GE Outstanding Students Award

Sponsored by HKBU Century Club, the “General Education (GE) Outstanding Students Award Scheme” is designed to award the students who have excellent academic results in GE courses, active participation in GE activities and enthusiastic community services.

 

A maximum of 5 students will be awarded. Each of them will be granted a scholarship of a fixed amount of HK$5,000 with a certificate.

Eligibility

 

Applicants must:

  • be non-first year and non-final year full-time undergraduate students of any UGC-funded programmes;
  • have completed at least two GE courses with outstanding academic performance;

 

They should be able to:

  • demonstrate how they have benefited from taking GE courses and participating in GE activities, and how the GE Programme has helped them to develop into a whole person;
  • showcase how they have applied the knowledge or skills learnt from GE courses to enrich their university life and serve the community;
  • provide creative ideas on how to promote the value and importance of GE to their schoolmates at HKBU.

Selection Criteria

 

Applicants of the award should:

  • demonstrate how they have benefited from taking GE courses and how the GE programme has helped them develop into a whole person;
  • showcase how they have applied the knowledge and skills learnt from GE courses to enrich their university life and serve the community;
  • be able to provide creative ideas on how they can contribute to promoting the value and importance of GE to their schoolmates at HKBU.

 

Preference will be given to applicants who have:

  • actively participated in the activities organized by the GE Office;
  • actively participated in local/overseas voluntary and community services;
  • submitted letters of recommendation.

Timeline (TBC)

Scholarship and Obligation

 

  • Each award recipient will be presented a scholarship of HK$5,000 with a certificate.
  • The awarded recipients have the obligation to serve as the GE Ambassadors until the end of sem 1 of the upcoming academic year.

 

The GE Ambassadors will collaborate with the GE Office to:

  1.  promote the new GE programme to other students through various means and channels, such as social media platforms, publications on the campus;
  2. share their whole-person learning experience in GE with other students and faculty members in the award ceremony and other occasions;
  3. publish the GE student magazine GE Zone and assist in organizing GE activities and events, such as GE Competition and the GE Week;
  4. serve as a bridge between students and the University to collect comments and opinions related to GE courses;
  5. serve as GE alumni and contribute to the University’s whole person education by sharing with students how GE has helped in their work and life experience.

FAQs

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What are the differences between 'Referee's Information' and 'letter of recommendation'?

You may submit letters of recommendation that you have accumulated from previous experiences. A reference letter from the referee is welcome but not necessary. After the screening process, we may contact the Referee of the applicants for certifying submitted information and/or comments on the applicants’ performance/personality.