The UGC Teaching Award was set up to honour teachers who have made a real and sustained impact in promoting teaching excellence in higher institutions. A City University of Hong Kong (CityU)-led inter-institutional project team promoting positive education among university students won the 2021 University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award (the Award).
Dr Sylvia Kwok Lai Yuk-ching, Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at CityU is the Principal Investigator of the Joint University Mental-wellness Project (JUMP), which aims to enhance university students’ well-being, increase their resilience to face adversity and challenges, and nurture them to contribute to society.