HKU CAES Annual Report 2022-2023

Committees CAES operates a number of in-house committees with clearly defined roles in order to streamline operations and allow for more effective management. The key committees are the CAES Management Committee (CMC), Engagement, Research and Innovation Committee (ERIC), the Teaching and Learning Committee (TLC) and the Publicity and Outreach Committee (POC). Their roles and their major work in 2022-2023 are described below. Teaching and Learning Committee (TLC) The CAES Management Committee (CMC) is a decision-making committee to discuss key strategic plans for the Centre and key management and financial issues related to resources, budget, Q&A, scholarship, engagement and innovation. The Engagement, Research and Innovation Committee (ERIC) is a committee set up in CAES to ensure that our scholarship, enterprise and innovation strategic plans are discussed and in line with University and Faculty’s plans. Although ERIC is not a decision-making committee, it is an instrumental forum for facilitating, implementing and monitoring CAES’s new strategy (2022-2025) particularly in relation to our income generation and scholarship plans. During the 2022-2023 academic year, ERIC discussed, considered and implemented the following: The Teaching and Learning Committee (TLC), in partnership with all staff at CAES, aims to promote high quality teaching and learning within the Centre. It supports teachers and Programme Coordinators in facilitating dialogue about teaching and learning quality and disseminating teaching and learning quality information to students, staff of the Centre, the University at large, CAES External Examiners and the University Grants Committee. Regular duties of the TLC include (i) discussion of course modifications to ensure course changes bring about positive outcomes in terms of course quality, (ii) the collection of and analysis of quality assurance data from students and External Examiners and (iii) the compilation of reports for submission to the university and the UGC on course and teaching quality. The TLC also organises and leads Staff Student Consultative Committee meetings at the end of each semester to understand and respond to student perspectives on CAES courses. This year, the TLC has also spent time developing guidelines for teachers and programme coordinators in response to the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence technology. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) the implementation of the financial plan to diversify our income; the further development of our three main scholarship thematic areas in the Centre; the implementation of the new mentoring system; the implementation of the new buyout system to support scholarship among staff; the delivery of the new EAP teacher training programme and the development of new initiatives in the area of language teacher education. Alessandro Benati Alessandro Benati Miranda Legg Icy Tsang Sanny Kwok Icy Tsang Natalie Fong Aditi Jhaveri (until 31 August) Ken Ho (from 1 September) Ken Lau Miranda Legg Parco Wong (from 1 September) Eliza Yu Derek Chan Lisa Cheung Sam Cole Ken Lau Juan Castillo Sam Cole Ken Ho Michelle Raquel Michelle Raquel Siqi Song Lillian Wong Parco Wong Chair Chair Chair Secretary Secretary Secretary Members Members Members CAESManagement Committee (CMC) Engagement, Research and Innovation Committee (ERIC) 32 Centre for Applied English Studies ANNUAL REPORT 2022-2023 31