University of Saint Joseph (USJ) held its 2019/2020 Community Scholarships and Fellowships Award Ceremony at the Auditório Centenário de Fátima of Ilha Verde Campus on 22 January 2020. A total of 68 scholarships and fellowships were donated by different organisations and individuals, with the amount exceeding MOP 1,700,000.
Moreover, to foster inclusiveness, fairness and respectful diversity in the community life of the University, USJ is committed to providing equal opportunities to all our students, and this is reflected in the scholarship and fellowship principles and operations. This year, 5 USJ community fellowships were awarded to 5 non-local students who have financial need. Additionally, the Higher Education Fund offers a Specialised Scholarship to attract outstanding students from Portuguese-speaking countries and ASEAN countries to study in Macao and 7 USJ undergraduate students from the Portuguese-speaking and ASEAN countries were awarded this year. This scholarship covers recipients’ total tuition fee, on-campus accommodation fee and stipend.
The USJ Community Scholarships and Fellowships Award Ceremony takes place annually and it aims to recognise our students’ academic achievements and the contributions of the donors as well as encouraging those students with financial difficulties. USJ would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to the donors as "they are sharing the passion of changing the lives of our students and supporting our students through a journey to reach their potentials" quoted from the speech of USJ Chancellor, Rev Bishop Lee Bun Sang.
On 20 January 2020, Professor Jacky Goo, Chairman of the Foshan Industrial Design Institute of the Foshan University, Guangzhou (China), visited the Faculty of Creative Industries. Strengthening the relationship between the two institutions, Professor Goo's visit had the primary purpose of showing our Faculty facilities, of presenting the courses taught as well as visiting our specialised laboratories and studios.
*On the feature photo, from left to right, Jacky Goo, Vicent Ho and Carlos Sena Caires
Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) reminds you: any gambling websites under name of Macao or Macao casinos are fraudulent, bets placed are not protected by Macao law.
Two of USJ students (Rosiane Fernandes Garcia da Veiga, BBA student and Sherwin Hng Xuan Wen, Pre-University student) were selected to meet President Xi Jinping during his visit to the China-Portuguese Countries Commercial and Trade Service Platform Complex. For detailed information, please click the link here.
“The University of Saint Joseph granted me the opportunity to participate in the One Belt One Road event, which took place on 19 December 2019. I was extremely grateful for this opportunity because the most unexpected happened; I met His Excellency, The President of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Xi Jinping. It was a great honour to shake hands and have a quick conversation in Mandarin Chinese with the President.
I believe PRC’s One Belt One Road policy is a way forward that has been gaining better understanding and support from many countries in the world, for being a win-win policy whereby there will be only winners in the long run as many countries like China walk towards partnership and sustained development. I avail myself of this opportunity to congratulate Macao for the 20th-anniversary celebration as a Special Administrative Region. The importance of Macao is well-expressed by the honorable presence of His Excellency, The President of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Xi Jinping. The USJ’s involvement in the celebrations shows very well the prestige the university enjoys in the SAR.”
- By Rosiane Veiga
“I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the Higher Education Bureau of Macao for organising this special event “Belt and Road” and My Country Themed Salon, a platform for student from One Belt One Road country to communicate with. I am truly grateful for having the opportunity to participate in this event which held on the 19 December 2019. On that day, I was honoured to meet Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China. This is the most memorable moment of my life. Fortunately, I had a chance to shake hands with the president and have a short conversation with him in Mandarin Chinese. I believe One Belt One Road policy is set to bring win-win results in the world, and in the process lift millions of people out of poverty, raise living standards and connect the world in a way never before seen with the main aim of promoting intercontinental trade and building infrastructure to connect Europe, Asia and Africa through land and sea.”
On 4 and 11 January 2020, Office of Student and Alumni Affairs invited the Mental Health First Aid Course Instructor, Coordinator for the Bachelor of Psychology programme in USJ – Dr. Angus Kuok to host a two day Mental First Aid Standard Course for our students. Many students from USJ participated, Dr. Kuok shared his knowledge on Mental First Aid, namely types, causes, symptoms of mental health problems, as well as consulting skills with the participants. The participants had a deeper understanding of the Mental Health problems and acquired wider knowledge and skills in identifying and handling the emotional and behavioural problems of the people around them.
University of Saint Joseph (USJ) has a deep, rich, and longstanding partnership with Fu Jen Catholic University (FJCU) in Taiwan. This relationship has served as the foundation for department of social work at USJ’s international initiatives in Taiwan, where we had the exchange programme to students and opportunities for faculty and students alike in December 22-28, 2019.
