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1st Annual CHELPS Conference

Leadership in Global Higher Education 

June 7, 2025

Call for registration

Leadership in global higher education faces many challenges including managing in a highly competitive environment that impacts university rankings, the research performance of academics, and an ever more complex series of accountabilities to society producing tensions between national and international institutional priorities. The image of ‘leadership’ in this world can often be negatively caricatured as a career for opportunists or an unwanted duty for the research focused professor. It remains important, however, to explore ways to broaden and reimagine the meaning of university leadership as a shared, social, ethical and collegial responsibility rather than an elite and compartmentalised activity. This one-day conference will bring together an international group of academics and university leaders to explore many of these issues and questions through keynotes, a discussion panel and parallel paper presentations.

 

Venue

North Point Study Centre of the Education University of Hong Kong

19 Cheung Hong St, North Point, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

 

Registration

https://eduhk.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1SyOkxKQ9io69sW

 

Important Dates

 

15/04/2025   Open for registration 
(early birds (by May 7)  - HKD 500 for faculty members and HKD 300 for students;
  late birds  (by June 1)   - HKD 700 for faculty members and HKD 400 for students)
01/06/2025   Closing date for registration and payment 
 

(The visas, accommodation, and local or international transportation will be the sole responsibility of the applicants, while CHELPS staff can provide advice and support when and if possible.)

 

How to Register 

 

For any inquiries, please contact us through email chelps.notice@eduhk.hk

 

Please scroll down for Programme details

 

Programme

9.00-9.15    Conference registration
9.15-9.30    Welcome and photos
9.30-10.15  Keynote 1:
                    Academic leadership and the duty to serve: challenging dystopian and careerist stereotypes

                    Prof. Bruce Macfarlane (The Education University of Hong Kong)
10.15-11.00 Discussion panel: What are the leadership responsibilities of universities for reform and social justice in                                                                   global higher education?
                     Prof. Sophia Ho (Ming Chuan University)
                     Prof. Futao Huang (Hiroshima University)
                     Prof. Fazal Rizvi (The University of Melbourne)

                     Chair: Prof. Bruce Macfarlane (The Education University of Hong Kong)
11.00-11.30  Coffee/tea break
11.30-12.30  Parallel paper session 1
12.30-13.30  Lunch
13.30-14.15  Keynote 2:
                     Transformative Power of Higher Education: Transformations of Institutions and Leaders  

                     Prof. Ka Ho Mok (Hang Seng University)
14.15-15.15 Parallel paper session 2
15.15-15.30 Coffee/tea break 

15
.30-16.15  Keynote 3:
                     New frontiers for university leadership: Beyond bibliometrics to value and purpose

                     Prof. Hamish Coates (Tsinghua University)
16.15            Reflections and close