The Essentials of Academic Advising @ HKU 2023
This workshop equipped attendees with crucial information about the University Academic Advising System. It facilitated their advising work by sharing good practices and demonstrating the utilization of resources.
“Mistakes I Made in My First Year” Workshop 2023
Transitioning into university life can be challenging for first-year students, and they commonly face adjustment difficulties during this period. To address this issue and provide valuable guidance, our signature workshop, “Mistakes I Made in My First Year,” was held on September 21, 2023 at CPD-LG.10 …
Faculty Student Adviser Training for 2023-24
Faculty Student Advisers (FSA) play a crucial role in HKU’s university-wide academic advising system. Leveraging on their personal experience in adjusting to university life, peer advising serves as a valuable and influential means of support for first-year students …
“Meet and Chat” for Study Success 2023
The workshop “Meet and Chat” for Study Success 2023 for New Direct Admissions Scheme (DAS) Students was held successfully via ZOOM on July 26, 2023. We are delighted to welcome around 150 new HKU entrants from different Faculties and programmes who were admitted through the Direct Admissions Scheme …
Advising “Chat and Share” – Engaging Questions: Crafting questions to meaningfully engage and connect with students
We had the honor of hosting Mr David S. Lee from the HKU Business School as our guest speaker. David is currently serving as the Deputy Programme Director and Admissions Tutor of the BFin (AMPB) Programme alongside with his Principal Lecturer and Faculty Academic Adviser roles …
Major Minor Week 2023: A One-stop Exploration Platform for Students
“Major Minor Week 2023” was held successfully on campus from 16 – 20 January 2023. Throughout the week, we engaged around 220 students through the opening talk, different sharing sessions and the pop up advising booths. “Major Minor Week 2023” brought together …
An Overview of Postgraduate Education: Benefits, Opportunities and Preparation
The AASO’s talk on Postgraduate Planning – “An Overview of Postgraduate Education: Benefits, Opportunities and Preparation 2023” was successfully held in a hybrid mode on 21 February 2023 (Tuesday). We were honoured to have our guest speaker, Dr. Josephine Jim, Executive Director of AFS Intercultural Exchanges and …
Planning for Study Abroad Workshop
In the “Student Survey on Advising Needs and Preferences” conducted by AASO in April 2022, over half of the respondents looked for workshops to help them plan for exchange. We heard you and therefore, joining hands with the International Affairs Office (IAO), we delivered this debut informative session on …
Faculty Student Adviser Training for 2022-23
Faculty Student Advisers are one of the indispensable pillars in forming HKU’s academic advising system. Their first-hand experience as an advisee made peer advising an effective and influential source of support to first-year students. In order to equip our Student Advisers …
The Essentials of Academic Advising @ HKU 2022
The workshop aims to provide participants the “must-know” information of the University Academic Advising System and facilitate their advising work through experience sharing and demonstration of resources.
AASO’s “Mistakes I Made in my First Year” Workshop 2022
Facing adjustment difficulties during the transition period is very common among first-year students. Leveraging on the power of peer advising, our signature workshop, “Mistakes I Made in My First Year” (2022) was held via ZOOM on September 21, 2022 …
“Meet and Chat” for Study Success 2022 for New DAS Students
The workshop “‘Meet and Chat’ for Study Success 2022 – For Direct Admissions Scheme (DAS) Students” was held successfully via ZOOM on 29 July 2022. Almost 130 new HKU entrants, admitted through the Direct Admissions Scheme across …
Advising Chat and Share – Back to the Basics: Nurturing Well-adjusted Students for Uncertainties and Challenges
The titled workshop was held by AASO on 7 June 2022 (Tuesday) via Zoom. We were pleased to have the invited speakers to share with us on how to prepare the new cohort of students for …
How to Support Your Peers More Effectively
As the academic year is coming to an end soon, we wish to gather the student advisers together to consolidate their advising experience and sharpen their peer advising skills. The workshop, “How to Support Your Peers More Effectively” ..
