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About the Global Alliance |
Background
In support of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s aspiration to develop Hong Kong as a regional education hub, The Hong Kong Institute of Education (“HKIEd”) has pursued a unique strategy of creating an internationalised campus and curriculum while influencing regional and international landscapes. With its dedicated focus on studies in Education, Social Sciences and Humanities, the HKIEd has a strong conviction to nurturing students to become caring leaders with a global vision. We are keen to engage staff and students in a wide range of internationalisation and regional out-reaching initiatives and activities.
With a strong commitment to promoting educational change, social development and human betterment as its core vision,
the HKIEd has invited prominent international partners as the founding members of the Global Alliance for Educational Change and Social Development in 2014 to jointly co-launch this highly meaningful initiative.
Vision
To be a leading global alliance informing practice and innovation in education, promoting social development and enhancing human well-being.
Mission
The Alliance seeks to use the combined strengths of each member institution to work collaboratively to:
- advance positive educational change and social development,
- shape regional and global research agendas,
- promote knowledge transfer,
- inform government policy,
- enhance the quality of teacher education and leadership training,
- enrich student learning and experience across borders and frontiers,
- facilitate staff academic exchanges and research collaboration, and
- launch academic programmes with multi-campus learning experiences.
Organisational Structure
Member institutions will take turns to be the annual chair while the permanent secretariat is housed at the HKIEd. Activities and events including but not limited to annual meetings, themed international conferences/symposia/workshops, collaborative research projects/studies, publications, student exchanges and internships, cooperation in academic programmes and leadership training will be further developed after the Global Alliance is launched.
