Leadership Development
Activities designed to cultivate essential leadership skills through student mentorship, and experiential learning, empowering students to lead with empathy, caring, and integrity.
Leadership Enhancement And Development (LEAD) Programme
The LEAD Programme provides outbound service-learning opportunities for students. It aims to broaden students’ global perspectives and nurture them with a stronger sense of social responsibility, cultural appreciation, and global citizenship as a future leader.
Details:
https://www.focus.cuhk.edu.hk/en/20240207/cultivating-future-leaders-with-cuhk-spirits?utag=037
Positive Leadership and Youth (PLaYS) Scheme
Positive Leadership and Youth Scheme (PLaYS) is a new programme designed to provide a centralized platform that brings together students who share a passion for volunteering. PLaYS aims to support students to make a contribution to their community and inspire each other to get involved in volunteerism. Participants will develop leadership qualities and make a positive impact on their personal and professional growth.
Programme Features:
Free training workshops
To develop various skills and a sense of community engagement through water-sports adventures, chocolate production with SEN youth, and adventure day camp etc.
Experience in organising social services
To work with NGOs for organising volunteer service
Funding support
To plan and execute your own social service project
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University Committees with Student Representatives
Students serve as Students Representatives in different University Committees. They would share their views and concerns on University’s developments and policies in committee meeting.
Student Activities Fund
The Student Activity Fund catalysts students' holistic development, focusing on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Social Responsibility, Diversity and Inclusion, and Mental Wellness. It serves as a pillar of support for student-led initiatives. It aims to provide support to affiliated student societies for organizing creative, diverse and meaningful student activities, as well as to support individual undergraduate students who join activities organized by non-CUHK entities, such as international or regional competitions, conferences, or overseas experiential learning programmes.
Student Organisations and Societies
CUHK places great emphasis on whole-person development, it has multiple affiliated student societies and interest clubs. Students are encouraged to join different clubs related to art and culture, sports, religious or social service, etc. Through participating societies' activities, student can establish connections with like-minded individuals, explore and develop mutual interest, and thereby enrich their university life. Students can also unleash their potential, enhance their leadership skills, and expand their social networks through managing a society, hosting events, or creating new interest clubs, and therefore achieving students’ whole-person development.
University Orientation (Orientation Day)
The University Orientation Day aims to prepare new undergraduate students for a flourishing and fruitful university life. Orientation talks will be organized to highlight the importance of CUHK core values, university life planning, and mental wellness. The nine Colleges will organize introductory talks and consultation sessions to introduce their distinctive features, educational ideas, hostel and facilities, scholarships and financial aid, etc. Promotion booths of Faculty/ Departmental Orientations and College Orientation Week for new Undergraduates will also be setup on the University Orientation Day.