Workshops

The Graduate School offers a range of workshops for research postgraduate students throughout the academic year. Students interested in joining the workshops should register online at the HKU Event Management Systems. The Graduate School will also issue bulk emails to students from time to time announcing workshop details and inviting applications.

The following workshops are now offered: (Updated as of September 2, 2022)

Date and Time	Workshop Title
Sep 16, 2022 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	RPg Mental Wellness Workshop: Attention please - Dr Nimisha Vandan
Sep 14, 2022 (Wed) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	RPg Mental Wellness Workshop: Stress to Strength - Dr Nimisha Vandan

Workshops for the academic year of 2021-22 were as follows:

Date and Time	Workshop Title
May 30, 2022 (Mon) 10:00 am - 12:50 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Ms Lowana Phillips
May 27, 2022 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Aditi Jhaveri
May 13 and 20, 2022 (Fri) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Paraphrase, Direct Quotation, and a Combination of the Two: The Use of Evidence-based Citations - Dr John Martino
Apr 22 and 29, 2022 (Fri) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	From Topic to Thesis: The Art of Logical Argumentation - Dr John Martino
Apr 22, 2022 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Reporting Qualitative Research - Dr Margaret Taplin
Apr 20, 2022 (Wed) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Reading and Writing for the Literature Review - Dr Margaret Taplin
Apr 13, 2022 (Wed) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis - Dr Margaret Taplin
Apr 6, 2022 (Wed) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Time Management - Dr Elizabeth Barrett
Apr 1, 2022 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Flourishing in the face of adversity 在逆境中活得豐盛 - Dr Melody Xu
Mar 23, 2022 (Wed) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Managing Your Confirmation Seminar and Viva - Dr David Gardner
Mar 18 and 25, 2022 (Fri) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Why Use Two Words When One Will Do?: Academic Writing & Revising Skills - Dr John Martino
Mar 11, 2022 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	[RPg Mental Wellness Week] Workshop 5: Find a leader in you - Dr Nimisha Vandan
Mar 10, 2022 (Thur) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	[RPg Mental Wellness Week] Workshop 4: Dealing with rejections and failures through cultivating a growth mindset -“ POWER TO EMPOWER” - Dr Nimisha Vandan
Mar 9, 2022 (Wed) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	[RPg Mental Wellness Week] Workshop 3: You can do it - Dr Nimisha Vandan
Mar 8, 2022 (Tues) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	[RPg Mental Wellness Week] Workshop 2: Attention please - Dr Nimisha Vandan
Mar 8, 2022 (Tues) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr Lillian Wong
Mar 7, 2022 (Mon) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	[RPg Mental Wellness Week] Workshop 1: Stress to Strength - Dr Nimisha Vandan
Mar 2, 2022 (Wed) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals (The Sciences and Related Disciplines) - Dr David Gardner
Dec 10, 2021 (Fri) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm & 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Paraphrase, Direct Quotation, and a Combination of the Two: The Use of Evidence-based Citations - Dr John Martino
Dec 6, 2021 (Mon) 10:00 am - 12:50 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Ms Lowana Phillips
Dec 2, 2021 (Thur) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Managing Your Confirmation Seminar and Viva - Dr David Gardner
Nov 30, 2021 (Tue) 6:30 pm - 9:20 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Eleanor Kwan
Nov 19, 2021 (Fri) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	From Topic to Thesis: The Art of Logical Argumentation - Dr John Martino
Nov 12, 2021 (Fri) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Why RPgs need "Cultural Intelligence"? - Dr Nimisha Vandan
Oct 22, 2021 (Fri) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Time Management - Dr Elizabeth Barrett
Oct 15, 2021 (Fri) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm & 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Why Use Two Words When One Will Do?: Academic Writing & Revising Skills - Dr John Martino
Oct 13, 2021 (Wed) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr Lillian Wong
Oct 12, 2021 (Tue) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals (The Humanities and Related Disciplines) - Dr David Gardner

Workshops for the academic year of 2020-21 were as follows:

