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On 31st October 2020, students of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), Stephen Man (BCM Year 2) participated in the 1st Indoor Rowing Challenge Competition 2020 in Macau Fisherman's Wharf.

Indoor Rowing Challenge Competition is one of the Athletic competitions of the 10th China Macau International Yacht Import & Export Fair. Indoor Rowing has rapidly developed into a popular sport in these years and it has been listed by the General Administration of Sport of China as a main national fitness sport, hence the growing popularity and numbers of national and international athletes.

We would like to express our gratitude to our student, Stephen Man, for representing USJ in this event.

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On October 30, the Rector, Reverend Professor Stephen Morgan, the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, Prof. Elisa Monteiro, and the Outreach Programme Leader, Prof. Helen Liu met with members of the Correctional Services Bureau. The members of the Correctional Services Bureau included Mr. Chio Song Un, Acting Director of Correctional Services Bureau, Mr. Lam Kam Sau, Acting Director of Coloane Prison, Ms. Karen Vong, Head of Public Relations and Information Division, Ms. Candida Ho, Head of Social Assistance, Education and Training Division.

The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen the collaborative effort between USJ and the Correctional Services Bureau. The focus of the meeting was to discuss future directions for USJ’s outreach programme development (Prison Education Initiative) and to improve access to education and resources for offenders.

The University has been working closely with the Correctional Services Bureau since 2009, offering university courses to promote learning and employment which can support the reintegration of offenders into the community. The Rector, Prof. Monteiro, and Prof. Liu highlighted key features of USJ’s Outreach Programme, in particular scholarships for outstanding and low-income students, support needed to expand the programme, and research findings. Mr. Chio Song Un expressed his appreciation to USJ for the continued support in providing education through the Prison Outreach Programme. 

 

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The Director of the Office of Student and Alumni Affairs, Ms Teresa Loong, and Head of Residential Hall Office, Mr Ben Lei, participated in the webinar hosted by Asia Pacific Student Services Association on the 30th of October 2020.

The webinar under the theme "Student Affairs and Services in the New Normal: Challenges, Realities, and Opportunities" provided a platform where responses and best practices of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Asia-Pacific region may be shared.  It aims to inform and educate the different student affairs and services practitioners in the region of the challenges, realities, and the opportunities brought about by the situation as the need to look after the students’ welfare and development still emerged to be very important in the new normal.

Nearly 300 participants from Australia, Mainland China together with Hong Kong and Macao, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States attended this online activity via Zoom.

The webinar session focused on the presentation of the different initiatives and best practices of the HEIs in the Asia-Pacific region to continuously deliver the programs and services under student affairs and services. It highlighted the efforts of the HEIs from most of the places where the participants are situated.

Both the student affairs and services practitioners and student representatives shared their best practices and experiences to the audience.  After all, some practitioners expressed their concerns on student engagement, wellbeing of the practitioners, and the tools for assessment and evaluation before the Annual General Meeting.

The next conference is expected to be hosted in Gold Coast of Australia 2021.

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Covid-19 impacts our life and world dramatically. Scientists claim, that this situation might have been caused – among other factors – by a wrong treatment of nature by humans. Did nature put its brakes on to correct human behavior? Can we humans discover in nature how to act correctly? Does nature help us to get to know what to do? Philosophically speaking, should actions follow our being (agere sequitur esse), and is ethics fundamentally hooked up with reality and ontology? (bonum et verum convertuntur). Does the “ought” follow from the “is”, and should human life and societies comply with how things are?

After overcoming the mechanistic reductionism of the “natural fallacy”, which denies “value judgments” originating from “is” or facts, this Lecture Series attempts to trace back question of “natural goodness” (Philippa Foot), morals and good actions “in accord with reason” (S. Thomas Aquinas, S.Th. I-II.21.1.; ST I-II, 90.1). The philosophical and catholic tradition calls this the morality of the “natural law”. The lectures shed light on development and relevance of Natural Law from different philosophical and theological angles.

About the Talk & Speaker:

Prof. Roberto Ceolin DPhil (Oxon.) is the professor of Ancient Languages at the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy at USJ.

The second session of the talks on ‘Natural Law’ will look at the conflict between man dictated law and , which for the Ancient Greeks could stand as an equivalent for what we designate as ‘Natural Moral Law’. In his 'Antigone', Sophocles reflects on what value should the laws of a State have in relation to the laws commanded by the gods and how should one (re)act when called to such a challenge.

