Mr. Liu Kai and Miss Yuan Rui, both doctoral students of the Department of Social Work, have been awarded the Global Scholarship and the Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence, respectively, to support their visits to the US and the UK for research. Mr. Liu will visit the University of California, Berkeley, from 1 September to 31 December 2013 as a visiting student scholar under the supervision of Prof. Julian Chow, associate professor at its School of Social Welfare. Miss Yuan will undertake a research attachment at the School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol, from 23 September to 20 December 2013 under the supervision of Prof. John Carpenter, professor at that school.