{"id":73806,"date":"2026-04-12T17:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=73806"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:49:44","slug":"scholar-appointed-founding-editor-in-chief-of-international-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/scholar-appointed-founding-editor-in-chief-of-international-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholar appointed founding editor-in-Chief of international journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"73806\" class=\"elementor elementor-73806\" 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>11 April 2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Professor Joshua Mok, Provost and Vice-President (Academic and Research), has been appointed Founding Editor-in-Chief of the new academic journal, <em>Perspectives of Higher Education.<\/em><\/p><p>The journal was launched on 11 April 2026 at a conference in Beijing titled \u201cGathering Higher Education Wisdom, Embracing the World\u201d, co-organised by the Chief Association of Higher Education and Xiamen University, with support from the Chinese Ministry of Education. The event drew over 50 leading scholars from China and abroad.<\/p><p>In his keynote address, Professor Mok stressed the need for forward-looking higher education research amid geopolitical shifts, digital disruption, and evolving societal demands, noting, \u201c<em>Perspective of Higher Education<\/em> aims to create an international platform that bridges theory and practice, transcends disciplinary and national boundaries, and turns academic insights into actionable contributions for social progress.\u201d<\/p><p>Backed by major international organisations including the World Bank Group, UNESCO Regional Bureau for East Asia, the EU-Latin America Global Relations Centre, the Association of African Universities, the Association of Arab Universities and the ASEAN University Network, the journal serves as a key platform for sharing China\u2019s higher education experience with the world.<\/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-ca570f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca570f7\" 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-5768614\" data-id=\"5768614\" 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-dd55cf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd55cf2\" 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\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1deae6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1deae6b\" 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-0d3e7ac\" data-id=\"0d3e7ac\" 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-746508e elementor-widget 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