Social work field in Taiwan has been developed well. Fu Jen Catholic University, department of socialwork has been closely bound up with the social welfare service system and especially with social welfare work at local level. We took this opportunity to do some collaborations between the two, which benefit faculty members and students of both sides.
The 2019-2020 Social Work Exchange Programme - Frontiers Social Work Practice in Taiwan run for 7 days in December 2019, which was funded by Higher Education Fund and Macau Foundation. Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) organised a group of 15 students and 2 faculty members. Students must have completed their foundation year. Prof. Helen Liu and Prof. Michael Lai led a group.
Prof. Helen Liu and Prof. Michael Lai, Prof. Liu, Yi -Long, the director of department of social work, took a photo at FJCU, the Faculty of Social Sciences.
It was a very enriching experience to have this exchange. The group discussion included social issues within the two places, Macao and Taiwan, and how these presented differently in the two different cultures. Two workshops were taught by faculty members at FJCU and had many opportunities to visit seven different social service agencies in Taipei and New Taipei City in Taiwan with the students. Part of the exchange programme were workshops and part of the programme were visiting agencies and interact with service users. The outcome of the programme was to enlarge the visions of social work professions taking care of local needs and wider concerns and challenges.
Meeting with faculty members at FJCU
Visiting youth centre in Taipei
Students from the field trip will share their experience of Taiwan trip with us on January 17 at 17:30-18:30 in USJ-101. All FSS faculty members and students are invited to attend.
Ms. Ngai Hio Peng (Dorothy), Master of Community Development graduate from USJ's School of Business and Law (SBL), won a Merit Award at the Dissertation Competition organised by the Macau Economic Association in December 2019.
Her dissertation "Exploring the Role of Vocational Education in Promoting the Diversification of Macao's Industry: A study of the cultural and creative industries", under the supervision of Prof. Jenny Phillips, Dean of SBL, was successfully defended to a panel chaired by Prof. Douty Diakite of SBL, and examined by Professor Álvaro Barbosa, Vice-Rector of USJ and Full Professor at the Faculty of Creative Industries (FCI) on 12 September 2019 at the Ilha Verde Campus of USJ.
On January 8th, 2020, the Public and International Relations Office (PIRO) of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) held an International Orientation Session for the Spring Semester 2019/2020 International Exchange Students to support them in their adjustment and adaptation to life in USJ and Macao. This semester, USJ is receiving students from Higher Education Institutions in Brazil, France, and Portugal.
During the session, students had the opportunity to learn more about the offices which they will come into close contact with, namely PIRO and the Office for Student and Alumni Affairs (OSAA), as well as get to know some of the USJ buddies that can further support the students.
Need-to-know information about USJ and Macao was facilitated and the students received goodie bags with Macao maps and brochures, the International Exchange Student Guide with information relevant for all international students, the PIRO Checklist of the 50 things they must do before leaving Macao, USJ souvenirs, local popular snacks and more! The session ended with some basic notions of Cantonese taught by a USJ Buddy and refreshments that provided a taste of the local favourites. During the mingling opportunity, students wrote down on origami paper their expectations for this coming semester.
The activity was kindly sponsored by the Macao Foundation and resulted of a collaboration between PIRO, OSAA, the USJ Student Association and USJ Buddies.
USJ staff in two teams participated in and successfully completed the open group of the “2019 Mak Mak City Orienteering Challenge” competition on 29 December 2019, which was organised by the Orienteering General Association of Macau, China. There were around 500 players to join this competition.
There were 21 checkpoints for the city orienteering competition, the participated teams had to find out all checkpoints distributing around the streets and scenic spots in Macao and arrive the terminal point in 2 hours.
USJ Students' Association organised an exchange trip to Shanghai from 23 to 27 December 2019. The exchange group visited a number of places which include Yakult Production Factory and Fudan University.
During the visit, the students have learnt the business strategy and production process by visiting the factory of local enterprise Yakult, as well as understanding the campus life and academic issues of the Fudan University. The exchange group also visited Ant Workspace, which is a centre for innovation and entrepreneurship, and better known the atmosphere and support of entrepreneurship in Shanghai and its difference with Macao. Finally, the exchange group also visited several landmarks in Shanghai, the participants appreciated the characteristics of the architecture. They also experienced the local culture of Shanghai, and tasted local food before the end of the trip.
The “Aiming higher in a transforming world” documentary series, developed in cooperation with IAU, spotlights exciting university projects making a positive change in their communities by promoting diversity, leadership and social responsibility.
