HONG KONG ASSOCIATION’S MAGNIFICENT 21 YEARS 21 years is an impressive achievement for any anniversary, but especially for two learning institutions based 6,000 miles apart. The University of Wolverhampton’s construction course partnership with City University of Hong Kong has stretched across two decades, which has seen its annual student intake grow from fewer than 50 to about 160 today. While the big 20-year anniversary event was thwarted by the Covid-19 pandemic last year, in 2021 the Hong Kong alumni association will celebrate the partnership’s successes. The courses, which will be extended in October 2021, are highly regarded both at home and abroad, and their “fly-in faculty” model is a unique methodology that has stood the test of time. Lecturers and tutors are flown in from the UK to teach in English, giving students the best of two world-class universities. Conrad Fung, tutor and joint venture partner with City University, and Anthony Kam, alumni association chairman, do all they can to guide graduates to become successful professionals. Anthony says, “The alumni association was established in the year 2000 – even earlier than the UK alumni association. When I visited the UK, I mentioned to the previous ViceChancellor that I’m the chairman of the Hong Kong alumni association, and she joked, ‘Wow – that means you’re the global chairman!”
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Conrad Fung, Hong Kong Alumni Association
SUMMER 2021
