GlobaLinks Dec 2021

Past visits and meetings

Past visits and meetings

The Office of Academic Links (OAL) arranged three visits and nine virtual meetings with overseas institutions between 16 September and 15 December 2021 for the purposes of strengthening ties and exploring collaboration opportunities.

Survey on incoming visitors

OAL maintains a database of international linkage activities that have taken place at CUHK, such as delegation visits, seminars or talks, conferences, symposiums, and workshops. CUHK departments and staff may find such information useful when exploring partnership opportunities. In order for OAL to maintain an up-to-date record, CUHK departments and staff are invited to provide details of any visit or linkage activity by filling in the Record Form for International Linkages Activities.

 

Date & Name of Institution Participant(s) & Purpose(s) of Visit/Meeting
23 Sep

University College London (UCL), UK

 Participant(s)

  • Mr. Ciaran Moynihan, Director, UCL Global Engagement (Interim)
  • Ms. Elizabeth Deacon, Senior Partnership Manager (East Asia), UCL Global Engagement

Purpose(s) of meeting

To discuss collaboration opportunities
30 Sep

Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

 Participant(s)

Three participants including Ms. Annemarieke Dumay-Roest, International Relations & Marketing Manager, Erasmus School of Economics

Purpose(s) of meeting
To review the student exchange partnership
11 Oct

ESSEC Business School, France

 Participant(s)

Ms. Tracey Moore, International Relations Manager, Global BBA

Purpose(s) of meeting

To explore potential student exchange partnership
18 Oct

University of Southampton, UK

 Participant(s)

Five participants including Prof. Sue M Colley, Associate Dean (International), Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences

Purpose(s) of meeting
To discuss collaboration opportunities
20 Oct

The University of Manchester, UK

 Participant(s)

  • Prof. Keith Brennan, Associate Dean for Internationalisation (Teaching, Learning & Students), Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health
  • Prof. Qing-Jun Meng, Director of Internationalisation, School of Biological Sciences

Purpose(s) of meeting

To discuss the research and teaching collaboration opportunities
29 Oct

European Union Office to HK and Macao

 Delegate(s)

  • Ambassador Thomas Gnocchi, Head of Office
  • Mr. Man-chun Kung, Policy Officer

Purpose(s) of visit
Courtesy visit
2 Nov

The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia & University of Exeter (Exeter), UK

 Participant(s)

Five participants including Mr. Rongyu Li, Vice-President (Global Engagement), UQ & Prof. Mark Goodwin, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement), Exeter

Purpose(s) of meeting

To discuss the CUHK-UQ-Exeter Joint Symposium on Environmental Sustainability
9 Nov

The University of Sydney, Australia

 Participant(s)

Three participants including Prof. Mark Scott AO, Vice-Chancellor & Principal

Purpose(s) of meeting
Courtesy meeting
11 Nov

Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)

 Participant(s)

Prof. Peter Lennie, Executive Director

Purpose(s) of meeting

To review CUHK’s engagements in WUN
19 Nov

Consulate General of Mexico in HK

 Delegate(s)

  • Mr. Pablo Macedo Riba, Consul-General of Mexico in Hong Kong
  • Dr. Esteban Ramírez González, Consul of Economic & Commercial Affairs

Purpose(s) of visit
Courtesy visit
22 Nov

Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany

 Participant(s)

Four participants including Prof. Martin Högl, Head of Institute for Leadership & Organization

Purpose(s) of meeting

To explore collaboration opportunities
8 Dec

Consulate General of Vietnam in HK

 Delegate(s)

  • H.E. Mr. Bilal Ahmad Butt, Consul General
  • Mr. Asim Malik, Consul (Political, Consular & Cultural)

Purpose(s) of visit
To discuss collaboration opportunities

To learn more about the past visits, please visit the website.

 

Ambassador Thomas Gnocchi (left), Head, European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao pays a courtesy visit to CUHK.

A meeting between senior leaders of CUHK and The University of Sydney to exchange updates.

A meeting between senior leaders of CUHK and The University of Sydney to exchange updates.