https://www.scmp.com/rss/314806/feed Liz Jackson is Karen Lo Eugene Chuang Endowed Professor in Diversity and Equity, professor and assistant dean (research), at the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Liz Jackson Liz Jackson US-China relations seem to be shifting and changing minute by minute, and usually for the worse. Strategists can debate differences in outlook between the two countries from a political view, including where they share interests and where their interests and values diverge. However, there is a cost on both sides to the war of words taking place between the two countries today. With the rise of competitive nationalism on a global stage, ordinary people in both countries face harm from overzealous... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3313788/how-can-education-help-set-us-china-relations-healthier-course?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3313788/how-can-education-help-set-us-china-relations-healthier-course?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Jun 2025 01:30:08 +0000 Unsurprisingly, leaders around the world have emphasised following science as a key to facing the Covid-19 pandemic. Last week, in response to a group of anti-vaccine truckers protesting in Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “You can’t end a pandemic with blockades … You need to end it with science.” On Sunday, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor assured the public it was the “scientific choice” to follow the government’s “dynamic zero-Covid” strategy to combat the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3166874/dynamic-zero-or-living-covid-19-whats-best-strategy-soft-science?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3166874/dynamic-zero-or-living-covid-19-whats-best-strategy-soft-science?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Feb 2022 01:45:16 +0000 Last week, Times Higher Education World University Rankings named the University of Hong Kong as the most international university in the world. This is due to the high participation of students in study abroad trips and its student make-up: about 10,000 are categorised as international out of about 30,000 in total. As vice-president and pro-vice-chancellor Ian Holliday commented, internationalism is not an end for HKU, but a means “to augment core missions in teaching and learning, research,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3003440/university-hong-kong-worlds-most-international-university?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3003440/university-hong-kong-worlds-most-international-university?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Mar 2019 01:00:09 +0000 The need for multiculturalism, which can be defined as fair approaches to managing diversity and cultural understanding, has become urgent in Hong Kong. Many feel that schools should do a better job of educating students in light of challenges some face due to barriers of language, race/ethnicity, and class. On the other hand, what students are learning in schools, about "racial harmony" and other forms of social diversity, is also being scrutinised. Recent news stories have exposed how primary... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1550397/no-place-liberal-studies-ethnic-stereotypes-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1550397/no-place-liberal-studies-ethnic-stereotypes-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:00:30 +0000