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) was among the 35 universities from 30 countries selected for this project. The three-minute films provide a captivating patchwork illustration of the essential contribution being made by higher education to social development worldwide. The new portal is available here and the mini-documentary on USJ is under the heading “Leadership”.
Until 19 December 2019, there has been 437,000video views on Facebook, 318,000tweet impressions, and an estimated overall outreach to 1,480,000 people. Positive feedback was received on this great achievement and the promotion will be on until end of January 2020.
The city of Porto has registered a very significant growth of tourism, with significant economic results in the city. Over the past 5 years, tourism revenues and business opportunities have completely altered the city's historic centre. It is in this geographical setting that are located the churches and the Museum of São Francisco, a unique architectural complex in Portugal, visited by almost 400,000 people annually. From tourism income, in a continuous growth, there was a profound renewal of the institution's Cultural Heritage. In addition to the policy of valorization of movable and immovable heritage, the cultural income made possible a renovation of the hospital and the sustainability of the assistance activities promoted by the Third Order of Saint Francis of Porto.
It is often reported that high-ability students may experience obstacles and challenges along the way to choosing their career path. They can be helped tremendously in schools and colleges by planned programmes of learning experiences that lead them to understand fully the world of work, identify their own potential talents and interests, and develop transferable and adaptive skills that can make full use of their talents in a future career.
Effective practices in talent development, career education, and individual life planning need to be based on sound research evidence of what works best, and facilitated by appropriately trained teachers and other career professionals. However, in many countries, talent development and career education for high-ability students occupies only a marginal place in school curricula. Given the importance of this topic for the individuals and for society, it needs to receive much greater emphasis. This lecture introduces the concepts and research evidence related to career and talent development. Cases will be described that illustrate the challenges and opportunities that exist for high-ability students in schools and colleges; and effective support strategies that can be used by teachers and parents will be explored. The lecture will conclude with a synthesis of key points from the lecture and discussion.
About the Speaker
Dr. Mantak Yuen is an Associate Professor and Director of the Programme for Creativity and Talent Development, Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education, Faculty of Education, in the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is a Registered Counselling Psychologist, a Registered Educational Psychologist, a Global Career Development Facilitator and an advisor for Hong Kong Association of Careers Masters and Guidance Masters. He coordinates the HKU Faculty of Education MEd specialism in Guidance and Counselling, and MEd specialism in Gifted Education and Talent Development. He has developed the Career and Talent Development Self-Efficacy Scale. His current researchfocus isinvestigatinglinks among students’ life skills, career and talent development, self-efficacy, connectedness, and purpose and meaning in life. In particular, he is interested in how these attributes can be enhanced through school-based counselling and talent development programmes.
More pictures are available on Flickr now! (click here)
Based on the triad film-interactivity-experimnentation, the applied research project The Forking Paths, developed at the Centre for Research in Arts and Communication (CIAC), endeavours to find alternative narrative forms in the field of Cinema and, more specifically, in the subfield of Interactive Cinema. The films in the project The Forking Paths invest in the interconnectivity between the film narrative and the viewer, who is given the possibility to be more active and engaged. At the same time, the films undertake a research on the development of audio-visual language.
About the Speaker
Bruno Mendes da Silva graduated in Cinema and Video in 1995 from School of Arts of Porto (ESAP), got his post-graduation in Arts Management in 1998 from Macao Institute of European Studies (IEEM), got his PhD in Literature and Cinema (Comparative Literature) in 2008 from University of the Algarve (UALG), and his Post PhD in Interactive Cinema in 2016 also from UALG.
He was a TV Producer and Director from 1995 to 2000 at Teledifusão de Macau (TDM) and has been invited to International Art and Film Festivals such as Fresh (Thailand), Dokanema (Mozambique), Loop (Spain), Festival de la images (Colombia), Ecologia Digitales (Colombia), The Script Road Macau (China) and FILE (Brazil).
More pictures are available on Flickr now! (click here)
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) celebrates the 20 years of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR). Tremendous changes have taken place in these two decades, as the Region has begun to develop its potential as a multilingual and international platform within the Greater Bay Area, with strong links to Europe and Portuguese Speaking Countries.
We wish the new Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, and his team every success. We will continue to cooperate with the Government’s efforts to require the best international standards from Macao’s institutions of higher education.
As requested by the Macao Government's Higher Education Bureau (DSES), we share a link to a short video prepared for the occasion.