Details: Date: 12 November 2020 Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Location: Don Bosco Auditorium, USJ Ilha Verde Campus Organised by: Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy, University of Saint Joseph ? Add to my Google Calendar   *This Public Lecture will be conducted in English " ["post_title"]=> string(76) "Lecture Series on "Natural Law" - Nómos and Thesmós in Sophocles' Antigone" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(59) "lecture-series-natural-law-nomos-thesmos-sophocles-antigone" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2020-11-04 17:46:10" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2020-11-04 09:46:10" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(53) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=events&p=27424" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(5) "event" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [5]=> object(WP_Post)#3802 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(27379) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2020-10-29 16:35:48" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2020-10-29 08:35:48" ["post_content"]=> string(3848) "

It has been three years since the “Traditional Western Bookbinding, Student’s Work Exhibition” in 2017. Macao Institute of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Relics (MICRCR), collaborates with the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) with the support of Macao Design Centre, to once again, organise the “Traditional Western Bookbinding and Conservation Student Work Exhibition”.

The exhibition has four parts. The first part mainly exhibits sample books bound by our students and their sharing of class experiences. The second part showcases restored book samples and their restoration reports. The third part is a workstation of restoration. Students perform restoration techniques and are available to answer questions in different time slots. The fourth part is a consultation service for general public to bring along some rare books for “medical consultation”. During the exhibition, a series of seminars and workshops are organised for general public.

For more information regarding the exhibition, please contact USJ Library – library@usj.edu.mo

Opening Times: Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m - 9.00 p.m Saturday 10.00 - 2.00 p.m

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• 31 Oct 2020(Saturday) 9:30 vs IFTM in UM N8 Sports Complex Sports Pavilion;
• 1 Nov 2020(Sunday) 16:20 vs MUST in UM N8 Sports Complex Sports Training Hall B.

Hope the students can go and support! The team is led by Andrew Wong, coach and USJ’s Student Affairs Officer. Below is the team members list: 黃愷 Wong Hoi (BCM, Year 4) 姚浩民 Man Yiu (BBA, Year 4) 胡健鋒 Steve Wu (BBA, Year 4) 沈偉豪 Oscar Sam (BED, Year 2) 馮競輝 Alvin Fong (BBA, Year 2) 何偉峰 William Ho (BED, Year 2) 劉寶業 Hugo Lau (BCM, Year 2) 陳兆龍 Manuel Chan (BCM, Year 2) 李銘斌 Charlie Lei (BSWP, Year 2) 馮諱明 Fong Happy (PGDE, Year 1) 馬檇鏗 Roberto Madan (MCM, Year 2) 李梁劍 Anson Lei (BCM, Year 2) 胡開標 Haya Wu (MCP, Year 2) 林子迪 Lam Chi Tek (BBA, Year 1) Mario Joao Moreno Monteiro (BBA, Year 1) " ["post_title"]=> string(50) "USJ wins DSES Basketball Silver Plate Championship" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(50) "usj-wins-dses-basketball-silver-plate-championship" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2020-11-02 21:31:38" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2020-11-02 13:31:38" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(51) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=27261" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [7]=> object(WP_Post)#3800 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(27240) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2020-10-27 16:32:35" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2020-10-27 08:32:35" ["post_content"]=> string(1228) "

On 24th and 25th of October 2020, Professors Vincent Ho and Sandra Ng of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Creative Industries, attended the “Forum on Innovation Design for Young Scholars” on behalf of the University of Saint Joseph as a co-organiser. The Forum was organised by the Shenzhen Technology University with the theme of “Innovation Driven & Design the Future”. Bringing scholars, professionals, and entrepreneurs from China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, the Forum was aimed to strengthen the connection and cooperation among institutions and design organisations.

Shenzhen Technology University was recently established in 2018 and the construction of the campus is expected to be completed in December 2020. Participants visited the campus and laboratories after the forum and parallel sessions.

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On the morning of October 24th, the Rector of University of Saint Joseph (USJ), Reverend Professor Stephen Morgan, Administrator of USJ, Dr. Alejandro Salcedo Garcia along with the faculty and administrative staff members of USJ, welcomed a group of students and teachers from the Matteo Ricci College.

In the welcoming speech, Rector, Prof. Stephen Morgan, emphasised the importance of learning English for future personal development, adding that most students can speak their mother-tongue, Cantonese and Mandarin, fluently, therefore with the added English language, these students will be able to communicate to about 60% of the people in the world.

