychological principles to real-world, practical problems. Among the other taught master’s programmes already offered at Lingnan is the MSc in Work and Organisational Psychology, which is also a professional degree.

The resources MAP students will be able to access include the Wofoo Joseph Lee Consulting and Counselling Psychology Research Centre (WJLCCPRC). The WJLCCPRC’s work focuses on innovative research in the fields of consulting psychology, counselling psychology and the physiological indicators of well-being.

Learning how to help the elderly stay healthy, productive and happy

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Across the globe, populations are ageing. “In Hong Kong around 31 per cent of the population will be aged 65 or above, by 2036,” notes Professor Padmore Amoah, of Lingnan University’s School of Graduate Studies. “While in Mainland China, it is estimated around 30 per cent of the population will be 60 or above, by 2040.”

Ensuring members of this burgeoning demographic can continue to live healthy, independent, productive and happy lives, for as long as possible, is going to require a greatly expanded body of highly-qualified professionals. It is to this end that Lingnan University’s School of Graduate Studies and Hong Kong Metropolitan University’s School of Nursing and Health Studies have jointly developed a new Master of Science in Smart Ageing and Gerontology (SAG) programme, that will be launched in September 2022.

Successful completion of the programme will open up a growing number of opportunities in both the public and private sectors, in settings such as hospitals and healthcare centres, public health departments, information and technology firms, NGOs, community-based organisations and businesses providing health-related services.

Among the key differentiators of this programme from others available in Hong Kong is a focus on technology and data analytics. Supporting this emphasis are leading specialist academics and facilities, such as Lingnan’s 2,000 sq ft “LU Jockey Club Gerontech-X Lab”.

“This Lab hosts a variety of practical, every day technologies and equipment that older people can use,” explains Prof Amoah.

A dual degree programme with cutting edge courses

Successful graduates from the SAG programme will be awarded two master’s degree certificates; one from Lingnan University (LU) and one from Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU). HKMU is considered the premier nursing education university in Hong Kong, while LU is one of Asia’s leading universities in the fields of social policy, social care and social services research and practice. Together they will offer SAG students nine core courses.

“Lingnan has strong research and teaching expertise in the field of gerontechnology,” points out Dr Daisy Zhu of the university’s School of Graduate Studies. The four courses run by LU’s School of Graduate Studies are: Ageing Policies in Greater China; Research in Health and Social Services, which focuses on qualitative and quantitative approaches to researching health and social care management; Positive Gerontology, which is concerned with the physiological, cognitive, psychological and social changes that come with ageing, and; Data Analytics for Health Management, which introduces the key technologies that support healthcare analytics.

HKMU offers courses in: Smart Ageing, which teaches an understanding of the importance of big data in healthcare; Human Genomics: Implications for Human Health; Building Resilience in the Smart Era, which aims to enhance the capacity of students to survive adversity, and; Frailty Study, which aims to develop students ability to manage the frail.

Finally, a Smart Ageing and Gerontology Capstone Project, run jointly by both universities, will enable students to put theory into practice to solve real-world problems.

Spreading the word: new podcast series brings the joys of classical Chinese poetry to the English-speaking world

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Digital technology not only opens up exciting possibilities for the future but also allows us to better understand, and enjoy, cultural treasures from the past. In a podcast series launched this month (February 2022), Professor Cai Zong Qi, Lingnan University’s Lee Wing Tat Chair Professor of Chinese Literature and Director of the Advanced Institute for Global Chinese Studies, aims to give a wide listenership the chance to appreciate classical Chinese poetry.

Since his student days, Prof Cai has harboured the desire to share the profound beauty of this art form with Western readers. Having already seen Columbia University Press publish the first six books in his ten-volume series How To Read Chinese Literature, he is now reaching out, via the podcast series, to engage an educated, English-speaking audience, that has little prior knowledge of these works.

An audio journey through genres and dynasties

In each episode, outstanding poems will be read and discussed, and their cultural milieu explored, in English. Each of the poems will also be recited, by professional readers, in Mandarin, and for Tang and Song poetry in Cantonese as well, over a background of classical Chinese qin music.

