Calendar 2014–15

The Constituent Colleges 27 Part 1 a wide range of scholarships and awards. Eligible students also receive support to pursue postgraduate studies overseas. Starting from 2013–14, the College also organizes a new Service-Learning Internship Programme (SLIP) to provide internship opportunities for students to work in the overseas NGOs. The Senior Seminar Graduate Research Consultant Scheme is established recently to assist undergraduate teams to plan and conduct academic research in the College’s general education course of ‘Senior Seminar’. The Hostel Residence Grant and Off-campus Resident Grant are also established to provide subsidies to needy students for hostel fees or off-campus rental in order to encourage them to participate in college activities. In 2014–15, the total value of the College’s scholarships, awards and financial aid approaches $11 million, with around 2,700 awards. The College promotes moral education through the Shum Wai Yau Moral Education Scheme. To reinforce the College motto on ‘Xin Min’ and nurture students to help those in need while participating in social service, the College will continue to support the development of social service programmes among students. In 2013–14, a total of 3,487 students were assigned to United College, of whom 1,552 were male and 1,935 female. Shaw College Shaw College was established in July 1986 through the generosity of Sir Run Run Shaw, a world-renowned philanthropist who kindly accepted an invitation to become the patron of the College. The College motto, Xiude Jiangxue , is taken from a Confucian saying that highlights the cultivation of virtue and pursuit of knowledge. The College slogan, ‘Excellence with a Soul, Leadership with a Heart’, echoes this motto by promoting the cultivation of a sound moral character in the pursuit of knowledge and the development of caring hearts among those in high positions. The College has also devoted substantial effort to providing its students with opportunities for whole-person development within five major domains, or the ‘Five Pillars’: ‘nurturing moral character’, ‘serving the community’, ‘caring for the motherland’, ‘developing a global perspective’ and ‘protecting the environment’. Shaw College offers a wide variety of general education courses designed to help students adjust to university life and to provide opportunities for experiential and service learning. College assemblies, high-table dinners and high tea workshops also form part of the general education programme, with