My best wishes to all for Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
The Pre-Christmas Mass was celebrated at the Holy Cross Chapel on 19 December, 2019. Francisco, one of the Exchange Students from the Catholic University of Portugal served as Lector. In the Homily, our Chancellor Bishop Stephen Lee has shared the spirit of Christmas with the USJ Community. Prior to the mass, the USJ Chaplaincy Office has been officially consecrated with the presence of the Chaplaincy members. The Chaplaincy Office is led by Father Daniel and committed to serving the needs of the Catholic students at USJ.
On December 16th, 2019, the USJ - University of Saint Joseph's Sports Day 2019 was successfully concluded with an Award Ceremony. A special mention to USJ Rector, Prof. Fr. Peter Stilwell, USJSA President, Mr. Gary Lao, and the Director of the Office for Student and Alumni Affairs, Mrs Teresa Loong, for their roles in the Award Ceremony.
USJ's Student Association (USJSA) and leaders of the USJ Sports Teams organised the games, which many students and staff attended and participated.
USJ Sports Day 2019 Results:
Basketball Games:
Champion: 學生會
1st Runner-up: BA天堂鳥
2nd Runner-up: Lakers
Top Scorer: 愷
King of Rebound: Anson
King of 3 Points: 愷
Queen of Free Throw: Emily Nip
Badminton Games:
Singles - Female:
Champion: Wendy Ma
1st Runner-up: Natalie Fu
2nd Runner-up: Vicky Cheong
Singles - Male:
Champion: Miguel Ng
1st Runner-up: Jan Eli Doctor Soltes
2nd Runner-up: Tommy Pun
Doubles:
Champion: Miguel Ng / Wendy Ma
1st Runner-up: Jan Eli Doctor Soltes / Marco Ao Ieong
On December 13th, 2019, the Public and International Relations Office (PIRO) Team of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) held the “Hau Wui Yau Kei” (“See You Soon”) Farewell Gathering for the Fall Semester 2019/2020 International Exchange Students.
Students from Portugal, Brazil, Indonesia, France and Italy came together to celebrate and share experiences during their time at USJ, Macao, Mainland China and Asia in general, while savouring traditional Macanese dishes like Apa Bico, Capella, Minchi, and Bolo Menino.
As part of the office’s Macao Inside Out initiatives throughout the academic year, students were encouraged to take part in two PIRO challenges that would allow them to further explore Macao: “50 Things To Do Before Leaving Macao” Checklist Challenge and Macao Landmark Instagram Challenge. The winners of these challenges, respectively, Mr. Benjamin Connan from Université Catholique de Lille (France) and Mr. Francisco Almeida from Católica Lisbon (Portugal), were announced at the event and each received a symbolic prize from PIRO Director Mrs. Ana Paula Mota.
Ms Lydia Tong, from the Office for Student and Alumni Affairs (OSAA), as one of the parties most involved in supporting the students during their stay at USJ, joined the gathering and expressed, on behalf of OSAA, some final words to the group.
The event was kindly sponsored by the Macao Foundation.
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) organises several events and free public lectures that provide access to educational resources in different areas and topics every academic year.
These events aim to raise awareness and disseminate evidence-based practices and interventions. Some events bring together USJ students and professors, and some are open to partner institutions and the general public.
BBC StoryWorks launched its new “Aiming Higher in a Transforming World” Documentary Series, during the plenary session of the IAU conference in Puebla, Mexico, held from November 13th to 15th, 2019. USJ was among the 35 universities from 30 countries selected for this project.
On 17 January 2020, the Faculty of Creative Industries is organising a public lecture titled “Historical Heritage, Tourism and Development: The Case Study of the Third Order of Saint Francis of Porto (2016-2020)” by Prof. Gonçalo Vasconcelos e Sousa.
On 16 January 2020, the School of Education is organising a Public Lecture titled ‘Career and talent development of high ability students: The roles of parents and teachers ‘ by Dr. Mantak Yuen at Don Bosco Auditorium.
On 15 January 2020, the Faculty of Creative Industries is organising a Public Lecture titled ‘Hypotheses of Interactivity for the Cinema of the Future’ by Prof. Bruno Mendes da Silva at 18:30 at USJ Room 605.
On December 13th, 2019, USJ’s PIRO Team held the “Hau Wui Yau Kei” (“See You Soon”) Farewell Gathering for the Fall Semester 2019/2020 International Exchange Students.
More pictures are available on Flickr now! (click 
Prof. Helen Liu and Prof. Michael Lai, Prof. Liu, Yi -Long, the director of department of social work, took a photo at FJCU, the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Meeting with faculty members at FJCU
Visiting youth centre in Taipei
Students from the field trip will share their experience of Taiwan trip with us on January 17 at 17:30-18:30 in USJ-101. All FSS faculty members and students are invited to attend.
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