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Gloria Chan

Public ratings of all 10 local tertiary institutions have fallen significantly this year and it may be linked to the effects of the Occupy movement.
Baptist University faced the most significant drop in mean scores, falling behind City University for the first time to sixth place, according to a survey conducted by the University of Hong Kong's public opinion programme.
"We believe socio-political factors are the reasons for the overall drop in public perception towards universities," programme director Dr Robert Chung Ting-yiu said yesterday.
"Occupy Central last year has torn Hong Kong society apart and things are becoming increasingly politicised. Many universities cannot avoid being caught in the political storm and that affects public perception," he said.
The study, commissioned by non-profit website Education18.com ranked the institutions in the same order as last year - except for the swap between City and Baptist universities.


 
The University of Hong Kong retained top spot, although its mean score fell from 7.81 last year to 7.58 out of 10 this year.
Chinese University came next, followed by the University of Science and Technology, Polytechnic University, City University, Baptist University, the Institute of Education, Shue Yan University, Lingnan University and the Open University.
This marked the first time since the annual survey began in 2001 that City University had overtaken Baptist University. Baptist's mean score declined from 6.42 last year to 6.10, whereas City University slid from 6.28 to 6.15.
Chinese University vice-chancellor Professor Joseph Sung Jao-yiu retained top spot as the city's best university president. Next was HKU's Professor Peter Mathieson, who rose from last year's third spot, while Baptist University president Professor Albert Chan Sun-chi fell from fifth to seventh.
The results were derived from random telephone interviews between May 22 and June 5.
Pollsters asked 1,201 Hongkongers to evaluate the institutions based on perceptions of their overall performance using a scale of 0 to 10.
The standard error due to sampling was within 1.4 per cent.


Baptist University leads fall in public ratings of all 10 Hong Kong tertiary institutions

Baptist University is ranked sixth, falling behind City University for the first time since the survey started in 2001. Photo: Baptist University

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Public ratings of all 10 local tertiary institutions have fallen significantly this year and it may be linked to the effects of the Occupy movement.


Baptist University leads fall in public ratings of all 10 Hong Kong tertiary institutions

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Public ratings of all 10 local tertiary institutions have fallen significantly this year and it may be linked to the effects of the Occupy movement.

Public ratings of all 10 local tertiary institutions have fallen significantly this year and it may be linked to the effects of the Occupy movement.