Bulletin No. 2, 2015

First Conference on Youth Studies Jointly organized by the Department of Government and Public Administration and the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the first international conference on youth studies in the history of CUHK took place on 30 May. The conference consisted of three panels: ‘Youth as Agency in Public Policy Change’, ‘Youth and Media’, and ‘Youth and Citizenship’. Four distinguished scholars, Prof. Howard Williamson, Prof. David Buckingham, Prof. Dr. Tom ter Bogt and Prof. Maurice Devlin were invited to present academic papers and interact with scholars and participants from CUHK and other local ter tiar y institutions. CUHK Hosts Worldwide Universities Network Conference and AGM CUHK hosted the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Conference and Annual General Meeting from 25 to 30 April. Around 400 delegates joined the conference to assess progress of the network, review and plan its research programmes. The event ended with a presidents forum held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), where over 30 WUN presidents and delegates from China considered the reform agendas for higher education in China and the world. INTELLECTUAL CROSS-CURRENTS 44 Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2015