Our scholars’ outstanding contributions to academic life at HKU and to the community were honoured at the Award Presentation Ceremony for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Knowledge Exchange 2012, which was held in March this year.

For the first time, the Ceremony honoured staff with remarkable performances in knowledge exchange, the third leg of the University’s mission.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, said: “The significance of knowledge exchange between the University and the wider community has become more prominent in recent years. The University has stepped up its efforts to promote and support knowledge exchange for the benefit it can bring to both society and academia.”

He also noted the achievements in teaching, where staff have worked particularly hard in recent years to prepare for the successful launch of the new four-year undergraduate curriculum in September 2012, as well as the University’s ongoing excellence in research.

In total 47 awards were handed out at an event capped by warm congratulations from the Pro-Chancellor, Dr the Honourable David Li Kwok-po.

“The awards we have bestowed affirm the greatness of our University through the greatness of those who devote themselves to learning, to teaching and to discovery and who chose to do so at the University of Hong Kong. We are deeply grateful to all of you,” he said.

Further information and photos of the Ceremony can be found at http://www.hku.hk/award/.