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At the 48th Congregation on 23 November, Lingnan University conferred honorary doctorates upon three distinguished individuals in recognition of their outstanding achievements in their respective professions and valuable contributions to the well-being of society.  They include Dr Frank Law Sai-kit, Former Chairman of the Court of Lingnan University and leader in the dental industry who was conferred Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa; Professor Simon Marginson, Professor of International Higher Education and Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education at the University College London who was conferred Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa; and Professor Wang Gungwu, eminent historian in modern Chinese history and international authority on the history of the overseas Chinese who was conferred Doctor of Humanities honoris causa.

Three PhD students at Lingnan University received the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship this year.  They are Muhammed Siraj Muhammed who focuses his research in the field of economics, Afua Amankwaa who specialises in sociology and social policy, and Kang Yuyang who has research interests in globalisation and higher education, development study and comparative education policy.

Lingnan University signed an agreement on undergraduate student exchange with University of Waterloo in Canada on 28 November.  The agreement aims to facilitate cooperation of the two universities on exchange programmes to enrich international learning experience of their undergraduate students.

The Launch Conference of the Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities organised by Lingnan University in Hong Kong commenced on 20 November.  With the theme of Liberal Arts Education in an Asian Context: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives, the two-day Conference brought together educators from all over the world to appraise liberal arts education from an Asian perspective.

The Tin Ka Ping Mainland Scholars and Senior Administrators Exchange Programme 2017 was held from 12 to 16 November.  Mr Tin Hing-sin, Chairman of Tin Ka Ping Foundation, and Prof Leonard K Cheng, President of Lingnan University officiated the programme’s kick-off ceremony on 13 November.

Four representatives from the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the HKSAR, led by Commissioner Xie Feng, visited the University on 7 November.  They were received by President Leonard K Cheng, Vice-President Joshua Mok Ka-ho and other senior management members of Lingnan, who introduced the history, achievements and latest development of the University and guided the guests to a tour on our campus facilities.

On 4 November, the Department of Chinese organised an academic conference entitled “The Excavated Literature: Language, History and Thought in Early China”, which is the 5th conference of the Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies Resuming Publication Series, and one of the celebratory events for the 50th anniversary of Lingnan University’s re-establishment in Hong Kong.

The Core Curriculum and General Education Office and Science Unit organised two sessions of Science Tour introducing the science education at Lingnan on the Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions 2017 on 21 October.  It attracted around 80 participants including Lingnan students, primary and secondary students, as well as their parents and teachers.