ICAC hosts seminar to enhance universities’ student admission procedures and prevent corruption
2025-1-24
The ICAC yesterday (January 23) hosted a corruption prevention seminar for the eight publicly-funded universities in Hong Kong to strengthen anti-graft awareness of managerial staff responsible for student admission and related policies, and further enhance local universities’ student admission procedures to ensure integrity and fairness.
Speaking at the seminar yesterday, Assistant Director of Corruption Prevention Ms Kate Cheuk Chi-yan said that a culture of integrity was an important foundation of Hong Kong’s tertiary education. The ICAC had maintained close partnership with all local tertiary education institutions and provided timely corruption prevention advice and training. The Commission had earlier offered corruption prevention advice to the eight publicly-funded universities regarding student admission, including enhancing related guidelines to reduce the risk of corruption, as well as strengthening the mechanism for checking applicants’ academic credentials.
Cheuk pointed out that the seminar aimed to enhance related staff’s capability to prevent corruption. It also provided an opportunity for the universities to reinforce the communication mechanism in order to strengthen the detection of suspicious admission applications.
At yesterday’s seminar, Deputy Head of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications Ms Bonnie Tam Shuk-on shared with participants what to look for while assessing and verifying academic credentials of applicants. Through case studies, ICAC officers expounded on possible corruption loopholes in student admission and provided preventive measures. Participants were also briefed about detecting suspicious applications through the use of information technology. Meanwhile, representatives of different universities also shared their own experience in the group discussion, with a view to safeguarding the admission procedures.
The ICAC seminar was attended by around 30 managerial staff of 8 universities funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC), including City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Lingnan University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Education University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and The University of Hong Kong. Representatives from the Education Bureau and UGC Secretariat also attended the seminar.
The ICAC will continue to work closely with the universities and stakeholders and follow up the adoption of preventive measures and provide training. The Commission is also developing a corruption prevention guide on student admission for all tertiary education institutions.
Speaking at the seminar yesterday, Assistant Director of Corruption Prevention Ms Kate Cheuk Chi-yan said that a culture of integrity was an important foundation of Hong Kong’s tertiary education. The ICAC had maintained close partnership with all local tertiary education institutions and provided timely corruption prevention advice and training. The Commission had earlier offered corruption prevention advice to the eight publicly-funded universities regarding student admission, including enhancing related guidelines to reduce the risk of corruption, as well as strengthening the mechanism for checking applicants’ academic credentials.
Cheuk pointed out that the seminar aimed to enhance related staff’s capability to prevent corruption. It also provided an opportunity for the universities to reinforce the communication mechanism in order to strengthen the detection of suspicious admission applications.
At yesterday’s seminar, Deputy Head of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications Ms Bonnie Tam Shuk-on shared with participants what to look for while assessing and verifying academic credentials of applicants. Through case studies, ICAC officers expounded on possible corruption loopholes in student admission and provided preventive measures. Participants were also briefed about detecting suspicious applications through the use of information technology. Meanwhile, representatives of different universities also shared their own experience in the group discussion, with a view to safeguarding the admission procedures.
The ICAC seminar was attended by around 30 managerial staff of 8 universities funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC), including City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Lingnan University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Education University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and The University of Hong Kong. Representatives from the Education Bureau and UGC Secretariat also attended the seminar.
The ICAC will continue to work closely with the universities and stakeholders and follow up the adoption of preventive measures and provide training. The Commission is also developing a corruption prevention guide on student admission for all tertiary education institutions.
Managerial staff of 8 universities attend the seminar.
Managerial staff of 8 universities visit the ICAC’s Café 1974.
ICAC Assistant Director of Corruption Prevention Ms Kate Cheuk Chi-yan says the seminar helps universities to enhance anti-corruption awareness and capability.
Deputy Head of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications Ms Bonnie Tam Shuk-on attends the seminar as speaker.
ICAC officer shares with participants the relevant cases and provides preventive measures.
Representatives of universities share their experience on student admission.