Annual Report 2002–03

金耀基校長 （右） 與來自外地的敎職員談笑風生 Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ambrose King chatting with new staff members recruited from overseas Staff Training and Development As always, the University encourages staff members to enhance their knowledge and skills through continuous learning to meet ever-changing job demands. In 2002-3, the following training and development opportunities were provided to staff members: • Staff development programmes and grants: 10 teachers received financial support from the University or from external sources in the form of scholarships, fellowships, training loans or special grants amounting to HK$1.8 million to further their studies and conduct research at local and overseas institutions of higher learning. • Special grants for conducting research abroad during summer: the University approved grants totalling HK$656,974 to support 25 applications from teachers to carry out research outside Hong Kong in the summer of 2003. • Conference grants: financial assistance was given to 301 successful applicants to attend academic and professional conferences in Hong Kong and overseas. • Reimbursement of training and development expenses: successful applicants were reimbursed via their unit's training budget for attending job-related seminars, workshops, and training programmes run by external institutions. • Internal training programmes: the Staff Training and Development Unit of the Personnel Office organized internal training programmes for a total of 1,338 staff members, including workshops for department chairmen and unit heads, supervisory and executive staff, frontline 教職員 Staff 69