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28 Feb 2024

HKMU welcomes the 2024-25 Budget's earmarking of resources to support the development of UAS

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) welcomes the $100 million start-up fund earmarked in the 2024-25 Budget to support self-financing, post-secondary institutions in forming an Alliance of Universities in Applied Sciences (UAS) for joint publicity and promotion of vocational and professional education and training (VPET), with a view to enhancing the status of VPET among parents, students and society in general....

25 Feb 2024

都大籌備成首間應用科學大學　校長林群聲：不代表會降低收生標準 (in Chinese)

https://www.hk01.com/article/994289?utm_source=01articlecopy&utm_medium=referral...

25 Feb 2024

都大轉型應科大 校長冀助學生認清方向 (in Chinese)

https://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E8%A6%81%E8%81%9E%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/odn-20240225-0225_00176_205/%E9%83%BD%E5%A4%A7%E8%BD%89%E5%9E%8B%E6%87%89%E7%A7%91%E5%A4%A7--%E6%A0%A1%E9%95%B7%E5%86%80%E5%8A%A9%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E8%AA%8D%E6%B8%85%E6%96%B9%E5%90%91...

25 Feb 2024

都大轉型應科大 校長冀助學生認清方向 (in Chinese)

https://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E8%A6%81%E8%81%9E%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/odn-20240225-0225_00176_205/%E9%83%BD%E5%A4%A7%E8%BD%89%E5%9E%8B%E6%87%89%E7%A7%91%E5%A4%A7--%E6%A0%A1%E9%95%B7%E5%86%80%E5%8A%A9%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E8%AA%8D%E6%B8%85%E6%96%B9%E5%90%91...

24 Feb 2024

消息指都大成首間應科大　校長冀為學生提供明確發展路徑 (in Chinese)

https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20240224/bkn-20240224122232224-0224_00822_001.html...

24 Feb 2024

【#香港家書】香港都會大學校長林群聲教授——應用科學大學與業界聯絡緊密 方便學生畢業後投身相應行業 (in Chinese)

https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio1/programme/hkletter...

21 Feb 2024

Long-term HKMU study reveals rising health risks of oral corticosteroid use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are often prescribed oral corticosteroids (OCSs) if there is a sudden deterioration in their condition. A scholar of the School of Nursing and Health Studies at Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) and related research team conducted a long-term study that unveils an increased risk of 17 diseases, including cardiovascular disease, associated with OCS use for COPD. The research team recommended exploring alternative treatments to minimise the possible side effects of using OCSs to alleviate the condition....

21 Feb 2024

HKMU swimmers claim three silver medals in USFHK Aquatic Meet

HKMU swimmers put their best stroke forward at the most recent Annual Aquatic Meet by the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong (USFHK) and were rewarded with encouraging results. The spotlight fell especially on Tsang Pak-ho, who came second in two individual 50 metre races — Freestyle and Butterfly. He bagged a third silver medal with fellow teammates, Chow King-him, Ma Wing-sum and Phoebe Cheuk Yuet-ying, in the Mixed 4 x 50 metre Freestyle Relay. Overall, the HKMU Swimming Team ranked sixth out of 12 university teams, with the boys' and girls' teams placed sixth and seventh respectively....

19 Feb 2024

Creative writing and film arts graduate's film criticism gets published

Graduate of the creative writing and film arts programme Mak Wan-ching's article on the movie Joker was selected and published in the online column “The Movie Newbie (電影新人類)” of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society...

19 Feb 2024

Literary works of Creative Writing Master's students published and recognised

With the commencement of the spring term, master's students in creative writing have been enthusiastically putting their skills into practice, and their writing experiments have been met with appreciation...