Annual Report 2006–07

學術發展 Academic Development 21 of the five areas for focused research investment at CUHK. Some exciting joint academic initiatives have come out of the expeditions, such as the establishment of a joint International Centre for Human Values with the ANU. The University participated in several international conferences— the Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Association for International Education held in Singapore, the Annual Conference of the European Association for International Education held in Basel, Switzerland, and the NAFSA 2007 Annual Conference held in Minneapolis, USA. In the latter two conferences, CUHK joined hands with other local universities and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council to promote Hong Kong as an international education hub and demonstrate the strengths of individual universities in the Hong Kong Education Pavilion. Seventy memoranda of understanding with international institutions were signed in the year under review. Forty-eight were for new partnerships and programmes, including student exchanges, double degrees and research projects. CUHK welcomed three renowned scholars in the fields of accountancy, public health and neurology as Wei Lun Visiting Professors in 2006–07. They were Prof. Katherine Schipper from Duke University, USA; Prof. Sir Iain Chalmers from Oxford University, UK; and Prof. Alfred Wai-Kwan Yung from the University of Texas, USA, respectively. 澳洲悉尼大學校長 Prof. Gavin Brown（左） 及劉遵義校長就合作關係 及學生交流簽署備忘錄 Prof. Gavin Brown (left), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney and Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor, signed the Memoranda of Understanding for general collaboration and student exchange 校長劉遵義教授多次率團出訪重點合作院 校，加強彼此聯繫，並推廣中大的重點研究 領域。所到國家包括澳洲、日本、中國、新 加坡及美國，往訪院校則有澳洲國立大學、 新加坡國立大學、北京大學、東京大學、加 州大學柏克萊分校及耶魯大學等逾二十所。訪問 團成員包括中大五個重點資助研究領域的代表。 他們的外訪為大學取得不少合作機會，例如與澳 洲國立大學共同成立了 International Centre for Human Values。 二零零六至零七年度，中大參與了多個國際高等 教育展，例如在新加坡舉辦的亞太國際教育協會 年會、在瑞士巴塞爾舉辦的歐洲國際教育協會年 會，以及在美國明尼阿波利斯市舉辦的美國國際 教育者協會年會。在歐美的兩個年會，中大聯同 其他本地院校及香港貿易發展局在會場設立了 「香港教育廊」，協力對外推廣香港作為國際教 育樞紐的地位，又介紹各院校的專長與特色。 是年度中大與海外院校共簽訂了七十份合作備忘 錄，其中新簽訂的有四十八份，內容包括學生交 換計劃、雙聯學位及研究合作計劃。 大學邀得三位分別為會計學、公共衞生學及 神經學的著名學者為二零零六至零七年度偉倫訪 問教授，並親臨校園公開演講，他們是美國杜克 大學的Prof. Katherine Schipper、英國牛津大學 的 Prof. Sir Iain Chalmers 及美國德州大學的 Prof. Alfred Wai-Kwan Yung。 劉遵義校長（前排左二） 率團出訪美國耶魯大學 A CUHK delegation led by Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, (front row 2nd left) to Yale University