“We want to help the listener go beyond pure translation,” Prof Cai explains. “You do not really get the same aesthetic pleasure [from a translated text,] as you would get from the original, particularly for some hyper-condensed type of poetry.”

From February 1st, a new 15-minute podcast will be available each week on popular platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and Ximalaya (in Mainland China). The full 52-episode series will cover the major poetic genres that have emerged and evolved over a period of almost three millennia, stretching from the early Zhou all the way to the Qing, the last of China’s dynasties, which ended in 1911. A team of experts will guide listeners through the rich heritage of Chinese poetry, poem by poem, genre by genre, and dynasty by dynasty.

Many classical Chinese poems originated as folk songs or tales about the founding father of the Zhou dynasty, Prof Cai points out. Later they came to be used by diplomats and courtiers to convey messages in the form of an indirect expression of the state’s intent. “Poetic talent became a key criterium for selection for promotion to high government office during the Tang dynasty, from around 600 to 900 AD.”

Reaching out to a global audience

Prof Cai’s bi-cultural outlook has been shaped by his experiences in his native China and while studying and teaching in the United States. In his writing, he has used Western theoretical approaches to examine the nation’s classical literature in fresh and original ways. He believes that knowledge of the Chinese literary tradition can also help people in other countries understand the cultural values that shape thinking within China. And interest in this field does seem to be growing, with sales of the published books in his How To Read Chinese Literature series far exceeding initial expectations.

How to Read Chinese Poetry Podcast website

Lingnan University’s world-class research strengths

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As a leading liberal arts university in Asia, Lingnan University offers a wide range of research postgraduate (RPg) programmes across the humanities, social sciences and business studies. Lingnan provides its students and researchers with generous support and they conduct research and projects with high social relevance and impact.

The research work conducted at Lingnan was classified as “World Leading” and “Internationally Excellent” in the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) conducted by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong. The RAE uses international benchmarks to identify the relative strengths of the city’s public universities. Over 50% of Lingnan’s submitted research outputs were rated either world leading or internationally excellent. In the fields of Accountancy, Sociology and Anthropology, Social Work and Social Policy, and Philosophy, Lingnan was placed first or second, in terms of the percentage of “World Leading” research work. While, for reach and significance, 56 percent of the university’s research was assessed to have achieved “Considerable or Outstanding Impact”.

First-class faculty

In the latest QS World University Rankings 2022, Lingnan was ranked 33rd globally in “International Faculty”. Over 180 of the academic staff at Lingnan boast PhDs, and other advanced degrees, from some of the world’s most prestigious universities, including Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Oxford, Peking, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCL, UCLA, and Yale. Building on the diverse range of research interests of these faculty, the university has a strong commitment to developing successful interdisciplinary research, as well as forging international partnerships and collaborative ties. Lingnan also ensures that, alongside the contribution they make to academia, its research projects effectively inform teaching and knowledge transfer.

Programme of studies

Lingnan offers 25 MPhil and PhD programmes across the arts, business, social sciences and science, disciplines. The University takes a student-centred learning approach, which ensures close and supportive thesis supervision, while also encourages intellectual creativity.

Because of the University’s external partnerships, the options available to postgraduate students extend beyond Lingnan itself. These options include the Double PhD Degree Programme in Economics with the Mainland’s Wuhan University, and the PhD Programmes with Joint Supervision with Shenzhen University, which lies just across the border, for research areas related to International Relations and Development Studies.

Learning activities and support

To give students researchers more global exposure and the opportunity to exchange ideas with other academics, Lingnan organises and takes part in, international conferences on topics ranging from the development of higher education in a post pandemic world, to urban governance. The University also hosts seminars for the sharing of research findings and the exploration of new opportunities for collaboration.

Furthermore, other experiential learning activities, such as sponsored field trips and overseas research visits, are open to all RPg students, regardless of their programme and background. In the QS Asia University Rankings 2021, Lingnan was ranked top for “Inbound Exchange Students” and “Outbound Exchange Students”.

For application details, please go to https://ln.edu.hk/rpg/