Second forum on Education in China’s Greater Bay Area Series

Motivations and Experiences of Students
Studying Cross Border in China’s Greater Bay Area

The two papers presented:

Shao, Y. (2020), “Pursuing doctoral studies in Macau’s private universities: pragmatic motivations and challenging experiences of Guangdong college teachers”, Asian Education and Development Studies, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEDS-09-2019-0144

Te, A.Y.C. (2020), “Trans-contextualized cross-border student choice under “one country, two systems” from Hong Kong to Mainland China for higher education”, Asian Education and Development Studies, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEDS-04-2020-0057

Date: January 26, 2021 (Tuesday)

Time: 15:00-16:30 (HK Time)

Format: Zoom

More details: https://scapegba2.edu.hku.hk/

Registration: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpd-Csqj0tGNxOi_qDwZqhNCzM8RTSAVac

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Enquiries: cherhku@hku.hk

This forum on Education in China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) serves to shed light on a significant theme about the cross-border student mobility in the GBA. Driven by the long-term strategy of mainland central government under the master plan of GBA, new policy measures and initiatives have been launched to encourage students to study cross the border. With the emergence of a strong cross-border flow of students between Chinese Mainland and the two Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, such brain circulation could be part of a regionalization strategy for China’s Greater Bay Area. From students’ perspectives, the researchers will share their findings and insights on two types and directions of student flow: first, the motivations and experiences of mainland students to pursue postgraduate degrees in Macau; second, the choice of Hong Kong students to take undergraduate programs in Chinese Mainland.

Chair and Discussant: Professor Cheng Kai-ming, The University of Hong Kong

Speaker: Dr. Yanju Shao, City University of Macau

Pursuing doctoral studies in Macau’s private universities: pragmatic motivations and challenging experiences of Guangdong college teachers

Speaker: Dr. Alice Te, The University of Hong Kong

Trans-contextualized cross-border student choice under “one country, two systems” from Hong Kong to Mainland China for higher education

Discussants:

Professor Gerard Postiglione, The University of Hong Kong

Professor Liu Baocun, Beijing Normal University