An Overview of Postgraduate Education: Benefits, Opportunities and Preparation 2022
Over 110 students from different faculties and years of study attended this comprehensive talk with various topics being covered: Benefits of postgraduate studies, Choices in postgraduate studies, Types of admission tests, …
Sources Crossing Festival 2022
“Sources Crossing Festival” is a new initiative conducted by AASO to enhance study support to students by providing them with a platform to exchange study sources. Students can also expand their personal network in HKU and leverage on the peer support …
Major Minor Week 2022: A One-stop Exploration Platform for Students
“Major Minor Week 2022” was held successfully via Zoom from 24 – 28 January 2022, with the kind support from the Faculty Academic Advising Co-ordinators, Faculty administrative staff, over 30 Faculty Student Advisers and …
The Essentials of Academic Advising @ HKU 2021
The workshop aims to provide participants the “must-know” information of the University Academic Advising System and facilitate their advising work through experience sharing and demonstration of resources …
54 Senior Students Passionately Share How They Avoid “First-year” Mistakes on ZOOM
To support students’ transition to university, this workshop successfully addressed the common mistakes that first-year students might make in areas such as academic planning, course selection, time management …
Faculty Student Adviser Training for 2021-22
Peer advising is one of the key components in the University-wide academic advising system. As reflected in our recent survey, senior students are considered as the main source of advice by first year students …
Fruitful “Meet and Chat” between 250 New and Senior DAS Students (Jul 30, 2021)
The workshop “‘Meet and Chat’ for Study Success 2021 – For Direct Admissions Scheme (DAS) Students” was held successfully via ZOOM on 30 July 2021. Almost 230 new HKU entrants across different Faculties and programmes …
Integrating Online Advising Experience to Enrich Student Advising Skills (Jun 17, 2021)
Over the past semesters, online T & L has presented enormous challenges to test teachers’ ability to deliver effective advising and support to students in a flexible, creative and engaging manner. With improving situation of COVID 19 in Hong Kong, the University will soon return to …
How to Support Your Peers More Effectively (Apr 23, 2021)
The mini-workshop titled “How to Support Your Peers More Effectively“ for student advisers was held successfully over ZOOM in the evening of 23 April 2021 (Friday). A number of serving Faculty Student Advisers (FSAs) and …
Major Minor Week 2021: Where 80 Seniors Met 400 Juniors (Jan 25-29, 2021)
“Major Minor Week 2021”, one of our most important annual events in the year, was held successfully over ZOOM from January 25 to January 29, attracting the participation of over …
Your Studies and Career: What to Consider (Jan 25, 2021)
The opening online talk “Your Studies and Career: What to Consider” of the Major Minor Week 2021, jointly delivered by AASO and CEDARS (Careers and Placement), was held successfully …
How to Succeed in Your Scholarship Application and Interview (Nov 10, 2020)
This online workshop was well attended by over 130 students across various Faculties and different years of studies, providing them with the essential knowledge and skills to enhance …
An Overview of Postgraduate Education (Oct 28, 2020)
Attended by over 110 students, this online workshop introduced to the participants the benefits and choices of postgraduate studies available at and beyond HKU …
The Essentials of Academic Advising @ HKU
Designed for academic and academic-related staff who support and advise students in learning, the workshop aimed to provide the participants with student advising needs, features of the University Academic Advising System …
50 Senior Students Shared with Us Their First Year Experience at ZOOM
Our workshop “Mistakes I Made in My First Year 2020″ was held successfully via ZOOM on September 7, 2020 which had attracted almost 200 first year students.”
Over 250 New DAS Students “Meet and Chat” with Us at ZOOM
The workshop “‘Meet and Chat’ for Study Success 2020 – For Direct Year Admission (DAS) Students” was held successfully via ZOOM on 31 July 2020
Virtual Advising “Chat and Share”
Impact of Disruption to Studies on Students and Advising Support
