Back with a splash at regional higher education convention

Provost Prof. Alan Chan (middle) leads the CUHK delegation in joining the APAIE conference.

After a three-year hiatus, CUHK was back in the international higher education arena, joining a major convention in Bangkok in March to promote its educational initiatives, re-engage with partner universities, and deliver insights in panel sessions.

The Office of Academic Links staged a remarkable comeback at the 2023 conference and exhibition of the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE), one of the world’s three major international education conventions.

The University was featured at the Study in Hong Kong pavilion with other UGC-funded institutions. Provost Prof. Alan Chan chaired a panel session on the development of higher education in southeast Asia, and Ms. Shally Fan, Director of Academic Links, was sharing her insights and experience on utilising digital platforms for global education on a panel. Besides meetings to explore plans to enhance student mobility programmes, CUHK hosted a dinner to reconnect with partners and friends in the sector.

CUHK hosts a dinner to reconnect with partners and friends in the higher education sector.

Prof. Alan Chan joined the APAIE advisory board to plan the agenda for the Association in the coming years and work to cement its leadership role in the development of international higher education in Asia Pacific in the post-pandemic era. He also met with the director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Bangkok and Thailand’s Deputy Minister of Education to expand CUHK’s reach in the region.

The conference and exhibition attracted over 2,700 industry professionals from around the world. The week-long event packed with meetings and other engagements drew a productive and fruitful arc.

This article first appeared in the 19 April 2023 edition of CUHK In Focus.