Consultation on Residential Education Model in the New Hostel
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- Background
About the Consultation
The University is in the process of developing the residential education model in the New Hostel under the Proposed Hostel and Academic Building Complex (HABC). Since the fourth quarter of 2015, study tours to 15 overseas and local universities have been arranged for students and colleagues to learn their respective residential education models. Following the latest study tour to the US, a Task Force on Residential Education in the New Hostel, comprised of staff and student representatives from the Student Senators, Students’ Union and Hall Councils, was formed.
With inputs from the Task Force, two consultation meetings open to all students and colleagues were held on 19 May and 22 May 2017 respectively to collect and collate feedback. (You may download the powerpoint slides here)
You are welcome to send us your feedback through email (hall_edu@hkbu.edu.hk) or by completing the online feedback form before 26 July 2017.
The Way Forward
This consultation is part of the process in formulating the residential education for the new hostel. Feedback received from the meetings and the online forms will be taken into consideration in the preparation of the proposal to be submitted to the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) by September 2017, for further deliberation and refinement before sending to the Senate.
Elevate Learning Experience
Through Academic and Cultural Exchanges
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To pursue intellectual excellence by:
•Supporting academic and cultural exchanges among residents.
•Including Academic/Faculty members (both internal and external) in residential education.
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Cluster Of Like-mindedness
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To provide interactive platforms for students of similar interests and goals.
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Connection Of Minds
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To facilitate brainstorming and enlightenment via self-initiated programmes and inter-disciplinary connections.
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Embrace Diversity
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To cater for different needs of students, especially RPG and senior returning students, which could be quite different from those of freshmen, and to accommodate students with different interest and learning objectives. More choices of living/residential models as a whole should be available to UG and RPG, local and non-local students.
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Engage With The Community
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To act as agent of change to positively influence the community and the society.
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Residents Involvement in Hostel Activities:
Residents as Participants | Residents as Participants and Student Organisers | Residents as the Sole Student Organisers |
Residents would elect their Hall Council to be the major organiser of hostel activities, similar to the current model. | Some of hostel activities would be organised by Hall Council, on the other hand, some of the time slots would be reserved for Resident-Initiated activities. | In modelling MIT, all activities would be proposed by residents and the student governance would act as the budget approving board. Residents would choose and run their own selected hostel activities. |
Identities and Roles of Hall Tutors/ Resident Assistants:
Undergraduates as Hall Tutors |
Graduate Students as Hall Tutors |
Students of the right calibre as Hall Tutors |
A Hall Tutor of similar age could avoid generation gap or being too parental. A friendly peer to peer relationship could be built.
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A mature student could provide a higher standard living and academic guidance and experience sharing to residents. Proposed adding an age limit to the graduate students. |
Candidates would be interviewed and selected based on their personalities and calibre. Students could benefit from Hall Tutors from different age groups. |
Resident Composition in New Hostel
In the consultation meetings on 19 May and 22 May 2017, three options were proposed:
A Random Mix of |
A Balanced Mix of UG and PG students |
A Separate Residence of UG and PG Students |
Each hostel may have a different proportion of UG and PG students. | All hostel may have a similar proportion of UG and PG students. | UG and PG students stay in separate hostel. |