Academic Advising
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The WACC aims primarily to assist students to overcome difficulties in adjusting to the University, to derive success and satisfaction from their university experiences, and to achieve personal growth and self-enhancement.
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JCTH+ aims to provide novel and personalized online self-help resources to facilitate progressive improvement of users’ mental well-being and self-care skills. The recommendations are based on users’ mental health assessment results. The resources are supervised by clinical psychologists and based on latest protocols.
App Features:- Mental health assessment
- Personalized self-help courses & coaching suggestions
- Over 100 mental health exercises
- Guided self-help and group therapy
- Online forum and webinars to interact with experts
- Chatbot offering life challenge suggestions through conversation
Sunshine@CUHK is an online platform for students and CUHKers to access handy information related to mental wellness and relative activities.
Herein the Sunshine At CUHK’s website, you are able to find your pacing of living amid the busy and turbulent daily life in the “Self-Care Hub“; the “Inspiration Hub“, and the “Support & Resources Hub“.
If your students feel anxiety/ depressed or need a counselling service, you may encourage student or give them a referral to contact the dean of student/ warden/ resident tutors/ peers from their assigned college.
To provide prompt assistance to students facing mental health crises, staff members will be equipped with the necessary knowledge to identify potential mental health issues and offer timely support even before seeking professional help.
This comprehensive course will cover the following topics:- Recognizing signs and symptoms associated with commonly encountered mental health problems
- Implementing an action plan designed to effectively manage mental health crises
- Familiarizing oneself with the available resources within CUHK and the local community that cater to individuals with mental health concerns
CUHK offers over 280 student exchange programmes; they include university-wide, college, faculty and department options. University-wide programmes are administered by OAL and available to all CUHK students.
The Office of Admissions and Financial Aid functions as a core department that manages the allocation of scholarships and financial assistance programs at the University. These provisions are offered either by the University itself or the Government, depending on the students’ financial circumstances or their exceptional achievements in academics or other domains.
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The SEN Service of the OSA is responsible for coordinating an array of support services including learning support, financial support for full-time undergraduates and postgraduates with special educational needs (SEN) and training and development courses for both students and staff.
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LCES is committed to offering students guidance on adjustment to and planning for university life and to promoting cultural interchange on campus.
Service Overview- Providing Learning Enhancement Service
- Promoting Cross-Cultural Diversity
- Providing Support Service to Non-Local Students
- Coordinating Orientation Activity and First Year Survey
- Supporting Postgraduate and Non-Local Student Associations
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) places a strong emphasis on its esteemed teaching culture, valuing teaching and learning to provide students with the utmost quality education. The university is dedicated to constantly enhancing its educational standards, striving to offer the best possible education to its students. This website contains valuable information and resources pertaining to teaching and learning at CUHK.
Under the university-wide Academic Advisory System, Faculty Academic Advisors provide general academic guidance to students. Such guidance ranges from advice on adapting to university studies, study progress, study strategies, to study planning. Academic Advisors also provide a basic level of pastoral care to foster students’ personal growth. The Quality Manual on Academic Advising and Support, and Learning Resources provide more details on the implementation and quality assurance of the service.
Faculties conduct regular sharing sessions on the implementation of the Academic Advisory System; they have to complete a checklist for each session for monitoring purpose, as well as for sharing of good practices and difficulties encountered for further improvement.
To ensure a smooth implementation of the Academic Advisory System at various levels of the University, briefing sessions / workshops are organized by the Office of Student Affairs for Academic Advisors. As a means to monitor the progress of the implementation of the Academic Advisory System for reporting back to SCTL, annual sharing sessions with the Chairmen and representatives from each Faculty Committee on academic advising are organized for reporting and sharing of experience in the past academic year.