Date and Time	Workshop Title
June 10-17, 2021	Proof Reading and Polishing Your Writing - Dr Margaret Taplin
June 2-9, 2021	Reading and Writing for the Literature Review - Dr Margaret Taplin
May 26, 2021 (Wed) 10:30 am – 1:20 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Ms Lowana Phillips
May 4, 2021 (Tue) 10:30 am - 1:20 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Eleanor Kwan
April 22, 2021 (Thur) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Hierarchical Linear Models - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
April 15, 2021 (Thur) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Statistical Analysis Using R - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
April 8, 2021 (Thur) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Big Data - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
March 9 & 12, 2021 4:00 pm - 5:20 pm	Communication gap between students and Supervisors and its impact on productivity
Feb 25, 2021 (Thur) 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm	Managing Your Confirmation Seminar and Viva - Dr David Gardner
Feb 10, 2021 (Wed) 2:00 pm – 4:50 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr Lillian Wong
Feb 4, 2021 (Thur) 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals ( The Sciences and Related Disciplines) - Dr David Gardner
Dec 7, 2020 (Mon) 10:00 am - 12:50 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Ms Lowana Phillips
Dec 2, 2020 (Wed) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Eleanor Kwan
Nov 30, 2020 (Mon) 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr Lillian Wong
Nov 27/Dec 4, 2020 (Fri) 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Building positive relationships to improve productivity in your personal and professional lives: Tips for RPgs and supervisors
Nov 4, 2020 (Wed) 1:30 pm - 4:20 pm	Managing Your Confirmation Seminar and Viva - Dr David Gardner
Oct 21, 2020 (Wed) 1:30 pm - 4:20 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals (The Humanities and Related Disciplines) - Dr David Gardner

Workshops for the academic year of 2019-20 were as follows:

Date and Time	Workshop Title
June 18-25, 2020	Proof Reading and Polishing Your Writing - Dr Margaret Taplin
June 10-17, 2020	Reading and Writing for the Literature Review - Dr Margaret Taplin
May 27, 2020 (Wed) 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Eleanor Kwan
May 19, 2020 (Tue) 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Managing Your Confirmation Seminar and Viva (additional session) - Dr David Gardner
May 18, 2020 (Mon) 10:00 am – 1:00 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Ms Lowana Phillips
May 15, 2020 (Fri) 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation (additional session) - Dr Lillian Wong
May 14, 2020 (Thur) 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr Lillian Wong
April 22, 2020 (Wed) 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Managing Your Confirmation Seminar and Viva - Dr David Gardner
April 15, 2020 (Wed) 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals ( The Sciences and Related Disciplines) - Dr David Gardner
March 26, 2020 (Thur) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Hierarchical Linear Models - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
March 19, 2020 (Thur) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Statistical Analysis Using R - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
March 12, 2020 (Thur) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Big Data - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
Dec 2, 2019 (Mon) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	(Cancelled) Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Ms Lowana Phillips
Nov 20, 2019 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	(Cancelled) Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr Lillian Wong
Oct 24, 2019 (Thur) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Managing Your Confirmation Seminar and Viva - Dr David Gardner
Oct 11, 2019 (Fri) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Eleanor Kwan
Sep 26, 2019 (Thur) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals (The Humanities and Related Disciplines) - Dr David Gardner

Workshops for the academic year of 2018-19 were as follows:

