The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) announced on 5 August signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement with the East China Normal University (ECNU) and announced its membership in the Chinese Association of Physical Education. As the first local university to join the Association, the EdUHK expects to foster collaboration among member institutions on the development and reform of physical education (PE).

Congratulations to the EdUHK elite athlete-students, Lee Ho Ching, Ng Tsz Yau and Tsang Hiu Yan for winning GOLD medals in the international table-tennis and badminton competitions in July 2022 respectively. All of them are students from the Department of Health and Physical Education (HPE).

Dr. OR Pui Lai, Peggy, Assistant Professor of the HPE, interviewed by the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers (HKFEW) on her 2 projects ”健康天文台” and “真相追擊”, which are the platforms for providing health information for people of different age groups.

Congratulations to Lee Wing Yung, the wushu elite athlete-student of Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Physical Education)! Hong Kong Wushu Team delegated two male and two female athletes to participate in The World Games 2022 – Wushu, which was held in Birmingham, USA. Lee Wing Yung performed very well and won the bronze medal, with the score 8.977 of Nanquan and 9.117 of Nandao for a total of 18.094 points.

The HPE adapted physical education teacher workshop was held on 8th July and 15th July 2022 successfully. The workshop was conducted under the theme of adapted physical activity (APA) and adapted physical education (APE), with international and local perspectives.

The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) held an online ceremony on 12 July for the President’s Awards for Outstanding Performance in Teaching, Research, Knowledge Transfer and Administrative Services 2021/22.

Healthy eating can promote children’s growth and reduce the risks of many chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and certain types of cancer. However, for several reasons, healthy eating is not a common practice among local students. According to data from the Department of Health (DH), about one in five of the local primary school students is overweight or obese. (EatSmart@school.hk)

Under the impact of COVID-19 pandemic over the world, although the elite athletes are encountering lots of uncertainty and changes on the competition and training plan, their passion and the spirit of sportsmanship are staying strong.

The Sports Council prepared a video to cheer the 2022 DSE Students on their PE Examination which will be held on 14 May 2022 (Thursday). The Sports Council invited EdUHK Elite Athlete students as well as PE students to encourage the DSE students.

The 3rd HPE Learning and Teaching Seminar 2021/22 orgainzed by DLTC, "Pedagogical Practice and Theoretical Considerations in Teaching Physical Education" , was successfully conducted for HPE staff on 22 April 2022.

Hong Kong Badminton Team has maintained high performance in the international competitions these days. In 13-16 April 2022, Ng Tsz Yau and Tsang Hiu Yan, the pair from Bachelor of Health Education (Honours) , won the Champion of Women’s Doubles while another BHE’s elite athlete-students Yeung Nga Ting obtained the silver medal with her partner Yeung Pui Lam in Dutch International 2022. Apart from the Women’s Doubles, Ng Tsz Yau, paired up with Lee Chun Hei, also won the Champion of Mixed Doubles, which got two gold medals for Hong Kong Team in total.

The Department of Health and Physical Education has successfully completed the second annual Virtual Student Conference on 12 April 2022 (Tuesday). We had 29 Honours Projects and 15 Capstone Projects presented by our Physical Education and Sports Science students. We recorded over 300 participants attended this conference.