Current Student
Student Support
Enhancing student’s learning experience is one of the main strategic areas of the University. At present, a wide range of support has been provided to postgraduate students (including both Research Postgraduate and Taught Postgraduate students).
Services of Student Supports include:
1. New Students
Orientation Materials (by Programmes)
| Research Postgraduate Programmes |
| Orientation (Research Postgraduate Programmes) |
| LTTC Orientation |
| Library Orientation |
| Introduction to IT Services (OCIO) |
| SAO Orientation |
| Master of Education |
2. Academic Support
Academic Advising System
Academic Advising (AA) System at the University aims at providing guidance to students not only on academic matters but also on other areas of all-round development.
Academic Advising plays an important role in the academic success and progression of students and is a process in which students are provided with support for identifying their academic, and career goals, devising plans to achieve these goals, and evaluating their own progress.
Under the AA System, whenever students feel in need, Academic Advisors will provide assistance in developing study plans, identifying career goals as well as referring them to appropriate supporting units.
Every postgraduate student is to be assigned to an Academic Advisor, who can be:
the thesis supervisor in the case of Research Postgraduate (RPg) and Doctor of Education (EdD) students who are in the thesis stage, and the Programme Director / Programme Leader / Area Coordinator in the case of taught postgraduate students.
Contact information of the academic advisors is available to postgraduate students in the Handbook on Academic Advising for Postgraduate Students.
Affiliation of Research Centre
Each RPg student will be assigned to a University-/Faculty-level Research Centre, Facultylevel Professional Development Centre or Resource Centre according to their research areas. The principal supervisor of the student will propose the centre affiliation arrangement. By affiliating all these students to the research clusters of the University, the research capacity of individual students as well as the University could be built and enhanced as a whole.
For more information on the Research Centres: https://www.eduhk.hk/en/research/research-centres
Individual Thesis Writing Consultation Services
The individual thesis writing consultation services are now available for students of Research Postgraduate and Doctor of Education programmes as well as MEd students who are doing research projects.
The consultation service aims to provide one-to-one meetings to students who are willing to make a strong commitment to work with an academic writing consultant and improve their academic writing. The consultant will help participants articulate their ideas and identify areas of improvement. Students are welcome to make an appointment via gradsch@eduhk.hk at least five working days before the date of consultation.
Appointments
- To maximise the effectiveness of the consultation, participants are required to submit the followings when making an appointment:
- A chapter of the thesis/research project (with supervisors’ comments); and
- Completed academic writing consultation form (with guiding questions).
- Participants are strongly recommended to check the grammar of the above documents using writing enhancement software such as Grammarly (https://www.grammarly.com) before submitting them.
- The consultations will be conducted via Zoom or face-to-face. Students who will submit their thesis/research project soon are encouraged to make appointments for the consultations.
- Appointments can be made on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, Fridays from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (except public holidays). Some Saturday afternoons and some evenings could be arranged subject to the availability of the consultant. Each consultation session is for a maximum of 1 hour.
Cancellation Policy
- Participants have to cancel their appointments at least 48 hours in advance so that we can allocate their appointment session to another student.
- If participants fail to turn up more than twice without cancelling the appointments in advance or cancel more than two scheduled appointments, we reserve the right to restrict their access to the consultation service.
For enquiries, please contact gradsch@eduhk.hk.
Research Software
SPSS Statistics 28 Network version
For data analysis, training sessions of software packages, technology seminars and workshops, etc. For details, please refer to: https://www.eduhk.hk/ocio/spss-software
NVivo 14 (for RPg and EdD Students only):
For more details regarding the NVivo 14 license, please contact the EdD Support Team (edd@eduhk.hk) or RPg Support Team (rpg@eduhk.hk) for assistance.
Other software applications: https://www.eduhk.hk/ocio/software-applications
Statistical Consulting Services for Research Students
The Graduate School provides statistical consultative services. Students undertaking the research postgraduate programmes (i.e. PhD and MPhil) and the Doctor of Education programme are eligible to apply for using the service.
Click here to download the guidelines on using the service.
Click here to download the application form.
By Appointment Only, Subject to Availability
- Appointments can be made for weekdays from Mondays to Thursday, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, except public holidays.
- To make an appointment, please send the completed application form to RPg: rpg@eduhk.hk or EdD: edd@eduhk.hk.
3. Financial Support
Financial Support for Research and Conference (For RPg)
Research Support
To encourage and support research activities of RPg students, we offer research support funding for PhD and MPhil students. Students who have passed the Qualifying Presentation and confirmed their candidature are eligible to apply.
- Guidelines for Research Support
- Application for Research Support
- Application for Printing of Personal Name Card
Conference, Workshop or Immersion Visit Support
The University encourages RPg students to present their work internationally and to exchange information with others in their research areas. Financial support would be provided to RPg students to attend international / national / local conferences or workshops as well as to have immersion visits to international / national / local research centres / departments / universities which are relevant to their research areas and directly related to their thesis.
Financial Support for Conference and Publication (For EdD)
4. Career Support
Helping postgraduate students navigate the transition from degree to career
Every job search is competitive. The resources on this website will help you get started, explore your options and move through your job search with greater confidence and ease. Whether you are planning an academic or non-academic career (or considering both!), you will find helpful information here.
1. Certificate in Introduction of Teaching in Higher Education
RPg and doctoral students are encouraged to attend series of activities that are categorized as different Themes of the Certificate Course/Certificate of Attendance in “Introduction to Teaching in Higher Education”. Interested students please refer to this link for details.
Please also keep updated with activity news for the Certificate Course/Certificate of Attendance from:
LTTC: http://www.eduhk.hk/lttc/pd
Library Skills Workshop: http://www.lib.eduhk.hk/library-skills-workshop/