On September 21, 2024, the HKU Centennial Campus came alive with the bustling energy of enthusiastic students who gathered for the Hackathon Launch Day from across four universities. The hackathon will be a 1-month competition that culminates in the final … Continued
In partnership with the Children’s Tumour Foundation of Australia, HKU students are leveraging AI-powered multilingual health translation and learning about written and digital literacies at the same time. By translating complex medical information on Neurofibromatosis into accessible formats for minority … Continued
In collaboration with the Common Core, the Centre for Applied English Studies, and local NGOs, HKU students traveled to non-profit schools in Mae Sot on the Thai-Myanmar border to engage young Burmese students who had fled the civil war in … Continued
As a collaboration with the HKUST Centre for Language Education, students learned to use their voice, different podcast formats, and the process of transforming ideas to professional podcast episodes under the title Hanging in the Imbalance. Exploring gender equality through the … Continued
The project supported the Nyamirambo Women’s Center, an NGO in Rwanda that provides education and support to women who have been affected by these issues of domestic violence and discrimination. The NGO earns some income by selling the products tailored … Continued
In collaboration with the University of Basel, this storytelling project explored women’s experiences of COVID-19 in Hong Kong in relation to gender equality. Students explored the concept of gender, the meanings of “woman”, diversity of women, and what the experience … Continued