UGC “Whole-person Development Fund” - Student-initiated project 2023/24

Understanding the youth mobility and poverty issues in Hong Kong and reflection on possible solutions

This University Grant Committee (UGC) funded project aims to promote undergraduate students’ understanding of youth mobility and poverty issues in Hong Kong. It encourages students to explore possible ways to tackle these problems.

In this project‚ participants are invited to address the problems of youth mobility and poverty issues in Hong Kong. The selected applicants will be subsidized to produce a 10-minute video on these issues and are required to submit a brief project report to the Office of Undergraduate Studies.

Objectives:

• To understand the social problems on youth mobility and poverty issues in Hong Kong and address the problems on the related issues;
• To provide an opportunity to gain video production skills and showcase the work to the audience.

Selected applicants will be given a subsidy (Individual project: $4‚000 and Group project: $7‚000) to produce the video.

Eligibility:
All full-time undergraduate students of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Important Dates:
Registration and Video plan submission deadline: 31 January 2024
Entries to be shortlisted by the panel of judges: Early November 2023
Video production: Mid-November 2023 to February 2024
Project submission: 31 March 2024
Video presentation at PolyU: June 2024

Please refer to the entry instructions for the detailed submission requirements.