Ms. Irene Cheung, Principal of Colégio Mateus Ricci, thanked the University for the campus tour and expressed on the common shared loving atmosphere of both the educational institutions. The Principal believes that if students choose USJ to continue their studies, they will be well integrated.

During the campus tour, the students and teachers visited USJ classrooms such as the audiovisual production, design, architectural and digital processing studios, the library and the residential hall.

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In a Ceremony held on October 23rd, 2020, Prof. Isabel Capeloa Gil was reappointed as Rector of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Católica) for the four-year period 2020-2024. 

Prior to the event, the Rector of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), Rev. Prof. Stephen Morgan, expressed our University’s congratulations and well wishes. Additionally, the USJ Rector sent an email to USJ students and staff on the day of the ceremony stating “if you pray, please pray for her today; if you do not, then please keep Professor Gil and the Catholic University of Portugal in your thoughts”.

The investiture ceremony included the inauguration of the new Católica Rectoral Team.

USJ looks forward to continuing broadening and strengthening the already successful partnership between our two institutions.

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On Friday 23^rd October 2020 a delegation of students from the USJ Faculty of Business and Law attended the United Nations Day 75^th anniversary celebrations at the United Nations University Institute in Macau. Activities included educational games and an interactive Q&A focused on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promoted by the United Nations. Specific artificial intelligence and technology related themes in relation to SDGs were also introduced.  Themes included technology empowerment in the achievement of SDGs and Cyber resilience with specific reference to Macau.

On the day, USJ Business students were informed of the realities of transnational social issues related to migrant workers, cyber security and human trafficking. In particular, as part of the greater aims of the sustainable development goals of the UN, students gained an understanding of the importance of technology applications in providing assistance in the identification of possible victims of forced migrant workers.

Presentations on the day also shed light on a range of work that the United Nations University is engaged in.  This included work done in the area of cyber security and capacity building. It was explained that information relating to local capacity building in the area of cyber security awareness and cyber resilience will be launched in Macau in the coming months.

USJ business students were eagerly engaged during the event, and a number of our students were given commemorative pins as prizes.

For more information about USJ Faculty of Business and Law Programmes, please click here: https://www.usj.edu.mo/en/courses/ba-business-administration/

For more information on the United Nations University Institute in Macau please click here: https://cs.unu.edu/

The United Nations University Institute in Macau is planning further community capacity building activities in conjunction with local universities in the upcoming months and USJ Business students are looking forward to be involved in that!

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Much scholarly attention has been paid to the artistic accomplishments of Jesuit mission in China up to the time of the Rites Controversy of the eighteenth century. Not so much research has been conducted or published, however, on the work of the ‘New Company’ in this context from 1814 onwards.

This study focusses on the remarkable figure of François Ravary (1823-91) whose achievements, submerged from view for over a century, mark him out as one of the most creative missionary-musicians ever to come to China. From the second-earliest organ in China with bamboo pipes (1856), to the first brass band in China (1857), to China’s first publicly-performing Western orchestra (ca. 1865), Ravary led his colleagues to build a vibrant practice of music making, music education, music publishing, instrument building, and other ways and means of musical activity. A landscape of artistic and cultural exchange and interchange emerges from his life’s story, culled from unpublished letters, contemporary writings and ephemera, and neglected sources and documents.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Prof. Dr. David Francis Urrows, MRI Researcher Fellow

David Francis Urrows, historical musicologist and composer, studied at Brandeis University, the University of Edinburgh, and Boston University. Between 1989 and 2018 he taught at Hong Kong Baptist University, where he established The Pipe Organ in China Project (www.organcn.org). He has also taught at the University of Massachusetts, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and Eastern Mediterranean University. He is editor of the critical edition of the works of Otto Dresel (1826-90), and has also written on topics ranging from Hildegard of Bingen to nineteenth-century émigré studies to twentieth-century choral music to Andrew Lloyd Webber. His book Keys to the Kingdom: a history of the pipe organ in China was published in 2017 at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. He is presently a research fellow of MRI, working on a study of François Ravary and an edition of his Shanghai letters.

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DETAILS: Date & Time: Wednesday, 11 November 2020 | 18:30 – 20:30 Venue: Classroom USJ 106, University of Saint Joseph, Estrada Marginal da Ilha Verde, 14-17, Macau, China Add to My Calendar +

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this forum will be holding both online using “Zoom” and physically in the USJ.  Please scan the QR code or register online here. Please kindly confirm your attendance before Wednesday, 4 November 2020.

