AY21/22 “CONNECT US - U̲niversity Students and the S̲ociety” Student Assignment Competition
Submit your GE Courses assignments and win a $500 voucher!
You are welcome to submit more than ONE entry!
One form for each entry!
Objectives:
- To recognise students’ contribution to innovative solutions to address societal and global problems in General Education (GE) courses
- To promote the value and importance of social engagement activities of GE courses
- To celebrate students’ demonstration of creativity, commitment, and professionalism in applying their interdisciplinary knowledge in social engagement projects
Eligibility:
- HKBU students belonging to UGC-funded undergraduate programmes who have taken any GE courses offered in AY2021/22
How to join:
- Applications can be submitted through one of the following means:
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- Self-nomination by students
- Nomination by GE course instructors with the consent of all students involved in the entry concerned
- Documents/materials to be submitted to ge@hkbu.edu.hk for application:
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- A completed “Application Form” (.doc/ .docx/ .pdf)
- A suitable “Assignment”, in the form of an attachment or a downloadable link (e.g. Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.)
Entry requirements:
- A graded assignment in any GE courses offered in AY2021/22
- An individual/group assignment in a written or non-written format
Written category: | Non-written category: |
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Rules and Regulations:
- Each individual or team can submit/be nominated for more than ONE entry.
- ONE application form should be submitted for each entry.
- Amendments to the graded assignment item could be made before submitting it as an entry to the competition.
- Entries must be original and unpublished work.
- Participants must obtain appropriate copyright, consent, or permission from relevant parties in advance, if applicable.
- Entries must be appropriate for the University. Any entries that are unlawful, harmful, threatening, libellous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, indecent, or profane or that may constitute or encourage violation of any laws and regulations will be disqualified.
- The organizer, i.e. the GE Office (GEO), reserves the right to amend the regulations and other arrangements without prior notice, and the organizer’s decision on all matters relating to the Competition will be final.
- In the event of disputes, GEO reserves the right to disqualify any entry and/or retract any award from the entrant.
Awards:
Satisfactory entries | Outstanding entries* |
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* The evaluation panel will select up to 5 outstanding entries among all submissions. The exact number of outstanding awards will depend on the quality and the number of submitted entries. |
Evaluation Criteria:
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Contents (50 points) |
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Creativity and Originality (30 points) |
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Organization and Command (20 points) |
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Important Dates:
- Submission deadline: 25 May 2022 at 11:59 PM
- Result announcement: Early August 2022
More on Copyright of Entries:
- All entries submitted should be written or produced legally, and authorization(s) has/have been granted from the copyright owner(s); the source(s) has/have been acknowledged properly; the person/people who submit the entries should bear the legal responsibilities of the copyright of their entries.
- All entries submitted, regardless of being awarded or not, will become the property of GEO and can be used for future promotional or educational purposes. GEO is authorized to use all or any parts of the entries including but not limited to website releases, publications, exhibitions of the entries, and production of teaching kits. In all cases, no specific notification or payment will be given to the participants.