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APSS and Goldsmiths Strengthen Ties with MoU Signing Ceremony

20 Dec 2024

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Group photo during the signing ceremony: Prof. Paul ROWLETT, Interim Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Education and Student Experience at Goldsmiths (1st left); Dr Naomi THOMPSON, Department Head of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies at Goldsmiths (2nd left); Prof. Eric CHUI, Chair Professor and Head of APSS at PolyU (2nd right); Dr Kong YAM, Senior Lecturer of APSS at PolyU (1st right).

Group photo of Prof. Eric CHUI, Chair Professor and Head of APSS at PolyU (Left) and Dr Naomi THOMPSON, Department Head of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies at Goldsmiths (Right)

Dr Kong YAM, Senior Lecturer of APSS (1st left) and Prof. Eric CHUI, Chair Professor and Head of APSS (2nd right), were invited to speak at the Goldsmiths Talk and Forum respectively.


The Department of Applied Social Sciences (APSS) and Goldsmiths, University of London (Goldsmiths), held a significant MoU signing ceremony on 18 December 2024 to foster collaboration in social work education and research. On the same day, Dr Kong YAM, Senior Lecturer of APSS, was invited to speak at the Goldsmiths Teaching Partner Forum - Global Dialogue on Children’s Social Welfare: A Hong Kong – UK Exchange.  

Prof. Eric CHUI, Chair Professor and Head of APSS, delivered a talk topic: “Leveraging Innovations in Education and Teaching for Nurturing Competent and Humanistic Social Workers for Tomorrow” to Goldsmith’s students on the following day of the visit.

We would also like to extend our heartfelt thank you to our APSS alumna, Dr Carmen YAU, Lecturer in Social Work, Placement Coordinator, and Lead of the Wellbeing Research Unit at Goldsmiths, for supporting the visit in Goldsmiths.


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