For more information visit: http://www.riccimac.org/index.php/en/component/djevents/details/2020-11-11/156-mri-forum-102-francois-ravary-sj-and-the-musical-culture-of-mid-19th-century-shanghai " ["post_title"]=> string(105) "MRI Online Public Forum: “François Ravary SJ and the Musical Culture of Mid-19 th Century Shanghai”" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(85) "mri-online-public-forum-francois-ravary-sj-musical-culture-mid-19-th-century-shanghai" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2020-10-29 09:49:04" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2020-10-29 01:49:04" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(53) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=events&p=27113" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(5) "event" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [12]=> object(WP_Post)#3795 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(27111) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2020-10-25 22:23:12" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2020-10-25 14:23:12" ["post_content"]=> string(3389) "

On the afternoon of October 21^st, a delegation of the Senior Management team of the USJ, led by the Most Reverend Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang, Chancellor of USJ and the 4^th Rector of  USJ, Reverend Professor Stephen Morgan, visited the Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, Mr. Edmund Ho Hau Wah. The Rector, Prof. Stephen Morgan thanked the the Vice Chairman for his warm welcome, felicitations and his support in building the Ilha Verde Campus during his term as a Chief Executive, he also introduced the objectives of the future development plans of the University and stated that “USJ is in, of and for Macao, China”.

Since its 24 years of establishment, it has cultivated the talents over 7,500 students in different fields, and has played a unique and important role in serving and promoting social harmony in the Macao society. With its unique internationalised culture, the University will continue its role to serve Macao’s as the platform for economic and trade co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries in conjunction with the Central Government’s Belt and Road Initiative, whilst supporting the local Government’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area initiatives. USJ will uphold the highest academic standards, to promote the identity and ethos of USJ, to foster social development rooted in the traditions of Macao, and to advance new academic programmes on architecture, design services and environmental science, towards a significant cultural exchanging platform East and West.

Vice-Chairman Ho expressed his gratitude to USJ for the 24 years of development in Macao as a distinctive higher educational institution. He underlined the importance of USJ’s contribution as a platform in strengthening exchanges between Macao, the Portuguese-speaking Countries and other European Countries. He encouraged USJ to strengthen the connections with the Mainland China within the internationalisation vision to further promote the integration of educational exchanges between Macao and China. At last, he expressed his wish for the success of new management team to lead the University to the next level.

Among the team were the three Vice-Rectors of USJ, Professor Keith Morrison, Professor Álvaro Barbosa and Professor Zhang Shu Guang, Pro-Rector, Professor Kevin Hannam and Dean of Faculty of Business and Law, Professor Jenny Lao-Phillips.

(From left to right: Pro-Rector of USJ, Prof. Kevin Hannam; Dean of Faculty of Business and Law of USJ, Prof. Jenny Lao-Phillip; USJ Vice-Rector, Prof. Zhang Shuguang; Chancellor of USJ, Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang; Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, Mr. Edmund Ho Hau Wah; Rector of USJ, Prof. Stephen Morgan; Vice-Rectors of USJ, Prof. Keith Morrison and Prof. Álvaro Barbosa)

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On the morning of October 21^st, a delegation led by the Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR, Mr. Fu Ziying, visited the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) Ilha Verde Campus and was warmly welcomed by the Chancellor of USJ, the Most Reverend Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang, the Rector of USJ, Reverend Professor Stephen Morgan and the Senior Management team of USJ.

During the campus tour led by Chancellor of USJ, the delegation visited the Audio-Visual Production Studio, Design Studio, Architectural Studio, Digital Fabrication Lab, the Library and had the opportunity to talk with the international students at the Residential Hall.

In the meeting, Chancellor of USJ, the Most Reverend Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang, expressed his appreciation to the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR for their visit, continuous support and interest to the University, and shared the value of USJ in “cultivating talents with love and virtue”.

Rector Stephen Morgan introduced the objectives of the future development plans of the University and stated that “USJ is in, of, and for Macao, China”. With its unique internationalised culture, the University will continue its role to serve Macao’s as the platform for economic and trade co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries in conjunction with the Central Government’s Belt and Road Initiative, whilst supporting the local Government’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area initiatives and also acting as “a base for exchange and cooperation with Chinese culture as the mainstream and the coexistence of different cultures”.

