CUHK Business School Announces the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2020-21

Since its first introduction in the 2014-15 academic year, FTEA is intended to honour faculty members for their teaching excellence and significant contribution to creating an optimal learning experience for students. It demonstrates Business School’s commitment to maintaining and improving the high standards of teaching and learning. Every year, the School’s students and academic staff nominate their excellent teachers/colleagues to a selection panel.

The awardees for the 2020-21 academic year are:

General Faculty Members

• Prof. Ling Cen, Associate Professor, Department of Finance; Associate Director, Hong Kong-Shenzhen Finance Research Centre
• Mr. Eric Leung, Senior Lecturer, School of Accountancy; Director, Professional Accountancy (PACC) Programme

Early Career Faculty Members

• Dr. Edwin Mok, Lecturer, Department of Finance

All the awardees feel honoured to receive the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. They would like to express their gratitude to those who have supported them along the journey, especially during this challenging time.

“I am humbly thankful to committee members who selected me for this teaching award that I will always treasure. I would like to thank my colleagues for motivating, encouraging and supporting me to continue having the highest level of dedication to my department and CUHK Business School. I would like to extend my gratitude to all my students as well since being your teacher is an award in itself.”
—— Prof. Ling Cen

“Being able to meet a lot of nice people in CUHK has been fortuitous over my twelve-year journey here. I would like to express my greatest gratitude to my colleagues in the School of Accountancy and in CUHK Business School for their tremendous support, especially when all of us have been facing unprecedented challenges in teaching and learning during these two years. I would also like to extend such thankfulness to all my students who always provide me with the greatest motivation to continuously reflect on my teaching and learn how to be a better teacher.”
—— Mr. Eric Leung

“I am pleased and honoured to receive this teaching award. I sincerely thank the CUHK Business School and the Department of Finance for giving me continuous support and encouragement in pursuing my teaching career. In addition, I am very thankful to my colleagues for providing valuable teaching advice and opportunities. I look forward to working with my colleagues to pursue teaching excellence in the new norm.”
—— Dr. Edwin Mok