PEER & I

Professional Excellence

• Articulation of the knowledge and skills acquired in their study and successful application in their profession, and aspiration to continuous improvement and development;
• Competencies in critical thinking, communication, problem solving and collaboration skills, integrating theory and practice; positive and professional attitude; and
• Contribution to sustainable social and economic development in Hong Kong and beyond.

Ethical Responsibility

• Awareness of and commitment to being a caring, socially and ethically responsible citizen;
• Upholding moral values and integrity; and
• Ability to think critically and independently to make moral judgements.

Innovation

• Possession of a global mindset, technological literacy and entrepreneurship with drive and aspirations;
• Readiness to learn and engage in lifelong learning; and
• Ability to generate creative, innovative and effective approaches and ideas.

Professional Excellence

• Demonstrate an advanced and up-to-date knowledge, understanding and competence in a specialty;
• Apply theoretical and professional knowledge and strategies into practice and promote evidence-based practices through the application of rigorous methodology;
• Understand research, and / or advanced technology or professional activity; and
• Prepare to make contribution to a field either through practice or research.

Ethical Responsibility

• Uphold ethics in academic inquiry of a chosen field;
• Possess the professional ethics and social responsibility in a profession; and
• Be sensitive to multiple contexts and value diversity and differences.

Innovation

• Be able to critically review, differentiate and synthesize knowledge in a discipline and apply diagnostic and creative skills in a range of situations;
• Be capable of locating problems/gaps in established literature / contexts; and
• Enable change and innovation by encouraging new ways of knowing and doing.

Professional Excellence

• Is at the international forefront of respective subject area, and demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the theories and /or policies as applied to a specialty area;
• Able to evaluate the appropriateness and usefulness of various perspectives and processes in research;
• Discover and define emerging questions in a specialty and contribute to the development of new knowledge / theories / methods / interpretations / forms of documentation within the specialty; and
• Apply advanced skills in research design as well as methods for data collection and analysis for the areas of study.

Ethical Responsibility

• Demonstrate an understanding of and full commitment to the underlying values and ethics of the scientific inquiry of the chosen field;
• Possess professional ethics and develop a pro-active sense of social responsibility in a field as an academician or researcher; and
• Maintain a high level of ethical integrity by always prioritizing ethical values over self-interest.

Innovation

• Appraise the literature, ideas, and other information critically from local, regional and international sources;
• Conduct original research via appropriate and creative methodologies and analyze data with flexibility and novelty, which contribute to the fields or society; and
• Extend or transform a novel or unique idea, question, format or create new or boundary-crossing knowledge.

Professional Excellence

• Acquisition of the knowledge and skills in their study, successful application in their profession, and eagerness to continually improve and develop;
• Key competencies in critical thinking, communication, problem solving and collaboration skills; ability to integrate theory and practice; positive and professional attitude; and
• Contribution to their professional field through practice in the local context.

Ethical Responsibility

• Awareness of being a caring, socially and ethically responsible citizen;
• Upholding of professional ethics and integrity; and
• Core ability to think critically and independently to make moral judgements.

Innovation

• Possession of global awareness and information technology competency with aspirations;
• Readiness to engage in lifelong learning; and
• Ability to generate creative approaches and ideas.