Newsletter No. 218

Sess ion 3 24th March 2 0 0 3 ‧ 1 6 0 0 — 1 7 3 0 ‧ C h o Yiu Hall Global Competition versus International Cooperation: Effects on the Research University Chairpersons • Professor Sir Colin CAMPBELL • Professor PAN Yunhe Speakers • Professor James Drummond BONE • Dr. Paul CAPPON • Professor Alan D. GILBERT Sess ion 4 25th March 2 0 0 3 • 0 9 0 0 - 1 0 3 0 • C ho Yiu Hall Improvement of Research University — Where and How? Chairpersons • Professor John HAY • Dr. Robert LACROIX Speakers • Professor Timothy M.M. O'SHEA • Professor XU Zhihong S e s s i on 5 25th March 2003‧1045—1215‧Cho Yiu Hall Is There aRoleforTeachingEthicsand Values in Research Universities? Chairpersons • Professor Arthur LUCAS • Professor Lap-Chee TSUI Speakers • Dr. Gordon GEE • Dr. Peter GEORGE • Professor W.A. WAKEHAM W a t ch As the Future of Universities in the 2 1 st Century Is Portrayed D ifferent aspects of global higher education are addressed in seven sessions involving some 20 speakers. Special presentations will be made by Nobel laureate Prof. Sir James A. Mirrlees and Secretary for Education and Manpower of the HKSAR Government, Prof. Arthur K.C. Li. Professor JIANG Shusheng, Nanjing University Dr. Francis L. LAWRENCE, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Sir Colin LUCAS, University of Oxford Professor John NILAND, Research Australia Limited Professor David JOHNSTON, The University of Waterloo Dr Yan-Hwa LEE, Yang-Ming University Professor James MCWHA, The University of Adelaide Professor Timothy M.M. O'SHEA, The University of Edinburgh Professor Ambrose Y.C. KING, The Chinese University of Hong Kong ProfessorPaulMORRIS,TheHong Kong Institute of Education Professor PAN Yunhe, Zhejiang University Dr. Robert LACROIX, Université deMontréal Dr. William C. LEGGETT, Queen's University Professor Arthur LUCAS, King's College London Professor NG Ching-fai, Hong Kong Baptist University Professor POON Chung-kwong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 5 No. 218 19th March 2003