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香港理工大學專業進修學院院長陳淑燊博士每年暑假均會到英國考察，參與合作伙伴大學諾桑比亞大學的考試評分委員會會議，與他們檢討和展望計劃，並到訪數家著名大學洽談合作事宜，務求讓SPEED的學士學位銜接課程辦得更好。

陳博士表示，學院希望可與更多不同國家的大學合辦課程，所以除了英國，學院每年均會派員到美國和澳洲考察，以為學生提供多元化和多國的海外課程。

受傳統英國文化影響，香港教育制度跟英國相近，課程銜接的優勢盡顯，所以SPEED以英國大學課程作為首批海外學士學位銜接課程，希望學生能容易適應，而學院亦可藉此累積經驗，進一步提升辦學質素。

學院看重課程的質素，所以每年的課程檢討非常重要。陳博士強調：「SPEED亦會逐步加入其他海外大學的課程，不過我們不會急於開發多項海外課程，一切必須循序漸進，這才可保證課程的質素。」

We visit England every year to review our current programmes and discuss future plans with our partner institution, the Northumbria University. During these trips, we would attend Northumbria's examination board meeting and visit other leading U.K. universities to discuss collaboration projects with them. We hope this can help us further improve the curriculum of "top-up" degree programmes at the School of Professional Education and Executive Development (SPEED).

Apart from the U.K., we also make field trips to the United States and Australia every year to explore the possibility of co-operating with other foreign institutions. We want to offer our students a wider selection of overseas courses.

Hong Kong's education system is similar to the U.K. system, owing to the influence of British culture in the past. Hence, we have chosen U.K. universities as SPEED's first and foremost providers of overseas top-up degree programmes, hoping that our students will find it easier to adapt and the School can also gain more experience and upgrade our courses in the future.

SPEED places strong emphasis on its annual programme review to ensure the highest quality. We plan to gradually increase the number of programmes jointly organised with other overseas universities, because we know launching too many programmes at the same time would affect the quality. More haste, less speed.

(From left to right) Deputy Director Mr. Rupert Leung, College Lecturer Mr. Adrian Chan, and Director Dr. Dennis Chan during their field trip to Newcastle in England in July 2006.

(由左至右)學院副院長梁國材先生、學院講師陳祖榮先生以及院長陳淑燊博士本年7月到英國紐卡素考察，收獲甚豐。
 

I think the field trip this year is an extremely valuable experience. I noted that many U.K. universities have begun offering new, exciting courses, like health science and retail management. I hope that our School can also introduce such creative programmes in the future. We aim to avoid overlapping with what other local universities are already offering so that our students can have more options.

Looking ahead, we would further enhance our programmes at SPEED by reviewing and revising our current curriculum, and launching new courses. For example, we will introduce new part-time bachelor degree programmes, courses in legal studies and additional core subjects for a number of programmes. The School also plans to launch more practical diploma programmes that can serve as training platforms for different industries and help employees attain professional qualifications.

是次考察活動令陳博士體驗良多，他指英國有很多新興課程，如健康科學和零售管理等等，極具創意。「我希望將來可在學院加入這類的特色課程，不會跟本地大學的課程重複，為學生提供更多更廣泛的選擇。」

展望來年，陳博士表示SPEED繼續力臻完美，積極檢討現有的課程，並更新科目及開發新課程，例如加開個別課程的主修科目，開辦兼讀學士學位課程，以及繼續拓展法律課程等。此外，學院亦會積極開拓以行業為本的文憑課程，為就業市場設立專業培訓平台，幫助從業員取得專業學術資格。
 


 

SPEED held a retreat on 8 April 2006 at the Regal Airport Hotel, aiming to boost teaching quality and foster a better understanding of the School's targets, direction and development. The School explained to its staff its future strategies and direction. It aims to help the staff gain a better understanding of their career developments at SPEED and encourage them to move ahead with the School.

為了提升教學質素，並幫助員工了解學院的目標和發展方向，學院在2006年4月8日於機場富豪酒店舉行集思會。集思會闡述學院的策略方向和計劃，及讓一眾員工更了解自己在學院的事業發展，令員工跟學院步伐一致、不斷進步。
 
 
Information Seminars for SPEED Awards
& UNN Awards Programmes 2006/07
06-07年度SPEED及諾桑比亞大學學銜課程諮詢講座

SPEED held five information seminars from April to June this year, attracting over 1,200 participants. The seminars introduced various Executive Diploma, Top-up Degree and Master Programmes offered by SPEED or jointly organized by the School and Northumbria University. Students and graduates were invited to share their learning experiences at the seminars, which included a question-and-answer session.

he seminar drew a full house of enthusiastic audience.
參加者的反應非常熱烈，講座門外更是人頭湧湧。

Participants listened attentively to Mr C H Wong Thomas, Deputy Director of SPEED.
各參加者都非常留心聽取SPEED副院長黃正虹先生講解。

本年4月和6月間，學院共舉辦了5個課程講座，吸引了超過1200人參與，反應大獲好評。講座介紹多個本地以及SPEED跟英國諾桑比亞大學合辦的管理文憑、學士和碩士課程，邀請學生和畢業生分享學習體會，更透過互動問答環節，令大家加深對各課程的認識。