News Update

Ten Fruitful Years! Happy 10th Anniversary, FIFE Fund!

FIFE Fund supports a variety of learning activities outside classroom.

FIFE Fund Promotion at Seminar on Financing your University Studi.. Ms Ada Leung, Student Advisor (Student Development) of CEDARS, introduced the FIFE Fund and different learning opportunities at the University to over 120 freshmen at the seminar on “Financing your University Studies” in LT1, Meng Wah Complex on August 25, 2010... more »
FIFE Fund Summer Learning Activity With the support of Christian Action, a free field trip to visit the Nepalese and Islamic Communities at Yuen Long was organized successfully on 15 August, 2010. The activity was joined by 12 students, including 7 FIFErs. In addition to the visits to a Nepalese Church and the Islamic centre at Tin Yan Estate, Tin Shui Wai, participants also enjoyed an authentic lunch at an Indian restaurant in Yuen Long. .. more »
Accessibility Challenge of Equal Opportunities Festival 2010 Four FIFErs, Mr. Law Yu Hang (Faculty of Arts, Year 1), Mr. Hung Wai Hei (Faculty of Engineering, Year 1), Mr. Wong Yu Fu (Faculty of Science, Year 1) and Ms. Cheng Wan Yee (Faculty of Science Year 1) volunteered to be helpers and participant in the Accessibility Challenge of Equal Opportunities Festival 2010 organized jointly by the Equal Opportunity Unit and CEDARS on 3 and 5 March, 2010. The event aimed to promote equal opportunities and inclusiveness on campus for people with disabilities... more »
First-in-the-Family Education Fund Promotes Equal Learning Opport.. The FIFE Fund was reported in HKU’s quarterly alumni magazine, Convocation Newsletter (Summer 2010), again. Alumni were informed about the international awards won by the FIFE Fund and the Presentation Ceremony held in February. Read the Newsletter .. more »
Annual Report of FIFE Fund 2009/10 The Annual Report of the First-in-the-Family Education (FIFE) Fund 2009/10 is now available online. Read the full report.. more »
Results of Second-batch Application 2009/10 The second batch of application for FIFE Fund in 2009/10 was open from mid January to February 2010. 135 applications were received and 94 were approved. Since 2008/09, the Fund has granted a total of 529 first-generation university students at HKU to take part in different learning activities. Faculty Distribution of FIFE Fund Students (Second-batch of 2009/10) Faculty Number % Architecture 6 6.1%.. more »
FIFE Fund Receives two International Awards The FIFE Fund Scheme won the Overall Grand Gold medal and a Gold medal in the Fundraising Programs Category of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Awards 2009. more »
A FIFE Fund recipient shared her learning experiences in Dialogue.. A FIFE Fund recipient was featured in the second issue of 2009/10 "Dialogue" a publication of the Centre of Development and Resources for Students (CEDARS). In the article, Ms. Yeung Yuet-fong, a second year student major in English Studies and Politics, shares her experiences of various learning activities supported by the FIFE Fund Read the Newsletter.. more »
Results of First-batch Application 2009/10 The first batch of application for FIFE Fund in 2009/10 was open from mid September to October 2009. 242 applications were received and 195 were approved. Since 2008/09, the Fund has granted a total of 435 first-generation university students at HKU to take part in different learning activities. Faculty Distribution of FIFE Fund Students (First-batch of 2009/10) Faculty Number % Architecture 10 5.0%.. more »
FIFE Fund Presentation Ceremony and Experience Sharing 2009-10 At a presentation ceremony and experience sharing held in February 2010, alumni-cum-donors, Mr Wong Kai Man, Chairman of Azalea (1972) Endowment Fund and Mr Winston Chan, encouraged the fund recipients to make good use of the fund and enrich their learning experiences at HKU. Also present at the Ceremony were Dr Philip Wong, Mr Kwan Chuk Fai, Mr Kent Law, Mr David Wong, Chairman of FIFE Fund Steering Committee, and parents and friends of the FIFE Fund recipients. Fund recipients Kwok Po Yee and Jimmy Cheung.. more »

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