A major global university ranking company has said the city’s new “Study in Hong Kong” campaign launched at an opportune time given the fee rises, quotas and visa problems experienced at institutions in some traditionally popular destinations in the West. But Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British-based education information firm, said Hong Kong needed to put…
Mainland social media has been appalled by surveillance footage of a 14-year-old boy assaulting a 7-year-old girl in the lift of their residential building. The boy was put under administrative detention by the police in eastern China’s Jiangxi province after the footage was published online and triggered public fury. The teenager, surnamed Liu, followed the…
On October 30, China sent three astronauts to its Tiangong space station to carry out the sixth-month Shenzhou 19 mission. Among the youngest of the crew is China’s third female astronaut and first ever woman space-flight engineer, Wang Haoze. Unlike her two predecessors Liu Yang and Wang Yaping, who were both trained as aircraft pilots,…
The English competency of Hong Kong’s Form Three students has dropped to its lowest level in nearly two decades, with education sector leaders attributing the fall to learning challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Proficiency in Chinese, English and maths among Primary Three pupils also fell to their worst levels in about 20 years. The…
Lifestyle management in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) needs to reduce weight stigma, because for some people living with it, overly focusing on weight loss can negatively impact their mental health and wellbeing, a Monash University-led systematic review has found. Published in Obesity Reviews, the research review found weight stigma was a barrier to women seeking treatment…
It is one of the world’s most prestigious universities, training the top engineers and scientists of the future. But a recent move by Switzerland’s ETH Zurich (Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) to restrict admission of students from countries including China has been heavily criticised, with one Chinese scientist who spent years working in the country…