Welcome

The Department of Science and Environmental Studies (SES) was established on 1st July 2009 upon the restructuring of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) in 2009/10. SES is composed of experienced and devoted professionals specialized in four core areas of Science, Environmental Studies, General Studies and Liberal Studies.

Prof. Wing Mui Winnie So
Head
Department of Science and Environmental Studies

What is New?

Science and Environmental Exploration Programme for Upper Primary Students 2012 

• Targeted Participants
  Primary 4 - 6
• Venue
  Taipo Campus, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Date
  First Course (23-27/7/2012)
  Second Course (30/7-3/8/2012)
• Fee
  HK$3750
• Enquiry
  Please contact Miss. Vivian Cheng via Fax (2948 7676), Telephone (2948 6438) or E-mail (ytcheng@ied.edu.hk)
• Website
  http://home.ied.edu.hk/~spses/
  
• The Facebook page is now available. Please support us by clicking the "LIKE" button on the page!
• The application deadline is now extended to 15 June due to its popularity!

Past Events

SES Seminar: Making Futures - How Do We Get It Right? Activating Student Voice at The Decision Table 

• Speaker
  Prof. Margaret Robertson
  (Professor of Education at the University of La Trobe)
• Date
  11th May, 2012 (Fri)
• Time
  12:30pm - 2:00pm
• Venue
  D3-LP-02, Tai Po Campus
• Details
  Please clck here.
• The seminar came to a satisfactory close. We highly appreciate your support!

SES Seminar: Achieving Hong Kong as a Sustainable Opportunity City What Needs to Happen? 

• Speaker
  Mr. Peter Kearns
  (Intellectual Director of the PASCAL Intellectual Exchanges (PIE) Program, PASCAL International Observatory)
• Date
  10th May, 2012 (Thu)
• Time
  12:30pm - 2:00pm
• Venue
  D3-LP-02, Tai Po Campus
• Details
  Please clck here.
• The seminar came to a satisfactory close. We highly appreciate your support!

SES Seminar: Building Up a Sustainable Community: What We Could Do and How We Could Do? 

• On 29 November 2011, the Department of Science and Environmental Studies (SES) organized a seminar titled “What and how we could build up a sustainable community”. Ms. Christine Loh, the CEO of Civic Exchange, was invited to share her knowledge and invaluable experience built up from her long years of work on environmental protection.  Three staff members from the Department had also shared their research in the field of environmental studies and education.  Dr. Y. C. Lee discussed the way how organic farming can facilitate sustainable agriculture. Dr. Stephen Chow talked about the scientific solutions to water pollution in East River of South China. Dr. Irene Cheng reported from her 2011 study about local primary teachers’ misunderstanding of some major environmental issues and their perceived difficulties of environmental education in schools. Prof Ka-ho Mok, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, encouraged us to reflect on our daily living for learning to lead a sustainable life, rather than just learning from textbooks. 
  
  The seminar was well received by colleagues and fellow students of the Institute as well as teachers and staff working in the non-government organizations. More seminars on environmental sustainability would be organized by the Department in the coming days in the hope of developing a niche in our community working for building up a quality environment of Hong Kong and beyond.


• Guest Speaker
  Ms. Christine LOH (CEO, Civic Exchange)
• Speakers
  Dr. Yeung Chung LEE (Associate Professor, SES, HKIEd)
  Dr. Irene Nga Yee CHENG (Assistant Professor, SES, HKIEd)
  Dr. Stephen Cheuk Fai CHOW (Assistant Professor, SES, HKIEd)
• The programme came to a satisfactory close. We highly appreciate your support!
  
• Photos are now available here!

SES Seminar: Teaching Teenagers about the Science that Underpins Health Issues

• Speaker
  Dr. Marcus GRACE
  (Deputy Head of the Southampton Education School, University of Southampton)
• Date
  16th Nov, 2011 (Wed)
• The programme came to a satisfactory close. We highly appreciate your support!
  
• Photos are now available here!

Summer Programme on Science and Environmental Studies 2011 (SPSES 2011)

• The Facebook page of SPSES is now available. Please support us by clicking the "LIKE" button on the page!
• The programme came to a satisfactory close. We highly appreciate your support!

Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching

• http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/