{"id":73084,"date":"2026-03-06T09:54:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=73084"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:38:41","slug":"hsuhk-manchester-roundtable-explores-asia-as-an-education-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/hsuhk-manchester-roundtable-explores-asia-as-an-education-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"HSUHK-Manchester Roundtable explores Asia as an education hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"73084\" class=\"elementor elementor-73084\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08fe32d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08fe32d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-464c7f5\" data-id=\"464c7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c3c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99c3c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><\/p><p><strong>5 March 2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>The Graduate School of HSUHK, in partnership with the University of Manchester and supported by the Asia Pacific Higher Education Research Partnership, hosted the international roundtable \u201cThe Quest for Education Hub in Asia\u2014Comparative Perspectives and Policy Learning\u201d on 5 March 2026.<\/p><p>Professor Joshua Mok, Provost and Vice-President (Academic and Research) of HSUHK, opened the event, emphasising higher education\u2019s strategic role in enhancing Asia\u2019s economic competitiveness and global engagement, with international collaboration as a key driver of policy learning, research excellence, and talent development.<\/p><p>Scholars explored impact-driven research, international education as cultural diplomacy, digital technologies, generative AI, liberal arts education, and equitable future-oriented systems.<\/p><p>In the policy-focused session moderated by HSUHK\u2019s Dr Chan Chi-kit, Associate Professor from the School of Communication, Professor Mok, Dr Ayomide Oladosu and Dr Rainie Ke from the School of Transdisciplinary Studies, presented early findings from their ongoing Public Policy Research Funding Scheme project comparing doctoral talent attraction and retention strategies across Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and the UK. Dr Zia Ullah Akhunzada from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, added valuable regional insights on internationalisation and student mobility.<\/p><p>The roundtable concluded with actionable policy recommendations and strong enthusiasm for future collaborations in doctoral education, international education policy, AI governance in higher education, and comparative education hub studies\u2014strengthening cross-regional networks and Asia\u2019s position in global higher education.<\/p><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc6b976 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc6b976\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f4179c\" data-id=\"8f4179c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a9633b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a9633b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC03373-2048x1365-1-1140x760.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC03373-2048x1365-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC03373-2048x1365-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC03373-2048x1365-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC03373-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">HSUHK brings together global scholars at the \u201cHSUHK\u2013Manchester Roundtable Discussion: The Quest for Education Hub in Asia\u2014Comparative Perspectives and Policy Learning\u201d. \n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":73085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[144,407,10,131],"tags":[],"topics":[227,228,230],"month":[453],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73084"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73501,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73084\/revisions\/73501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73084"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=73084"},{"taxonomy":"month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/month?post=73084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}