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19 Jul 2021

World's top scientist leads OUHK research team - Interview with Prof. Nora Tam

Prof. Nora Tam Fung-yee has been engaged in environmental science research for 40 years. She is the first scholar in the world to discover the ability and mechanism of mangroves in purifying sewage and degrading persistent organic toxic pollutants. Joining the OUHK last year as Chair Professor of Environmental Science and Conservation, Prof. Tam is now leading the research team of the Centre for Research in Environmental Science to further enhance the University’s scientific research capabilities....

3 Jun 2021

OUHK and HKLSS join hands to survey housing needs of the grassroots

The Public and Social Policy Research Centre under the School of Arts and Social Sciences of The Open University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service have jointly conducted a research to gauge the views of the residents of sub-divided units on transitional housing. Based on the findings, suggestions on the construction and re-construction of transitional housing in the future are made....

3 Jun 2021

OUHK and HKLSS jointly examine the views of families of subdivided units on transitional housing to provide suggestions for improvement

To offer a short-term solution to housing problem, the government announced the transitional housing projects in 2018. Non-government organisations (NGO) have been coordinated to increase...

23 Feb 2021

OU scholar receives research funding for Intangible Cultural Heritage project

Scheme: The Intangible Cultural Heritage Funding Scheme launched by Intangible Cultural Heritage Office Scholar:...

23 Feb 2021

OU scholar receives funding to examine quality of life among South Asian elderly in Hong Kong

Scheme: The Public Policy Research Funding Scheme managed by the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office Scholar:...

1 Dec 2020

Contributing to mask filtration material development

The Institute for Research in Innovative Technology and Sustainability was tasked to conduct a contract project for an enterprise with employing the University’s testing and certification expertise and facilities to fine-tune a filtration material developed as an alternative to the traditional meltblown fabric, and to look for new applications of this material....

20 Nov 2020

Research report on holistic residential care for children and adolescents

The School of Nursing and Health Studies presented a research report on holistic residential care at the Right Care, Right Time Conference, which was jointly organized by Precious Blood Children’s Village, Evangel Children’s Home and the Sisters of the Good Shepherd....

6 Oct 2020

PSPRC constructs the OUHK HOS Price Index

The Public and Social Policy Research Centre has constructed an OUHK HOS Price Index to provide an indicative reference for the price trends of Home Ownership Scheme flats on the secondary market. The research team selected 50 HOS estates with the highest transaction volume in the past 15 years as the constituent estates, and calculated their market prices and the ratio of the total market value based on the hedonic pricing model....

15 Sep 2020

Considerable RGC grants keep research momentum going

The OUHK continues to lead the field in the latest round of Research Grants Council Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector, securing more than HK$15 million for 17 projects....

13 Jul 2020

School of S&T tasked with testing face masks and disinfectants

The School of Science and Technology was commissioned to test six common face masks and six disinfectant products, aiming to establish whether bacterial filtration efficiency could be affected by heat or humidity....