Annual Report 2016-17

The third priority is capacity . HKBU will also continue investing in its most valuable resource – its people. Our objective in this area is to sustain academic and research excellence through appropriate investments in people, governance and facilities. The University recognises that it is crucial to have a strong team in place for forging ahead with plans to achieve its aspirations. HKBU has just launched Talent100 . The target is to recruit 100 new academic staff globally over the next three to five years to contribute to the University’s wider teaching and service needs and bolster its strength in research- focused areas. In addition, the University has initiated the Endowed Chairs Scheme. This serves as one of the means to attract the world’s greatest minds to HKBU to promote world-class, ground-breaking research and broaden our students’ horizons. It is encouraging to see that with the generosity of supporters who firmly believe in our vision and enthusiasm, six Endowed Chairs have been established to date. These honours have been bestowed on prominent HKBU scholars with distinguished records of advancing the frontiers of knowledge for the benefit of humankind. With a view to providing new physical space for delivering diverse learning experiences, we will commence the Ho Sin Hang Campus redevelopment project and complete The Hostel and Academic Building Complex for 1,700 students and 7,000 square metres of learning space on Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong, by 2023. We are confident that we can put these exciting plans into action through our enabling campus environment that has a strong Caring , Creative and Global culture. The HKBU community is known for the compassionate and caring nature of its members. They get involved and are eager to contribute towards a better world and they encourage others to do the same. The University has made good progress in garnering support for innovative service learning programmes and exchange scholarship schemes to enable students to broaden their international exposure. It is indeed gratifying to witness the establishment of the “Tsim Sha Tsui District Kai Fong Welfare Association Admission Scholarship Scheme for Outstanding South and South East Asian Ethnic Minority Students” with the generous contribution from the Tsim Sha Tsui District Kai Fong Welfare Association. The Scheme encourages and supports outstanding local ethnic minority students to pursue studies in undergraduate programmes. Another new scheme is the “First-Generation University Student Fund” to help students with 浸大的十年計劃需要資源上的配合，因此我們 的第三個策略是 建立雄厚實力 ，繼續在人才、 管治和校園設施上作出大量投資，進一步支持 卓越研究和學術發展。 我們深明要成功推行策略發展計劃，浸大必須 有強大而出色的教研團隊。浸大剛開展 「人才 100」 計劃，預期於未來三至五年內招聘 100 名出色的教研人才，以配合大學推行三大優 先策略，並加強三大重點領域的研究實力， 推動其向前發展。此外，大學亦設立了「冠名 講座教授席」，作為其中一項從全球延攬頂尖 人才的方案，旨在引領浸大進行世界級的創 新研究項目，啟迪後學並為社會培育英才。 憑藉一眾認同浸大辦學理念的支持者慷慨襄 助，六個冠名講座教授席先後設立，並授予 校內卓然有成、以推進教研領域及造福社群 為己任的學者，實在令人鼓舞。 為了讓學生得到最佳的學習體驗，充裕的空間 和設施也必不可少。大學將啟動善衡校園重建 計劃，並於 2023 年前在九龍塘聯福道興建新學 生宿舍和教學設施，預期可提供 1,700 個學生 宿位和 7,000 平方米的學習空間。 我們相信，在浸大 關愛 、 創意 和 國際化 的校園 文化和氛圍中，策略發展計劃的各個目標將可 一一實現。 浸大社群素來關心社會，不僅身體力行，為 改善世界作出貢獻，更鼓勵大家參與其中。 一直以來，大學成功取得社會各界的鼎力支 持，推行創意服務學習計劃及設立多個交流 獎學金，確保學生可獲取更多國際經驗。當 中尤其令人欣慰的，便是得到尖沙咀街坊福 利會的慷慨捐資，設立「尖沙咀街坊福利會南 亞及東南亞少數族裔傑出學生入學獎學金」， 以鼓勵優秀的在港少數族裔學生升讀浸大。 此外，我們於 2017-2018 新學年推出「第一代 8 Message from the President 校長獻辭