College Assemblies

College Assemblies are part of the College General Education Programme. It is non-credit bearing. Full-time undergraduate students of Shaw College are required to attend THREE College Assemblies each term to fulfill the attendance requirement.

For attendance to be counted, participants of College Assemblies must register in advance online via the Registration and Attendance System. Click here for details. 

List of "Diversified General Education Activities" (1st Term, 2024/25)  

List of "Diversified General Education Activities" (2nd Term, 2024/25)  (Updated on 5 Mar 2025)

Unless otherwise stated, College Assemblies are held at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm on Friday.

In 2024/25 academic year, the following Assemblies will be held:

Term 2

Date / VenueTheme / TopicLanguageSpeaker
10 Jan 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
39th Founder's Day Celebration Ceremony
[Video]
Cantonese*Guest of Honor: Mr. CHOW Chi-kwan Frank
CANCELLED
15 Jan 2025 (Wed)
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Consultation Session for the 36th General Election of the Shaw College Student UnionCantoneseProposed Cabinet of the 36th Shaw College Student Union Executive Committee
17 Jan 2025
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Living is dying, Dying is living
 
Cantonese*Dr. FAN Ning
07 Feb 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
The Future of Psychology
[Video]
Cantonese*Mr. CHAN Kin-yan Peter
14 Feb 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Strive for Excellence, Success will FollowCantonese*Mr. LAM Ho-wang Franco, "Star of Shaw" Awardees 2023
21 Feb 2025
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Is the US China relations heading towards more conflicts and decoupling?
[Video]
Cantonese*Mr. YAU Tang-wah Edward
25 Feb 2025 (Tue)
7:30pm - 9:15pm
Lee Hyan Concert Hall
Chopin's Piano Music - Performance and SharingCantoneseMr. SHUM Kin-wai, "Star of Shaw" Awardees 2023
28 Feb 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Mastering Your AI Before They Do So
[Video]
Cantonese*Mr. CHENG Ki-sum Cheney
14 Mar 2025
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Anti-deception TalkCantonese*Hong Kong Police Force

14 Mar 2025
7:00pm - 10:00pm

7:30pm - 10:30pm
Shaw College Lecture Theatre

Movie watching Finding Forrester + Post-screening SharingCantonese*Mr. TSOI Sik-cheong Hardy and Mr. Aman CHIU
15 Mar 2025 (Sat)
3:00pm - 5:30pm
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
'MakeZen' Series x 'Zen Art Daily': Movie watching The Journey of Sinje + Post-screening SharingCantoneseVen. CHANG Lin and Ms. LEE Sinje
28 Mar 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Life (cycle) of the Hong Kong Newt
[Video]
Cantonese*Mr. FUNG Hon-shing
8 Apr 2025 (Tue)
5:00pm - 7:15pm
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Sir Run Run Shaw Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture 2024/25: Life Imitates Broadway: the Soft Power of TheatreEnglishProfessor David Henry HWANG, Professor, Theatre, School of the Arts, Columbia University in the City of New York
11 Apr 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Mental Health and My Family Story
[Video]
Cantonese*Ms. TAM Wai-wan Vivian

Term 1

Date / VenueTheme / TopicLanguageSpeaker
13 Sep 2024 
Shaw College Lecture Theatre (date and venue updated)
Inauguration Assembly
[Video]
EnglishCollege Head, Chairman of Student Union Executive Committee
20 Sep 2024
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Debate competition
[Video] (Cantonese Only)
CantoneseShaw College Debate Team vs The Education University of Hong Kong Debate Team
24 Sep 2024 (Tuesday)
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Cantopop: A Journey of Seven DecadesCantonese*Mr. CHEUNG King-hin Hins
04 Oct 2024
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Students' Sharing
[Video]
Cantonese*Participants of "Caring Heart Community Service Project Scheme" and "Shaw College Summer Programme"
15 Oct 2024 (Tuesday)
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Sir Run Run Shaw Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture 2023/24:
Racing to Zero: Initiatives and Technologies for Decarbonizing Global Value Chains
[Video]
EnglishProfessor Dr.-Ing Holger Kohl, Head, Department of Sustainable Corporate Development, Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management, Technical University Berlin
18 Oct 2024
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
The Fortunate Journey of Social Innovation
[Video]
Cantonese*Mr. WONG Tsz-mang Healthy, Founder of FOODSPORT
25 Oct 2024
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
The Lives of A Cell: Observations of a Stem Cell Scientist
[Video]
Cantonese*Professor Rocky S. TUAN
8 Nov 2024
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
The urban Imagination of 'Strollology'
[Video]
Cantonese*Dr. WONG Yu-hin Sampson
8 Nov 2024 (Friday)
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Lecture Theatre 1, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK (venue updated)
Introductory Lecture of the Shaw Prize Lecture in Astronomy 2024: Time-domain Astronomy - Gamma Ray Bursts, and SupernovaeCantoneseProfessor CHU Ming-chung, Dr. LIN Lap-ming, Professor NG Chun-yu
13 Nov 2024 (Wednesday)
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Yasumoto International Academic Park LT2 (CMA Lecture Theatre)
The Shaw Prize Lecture in Astronomy 2024: The Dynamic Night SkyEnglishProfessor Shrinivas R KULKARNI
22 Nov 2024
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Learning how to relax
[Video]
Cantonese*Professor LEUNG Yiu-kin Freedom
26 Nov 2024 (Tuesday)
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Movie watching Once Upon a Time in HKDSE + Post-screening SharingCantonese*Mr. HUI Yin, Mr. LEUNG Yik-ho, Mr. MAN Wing-cheong, Mr. CHAN Yat-long, Mr. HO Shun-hei
29 Nov 2024
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Ageing @ Hong KongCantonese*Ms. CHAN Hiu-lui Leila

* Simultaneous interpretation will be provided for non-Cantonese speakers

College Assemblies in recent 2 years

2022/23

07/10/2022
A melodious chat of music concert
28/10/2022
From Shaw College to the Festival de Cannes
04/11/2022
18/01/2023
Movie watching To My Nineteen Year Old Self + Chat with the Director
16/03/2023
Movie watching The Way We Keep Dancing + Chat with the Director
14/04/2023
Sir Run Run Shaw Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture 2022/23 -
21st Century Frontiers of Medical and Health Humanitarian Assistance: along the Belt and Road

Enquiry

Ms. Fiona HO / Ms. Carol LAM 
Tel: 3943 8538 / 3943 7360
Email: shaw-assembly@cuhk.edu.hk