Director Fu acknowledged the University’s vision and development positioning and social values shared by the Chancellor, “Truth, Charity, Justice, Life and Family”, which is in line with the core principle promoted in Mainland China: "Always put people first, value people's lives most".

Director Fu also presented suggestions to USJ, underlining that USJ should promote the concept advocated by President Xi Jinping of “a community with shared future for mankind” in a world embraced with different cultures, ethnicities and religion. Furthermore, with the geographical, historical and cultural advantages, USJ should deepen cooperation between the territory, the Portuguese-speaking countries and the rest of the world; proactively seize opportunities in academic and educational development by applying the achievements of science and technology into academic research; continue its social responsibility in cultivating students with a sense of responsibility towards family, school, society, country and world, so that they contribute to the development of Macau. Lastly, the Director wishes USJ to uphold its traditions and ethos of, while promoting internationalisation and continuing to move towards the goal of building a first-class university in Macao. The Director also pointed out that the Liaison Office will continue to support USJ in high-level educational and research development.

Among the attendees of the visit and the meeting were the following guests, Deputy Director of the Education and Youth Affairs Department, Hong Bo, Director of the University Office under the Education and Youth Affairs Department, Li Yong Xian, Assistant of the University Office under the Education and Youth Affairs Department, Xu Zhiping, the three Vice-Rectors of USJ, Professor Keith Morrison, Professor Álvaro Barbosa and Professor Shu Guang Zhang, Pro-Rector, Professor Kevin Hannam, Dean of Faculty of Business and Law, Prof. Jenny Lao-Phillips, Prof. Rochelle Ge of Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, Head of the Department of Languages and Culture, Prof. Lídia Zhou Mengyuan, Director of Office of Student and Alumni Affairs, Mrs Teresa Loong and Director of Diocesan Commission of Catholic Education, Chan Teng Fong.

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The Labour Affairs Bureau was invited to hold a career seminar “Go Career Against COVID-19” on October 13 for USJ students and alumni. The representative of The Labour Affairs Bureau introduced the youth employment advice services, demonstrated techniques on CV writing and presented interview skills.

During the seminar, the representative answered questions from students and alumni about problems during the job seeking and interviews.

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On October 20, the Rector, Reverend Professor Stephen Morgan, the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, Prof. Elisa Monteiro, and the Outreach Programme Leader, Prof. Helen Liu met with members of the Social Welfare Bureau to present key features of the USJ’s Outreach Programme (Prison Education Initiative). The members of the Social Welfare Bureau included, Deputy Director, Mr. Tang Yuk Wa, Chief of division, Department of Social Reintegration, Miss. Ip Sio Mei and Head of the Professional Development and Planning Division, Mr. Leong Ka Fai. The meeting focused on developments and new directions for USJ’s outreach programme.

Professor Helen Liu introduced three main stages of the outreach programme developed and main results and plans for the future. The mission of the outreach programme is to educate and inspire individuals to achieve their academic and professional goals and prepare them for future social reintegration and rehabilitation. The verbal and written feedback of the students involved is very positive. The Rector thanked the Deputy Director, Mr. Tang Yuk Wa and Chief of division, Department of Social Reintegration, Miss. Ip Sio Mei and Head of the Professional Development and Planning Division, Mr. Leong Ka Fai, for their warm welcome and gorgeous support for USJ outreach programme. There will be further discussions with Social Welfare Bureau in the near future.

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Mangrove forests are now well known to provide a range of benefits, or ecosystem services to human populations. These are varied, and include fisheries, medicinal products, coastal protection, nutrient regulation, climate change mitigation, and multiple cultural ecosystem services. This talk will describe efforts to characterise and map these ecosystem services in Singapore, to show that they can be provided even along heavily modified urban shorelines. Singapore’s mangroves have lost >90% of their extent, mostly in the last 70 years; the remaining urban mangroves, even when patchy and fragmented, can still provide a range of ecosystem services at substantial levels. This is particularly the case for blue carbon, coastal protection, scientific value and recreation. The ecosystem services concept is a key tool with which to inform development decision making and communicate the importance of threatened mangroves to key government and commercial stakeholders and the general public.

About the speaker

Dr. Daniel Friess is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, and leads the NUS Mangrove Lab www.themangrovelab.com. His research focuses on the ecosystem services of coastal ecosystems (particularly mangrove forests), how they are affected by anthropogenic threats such as deforestation and urbanisation, how they are affected by sea-level rise, and how we can conserve and restore them. This work is conducted in Singapore, throughout Southeast Asia, and beyond. Dan is also a Lead Principal Investigator for the interdisciplinary project Natural Capital Singapore, and is involved in the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions.

