LU hosts two summer residential programmes for secondary students to experience university life
Lingnan University organised two summer residential programmes in June and July for local secondary school students to grasp an idea of its distinctive liberal arts education and campus life.
Organised by the Registry, the two-day-one-night programmes offered participants an opportunity to experience life at LU through lectures, workshops and sports activities, and to meet LU student ambassadors and faculty members.
The Summer Academy 2023 held on 23 and 24 June was for senior secondary students from over 10 schools in the territory, who joined design thinking workshops, a field trip in Northern District, and a scientific exploration tour, as well as attending lectures by Lingnan professors.
Students learn to make scented mosquito repellent bricks at the parallel session of scientific exploration and biodiversity.
Other parallel sessions include a design thinking workshop (left) and a field trip at Northern District (right).
Academic lectures and a public forum presented by different LU faculties
On 10 and 11 July, the “Education Unlocks Your Potential & Learning Creates Your Dreams” programme was organised for over 120 students from Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School (Secondary Section), and was part of the school’s Bar Mitzvah ceremony to mark the beginning of their adulthood.
Participants took part in lectures and workshops on cultural studies, digital arts, English, global development and sustainability, marketing, psychology, and science to see what skills they would need in the future.
The interactive AR campus hunt (left) and parallel taster lectures led by Lingnan professors (right) engage secondary students in experiential learning.
A young professional athletes workshop was also hosted to set out the hopes, ambitions and career development of professional athletes in Hong Kong.
Emerging tennis star Cody Wong Hong-yi and professional footballer Korani Krisna R, who plays for Hong Kong Premier League Club HK U23, spoke of their ups and downs, how they balance study and training, and how, as professional athletes, they handled the pandemic. They also demonstrated their sports skills and chatted with the students.
Cody Wong (top photo) and Korani Krisna R (photo above, first from right) have been admitted to LU’s Sports Coaching and Event Management (Year 3) through the Direct Entry Stream for Top Athletes (DESTA) scheme for 2023/24 year, and BBA (Year 1) through the Entrance Scholarships for Elite Athletes (ESEA) scheme in 2022/23 year respectively.