Date and Time	Workshop Title
June 5, 2019 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Proof Reading and Polishing Your Writing - Dr Margaret Taplin
June 3, 2019 (Mon) 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Reading and Writing for the Literature Review - Dr Margaret Taplin
May 9, 2019 (Thur) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Hierarchical Linear Models - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
May 7, 2019 (Tue) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Statistical Analysis Using R - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
May 2, 2019 (Thur) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Big Data - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
Apr 3, 2019 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr Lillian Wong
Mar 28, 2019 (Thur) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Managing Your Confirmation Seminar and Viva - Dr David Gardner
Mar 18 and 25, 2018 (Mon) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Why Use Two Words When One Will Do? – Advanced Thesis Writing & Revising Skills for the Humanities - Dr John Martino
Mar 4, 2019 (Mon) 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Ms Lowana Phillips
Feb 25, 2019 (Mon) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Managing Qualitative Research Data Using NVivo 12 for Mac
Feb 21, 2019 (Thur) 9:30 am – 1:00 pm	Managing Qualitative Research Data Using NVivo 12 for Windows
Jan 30, 2019 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Eleanor Kwan
Jan 24, 2019 (Thur) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals ( The Sciences and Related Disciplines) - Dr David Gardner
Jan 4, 2019 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 4:20 pm & Jan 7-9, 2019 (Mon - Wed) 9:30 am - 5:00 pm	Writing Boot Camp
Dec 11, 2018 (Tue) 3:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Research Thesis Writing – How to Write, and How to Pass? - Professor Pierre Braunstein
Dec 5, 2018 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr Lillian Wong
Nov 29, 2018 (Thur) 10:00 am – 1:00 pm	Managing Qualitative Research Data Using NVivo 12 for Mac
Nov 28, 2018 (Wed) 2:30 pm - 4:20 pm	Grant Writing for Graduate Students in Science - Dr Vengatesen Thiyagarajan
Nov 14, 2018 (Wed) 10:00 am – 1:20 pm	Managing Qualitative Research Data Using NVivo 12 for Windows
Oct 25, 2018 (Thur) 2:00 pm - 4:20 pm	Workshop on Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Professor Barbara Chan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, HKU; Co-Founder, Living Tissues Company Limited - Professor Anthony Yeh, Chair Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, HKU - Mr Florian Simmendinger, CEO and Co-Founder, Soundbrenner Limited
Oct 25, 2018 (Thur) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Managing Your Confirmation Seminar and Viva - Dr David Gardner
Oct 15, 2018 (Mon) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Ms Lowana Phillips
Sep 27, 2018 (Thur) 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm	Be computer savvy at HKU!
Sep 27, 2018 (Thur) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals (The Humanities and Related Disciplines) - Dr David Gardner
Sep 26, 2018 (Wed) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Eleanor Kwan

Workshops for the academic year of 2017-18 and before:

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Date and Time	Workshop Title
July 27, 2018 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 4:20 pm & Jul 30-Aug 1, 2018 (Mon - Wed) 9:30 am - 5:00 pm	Summer Writing Boot Camp
June 6, 2018 (Wed) 1:00 pm – 5:15 pm	Genome Editing in Mammalian Cells with CRISPR/Cas9 -Mr. Jiayin Yang, Miss Xinru Ran and Miss Rui Wei, LKS Faculty of Medicine
May 31, 2018 (Thur) & June 1, 2018 (Fri) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Structural Equation Modelling - Dr Frank Reichert
May 25, 2018 (Fri) 10:30 am – 12:15 pm	Is there a recipe for good RPg supervision? - Professor Stephen Matthews - Dr Julian A. Tanner - Professor Hongzhe Sun - Professor Mee-Len Chye
May 11, 2018 (Fri) 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Proof Reading and Polishing Your Writing - Dr Margaret Taplin
May 9, 2018 (Wed) 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Effective Writing and Time Management Skills - Mr Artem Sergeev, Department of Law
May 4, 2018 (Fri) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Reading and Writing for the Literature Review - Dr Margaret Taplin
May 4, 2018 (Fri) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Big Data - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
May 3, 2018 (Thur) & May 8, 2018 (Tue) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Conducting Observations and Interviews - Dr Cheris Chan
May 3, 2018 (Thur) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm & 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Hierarchical Linear Models - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
Apr 18, 2018 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Ms Lowana Phillips
Apr 13, 2018 (Fri) 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals ( The Sciences and Related Disciplines) - Dr David Gardner
Mar 14 & 21, 2018 (Wed) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Statistical Analysis Using R - Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre
Mar 13, 2018 (Tue) 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	How to prepare a winning grant proposal: Grant Writing for Graduate Students in Humanities and Social Sciences - Professor Helen Siu, Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
Mar 9, 2018 (Fri) 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals (The Humanities and Related Disciplines) - Dr David Gardner
Feb 8, 2018 (Thur) 2:30 pm – 5:20 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr Lillian Wong
Feb 2, 2018 (Fri) 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm	Managing Your Confirmation Seminar and Viva - Dr David Gardner
Jan 31, 2018 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Eleanor Kwan
Dec 11, 2017 (Mon) & Dec 20, 2017 (Wed) 9:30 am - 12:20 pm	Trans-disciplinary Research Workshop – Big Data Applications - Dr Reynold Cheng
Nov 22, 2017 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:20 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr Lillian Wong
Nov 15, 2017 (Wed) 4:30 pm - 6:20 pm	Grant Writing for Graduate Students in Science - Dr Vengatesen Thiyagarajan
Nov 10, 2017 (Fri) 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm	Be computer savvy at HKU! (Session II)
Oct 26, 2017 (Thu) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Workshop on Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Dr KIM Shin Cheul, Director, Technology Transfer Office, HKU - Professor Anthony Yeh, Chair Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, HKU - Dr Kevin Tsia, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HKU; Founder, Conzeb Limited, Awardee of TSSSU 2016-17 - Dr Kenneth Lai, Founder and Executive Director, Novus Life Sciences Limited; RPg alumni of HKU
Oct 20, 2017 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Eleanor Kwan
Oct 13, 2017 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm & Oct 16-18, 2017 (Mon - Wed) 9:30 am - 5:30 pm	Writing Boot Camp
Sep 29, 2017 (Fri) 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm	Earning an opportunity to meet amazing iconic leaders in Hong Kong!
Sep 27, 2017 (Wed) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Ms Lowana Phillips
Sep 26, 2017 (Tue) 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm	Be computer savvy at HKU!

Workshops for the academic year of 2016-17 were as follows:

Date of Workshop	Workshop Title
July 4, 2017 (Tue) 9:30 am – 12:30 pm & 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Reproducible Research: Automating Your Science - Mr Robert Porsch, Department of Psychiatry
Jun 15, 2017 (Thu) 9:30 am – 12:30 pm & Jun 16, 2017 (Fri) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Cancelled)	Law and Justice in the Global Age: A Cosmopolitan Approach - Ms. LIU Jia, Faculty of Law
Jun 12, 2017 (Mon) 9:30 am – 12:30 pm & Jun 14, 2017 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:30 pm	Dealing with Big Data in the Humanities - Ms Eileen Waegemaekers, Department of Linguistics
May 26, 2017 (Fri) 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm	Research Computing Facilities for RPg Students - Mr. KWAN Wing Keung, Assistant IT Director, Research Computing Services, ITS
May 19, 2017 (Fri) 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm	Grant Writing for Graduate Students in Science - Dr. Vengatesen Thiyagarajan
May 12, 2017 (Fri) 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm	Trans-disciplinary Challenge Award Competition - All RPg students and academic staff are welcome to attend
May 12, 2017 (Fri) 9:30 am – 12:30 pm	Proof Reading and Polishing Your Writing - Dr Margaret Taplin
May 9, 2017 (Tue) 11:00 am – 12:30 pm	Is there a recipe for good RPg supervision? - Dr Roger Chan - Professor Stephen Matthews - Professor Mee-Len Chye
May 5, 2017 (Fri) 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm	Reading and Writing for the Literature Review - Dr Margaret Taplin
Apr 26, 2017 (Wed) 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Grant Writing for Graduate Students in Social and Behavioural Sciences - Professor Richard Fielding
Apr 20, 2017 (Thu) 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm	Managing Your Confirmation Seminar and Viva - Prof. Ken Hyland
Apr 3, 2017 (Mon) 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Ms. Lowana Phillips
Mar 17 & 31, 2017 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Trans-disciplinary Research Workshop – Big Data Application - Dr Reynold Cheng - Students who have completed the workshop will enter a competition for the Trans-disciplinary Challenge Award scheduled in May.
Mar 17, 2017 (Fri) 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm	Writing Right: Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr. Eleanor Kwan
Mar 15 & 29, 2017 (Wed) 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Trans-disciplinary Research Workshop – Complex Social Networks - Prof Liaquat Hossain - Students who have completed the workshop will enter a competition for the Trans-disciplinary Challenge Award scheduled in May.
Mar 15, 2017 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:30 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals (The Sciences and Related Disciplines) - Prof. Ken Hyland
Mar 8, 2017 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:30 pm	Interview Skills for Success - Ms Elaine Walsh
Mar 8, 2017 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:30 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr. Lillian Wong
Mar 7, 2017 (Tue) 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm	Maximising Your Skills for Success in Your Non-Academic Career - Ms Elaine Walsh
Feb 21, 2017 (Tue) 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Dialogue on Research Integrity - Ms Zoë Hammatt
Dec 8, 2016 (Thu) 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals (The Humanities and Related Disciplines) - Prof. Ken Hyland
Dec 1, 2016 (Thu) 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Eleanor Kwan
Nov 23, 2016 (Wed) 9:30 am - 12:30 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation - Dr Lillian Wong
Nov 22, 2016 (Tue) 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly - Dr Eleanor Kwan
Nov 2, 2016 (Wed) 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Lunchtime Talk: Architectural Science - Working Across the Disciplines - Professor Phillip Jones, Chair of Architectural Science at Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK
Oct 26, 2016 (Wed) 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Dr Lillian Wong
Oct 14, 2016 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm & Oct 17-19, 2016 (Mon - Wed) 9:30 am - 5:30 pm	Writing Boot Camp
Oct 6, 2016 (Thu) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Workshop on Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Professor Paul Cheung, Director, Technology Transfer Office - Professor Anthony Yeh, Chair Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design - Mr Hailson Yu, Deputy Managing Director, Versitech Limited - Dr Kelvin Yeung, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Sep 30, 2016 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills - Dr Lillian Wong

Workshops for the academic year of 2015-16 were as follows:

Date of Workshop	Workshop Title
May 20, 2016 (Fri) 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Proof-reading and Polishing Your Writing - Dr Margaret Taplin
May 17, 2016 (Tue) 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm	Career Talk for MPhil and PhD Students 2016 Session 1 - How to Prepare for Academic Jobs - Professor Ngaiming Mok, Edmund and Peggy Tse Professor in Mathematics, Chair of Mathematics, HKU Session 2 - How to Prepare for Non-Academic Jobs - Professor Paul Cheung, Associate Director, Knowledge Exchange Office, HKU
May 13, 2016 (Fri) 10:00 am - 1:00 pm	Reading and Writing for the Literature Review - Dr Margaret Taplin
May 4 / 6 / 9 / 11, 2016, 9:30 am – 1:20 pm	Research Writing - Big Language Data - Professor John Flowerdew and Dr Meilin Chen of the English Department of CityU as part of a UGC-funded Language-related Collaborative Project
May 3, 2016 (Tue) 9:30 am – 12:30 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills
Apr 27, 2016 (Wed) 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Trans-disciplinary Challenge Award Competition - All RPg students and academic staff are welcome to attend
Apr 18, 2016 (Mon) 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly
April 1, 2016 (Fri) 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation
Mar 30, 2016 (Wed) 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills
Mar 10, 2016 (Thu) 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm	Writing Right : Writing Accurately and Clearly
Mar 9, 2016 (Wed) 9:30 am – 12:30 pm	Well-being and Resilience for Research Postgraduates - Ms Elaine Walsh
Mar 8, 2016 (Tue) 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm	Maximising Your Skills for Success in Your Non-academic Career - Ms Elaine Walsh
Mar 2, 2016 (Wed) 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals ( The Sciences and Related Disciplines)
Feb 26, 2016 (Fri) 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Effective Thesis Writing Workshop (for humanities and related disciplines) - Dr. Selina Lai-Henderson
Feb 17 & Mar 2, 2016 (Wed) 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm	Trans-disciplinary Research Workshop – Complex Social Networks - Students who have completed the workshop will enter a competition for the Trans-disciplinary Challenge Award.
Dec 2 & 16, 2015 (Wed) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Trans-disciplinary Research Workshop - Big Data Applications - Students who have completed the workshop will enter a competition for the Trans-disciplinary Challenge Award.
Nov 27, 2015 (Fri) 9:30 am – 12:30 pm	Writing Right: Writing Accurately and Clearly
Nov 17, 2015 (Tue) 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills
Oct 30, 2015 (Fri) 2:30 pm – 5: 30 pm	Effective Academic Speaking Skills
Oct 22, 2015 (Thu) 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm	Effective Conference Preparation and Participation
Oct 14, 2015 (Wed) 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm	Writing Right: Writing Accurately and Clearly
Oct 9, 2015 (Fri) 2:30 am – 5:30 pm & Oct 12-14, 2015 (Mon – Wed) 9:30 am – 5:30 pm	Writing Boot Camp
Sep 29, 2015 (Tue) 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm	Getting Published in Academic Journals (The Humanities & Related Disciplines)

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