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Camará Morto, Year 3 student of the Bachelor of Communication and Media of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, contributed to the audio-visual project “Corona Global Break” in partnership with students from the UNAM University (Mexico City, Mexico), Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal), and Mainz University of Applied Sciences (Mainz, Germany).

Coordinated and conceptualized by Professors Hartmut Jahn, Jeremias Witteler and Paulo Ferreira-Lopes, from the Mainz University of Applied Sciences, it was asked of each participant to produce 1 minute per week of audio-visual content to be edited in the final art piece. 

From these personal audio-visual observations, the authors of this collaborative project want to “open a shared window on our current conditions, - out of the virtual space – into the possibilities of a film project, an installation, or a concert”. More than 30 lecturers and students from the partner Universities responded to the call. The Video Essays are part of the “Opening Borders / Future Landscapes” exhibition, and it will be open to the public from October 15 to November 24, 2020, at the Contemporary Art Space “THE ROOM” in Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice (Italy).

For more information about the project, please visit:

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The Public Security Police Force of Macau organised a police affairs meeting with the Higher Education Institutions at Pac On Immigration Department on 16 Oct 2020.  USJ representatives, Ms. Jenny Lam from the Office of Student Affairs and Miss Kam Leng Ho from USJ Student Association, attended the meeting.

The frontline police officers reported the work progress and preventive measures in combating the Covid-19 pandemic.  The meeting focused on campus security, crime report channels, and other difficulties that university students are facing.   By strengthening the relationship between the Public Security Police Force and the higher institutions, it is hoped that the cooperation between both parties will be enhanced and the crime prevention among university students will also be promoted.

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ABOUT THE TALK

Lecture 1: Randomized controlled trials in educational research and practice

Seeking to improve schooling through research on ‘what works’ is positive. This lecture argues that the ‘what works’ agenda in schooling is problematic, and the research base on which it draws, which is almost exclusively randomized controlled trials, is questionable. The lecture raises challenges for the ‘what works’ agenda, and alerts educationists to limitations of randomized controlled trials in education. Whilst a case is made for randomized controlled trials in education, the promise of what they can ‘deliver’ is not as strong as their advocates suggest, and reasons for this are given.

Lecture 2: Replication studies in educational research and practice

Replication is a defining feature of ‘scientific’ research and demonstrating ‘what works’. Calls for replication studies in education, typically of randomized controlled trials, are strong though under represented in education. In particular, conceptual replications are widely promoted in securing ‘what works’. This lecture identifies significant challenges facing replication studies in education and it argues that what can be taken from them is considerably more limited than their advocates suggest.

Lecture 3: Getting research evidence in educational practice

Getting research evidence into educational practice is complex, far from straightforward, and a perennial challenge. This lecture suggests why this might be. Whilst calls for increasing the uptake, impact and outcomes of research evidence in schooling are made in the ‘what works’ agenda, and whilst many moves are made to encourage this, the uptake and impact of research evidence on teaching, learning, student outcomes and enhanced performance falls short of hopes and expectations. The lecture makes suggestions for improving this situation.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Keith Morrison is the author of 18 books on education, including: Taming Randomized Controlled Trials in Education; Research Methods in Education; Causation in Educational Research; and A Guide to Teaching Practice. He is the Co-editor of the international journal Educational Research and Publication.

  DETAILS LECTURE 1: Thur, 5 November, 2020 Time: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Location: Don Bosco Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph // LECTURE 2: Mon, 9 November, 2020 Time: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Location: Don Bosco Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph // LECTURE 3: Tue, 17 November, 2020 Time: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Location: Don Bosco Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/91720783057?pwd=MmlUZHZoQ3c5U2RYVXZBTVJ4Vy9mZz09 Meeting ID: 917 2078 3057 Passcode: 696985  + Add to my Google Calendar   Organised by: Domingos Lam Centre For Research in Education Moderated by: Prof. Ana Correia " ["post_title"]=> string(56) "Public Lecture: A SPOTLIGHT ON 'WHAT WORKS' IN EDUCATION" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(40) "public-lecture-spotlight-works-education" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2020-11-16 11:51:49" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2020-11-16 03:51:49" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(53) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=events&p=26853" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(5) "event" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }