The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and the Hong Kong Lacrosse Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on March 24, offering elective courses in sports sciences and technology to help students acquire the theories and skills they need. In addition, they will provide students with internship and job opportunities in Greater Bay Area.

The COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted the daily lives of school children and made it more difficult for students with special educational needs (SEN) to adapt. Mr Roy Chan, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Health and Physical Education, EdUHK, worried that the pandemic affects SEN students' emotional health, so at the end of February, he established the “Online Consultation Cabinet” to provide emotional support for SEN students. More than 100 primary and secondary school students and their families have benefited so far. Inspired by remote medical consultation, Mr Chan and his students conducted one-on-one interviews with SEN students through “Observation, Auscultation, Interrogation and Action” (modified from Observation, Auscultation, Interrogation and Palpation in Chinese medicine) to understand their physical and mental condition. He shared useful information about the pandemic and taught them home exercise and mindfulness activities. The one-on-one interviews can help to gain deeper understanding of the difficulties that SEN families encountered during the pandemic and provide adequate support. In case of serious emotional distress cases, they can also be referred for follow-up. For more details, please visit: On.cc: 擔憂SEN生難應對疫情 教大講師設「網上百子櫃」遙距支援TOPick: 【提早暑假】教大為SEN學生提供線上情緒支援服務 教簡單居家運動Bastille Post: 教大推「網上百子櫃」支援特教生HKCD: 染疫學者創「網上百子櫃」支援SEN學童Sing Tao: 教大推「網上百子櫃」支援特教生Ming Pao: 活動推介：線上居家運動 支援SEN孩子

Yeung Nga Ting, the student from Bachelor of Health Education (Honors) programme , with her partner Yeung Pui Lam have won a gold medal in Women's Doubles event (Badminton) at Portugal International Championships 2022 on 13 March. The pair defeated Sharone Bauer／Vimila Heria from France with 21:14 and 21:8.

Good news! The Asian Sailing Championships 2022 has been held from 27th February to 6th March in Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong Sailing Team has dominated the competition with winning four gold, two silver and one bronze medals in total. Michael Cheng Chun Leung, the student of Bachelor of Health Education (Honours) Programme, is the gold medalist of RS:X (male). He has been working hard on developing his dual career pathway with achieving outstanding performance in sport and continuing his study at The Education University of Hong Kong.

Mr. CHAN Ching Yat, Roy, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Health and Physical Education, EdUHK, and Mr Leung Chi Ho, Year 1 student of Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Physical Education) shared the Online Sports Day experience with 49 PE teachers from 25 Po Leung Kuk Affiliated Primary Schools on March 2, 2022.

The Department of Health and Physical Education (HPE) held a series of online seminars themed on Adapted Physical Education and Adapted Physical Activity. The seminars were delivered by visiting scholar Prof. Dr Selina Khoo, on 2nd and 9th March 2022, respectively.

The 1st HPE Learning and Teaching Seminar 2021/22 orgainzed by DLTC, "Different Strategies Allowing Students to Prepare, to Interact, and to Review the Online Lesson" , was successfully conducted on 16 February 2022.

The Metroradio has interviewed Dr. LEUNG Ka Man, Carman, Assistant Professor of Department of Health and Physical Education, on her projects in adapted physical activity in older adults and people with physical disabilities.

Good news from Hong Kong Karate Team!
 
The team has won three Bronze medals in Asian Karate Championships Seniors 2021; one Gold, one Silver and five bronze medals of Junior Championships in total. The event was held in in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 20 to 22, December 2021. Three of the Hong Kong medalists are the students at The Education University of Hong Kong, shown as below:

The RTHK has interviewed Chung Pui Ki Vicky, a female football athlete and the Year 1 student of Bachelor of Health Education (Honours) Programme on her sport development and dual career pathway. She is the first batch of athlete-students from Hong Kong Athletes Career & Education Programme (HKACEP) admitted into EdUHK after signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC) on 8 January 2021, while EdUHK is the first local university to establish such a collaboration with HKACEP.