To promote corporate efficacy, to bring the best out of every team player and to instil a sense of initiative, self-learning and self-reflexivity within the team, managers adopting a coaching style are keenly sought after. Coaching has been developed in the UK, the US and Australia for more than 20 years to become a well-established professional service industry and a tried and proven management model. To tap into the potential of the coaching profession, HKU SPACE offers a series of coaching programmes this spring, so that you can develop leadership and organisation skills, elevate your personal abilities and be inspired to be a real leader in the workplace. To know more about coaching, click here to sign up for the Speed Coaching Day.

Nowadays, patients expect more from healthcare professionals. Nursing tasks are no longer confined to the clinical practice in the ward. In light of this, HKU SPACE introduced a series of nursing postgraduate certificate and higher diploma programmes in a number of specialities, such as renal nursing, family mental healthcare, Chinese medicine nursing and clinical pharmacology. Students are expected to gain insights and professional knowledge on specific health issues, drug management and skills, while preparing themselves for the challenges in the 21st Century to climb the hierarchical ladder in the nursing profession. To know more about the courses, click here to sign up for the Information Session.

With its every elegant step and graceful spin, ballroom dance is not only a fun-filled social activity and a strenuous sport at times, but also a fruitful career for many. Skilful dancers might as well think about acquiring internationally recognised qualifications and start teaching the next generation of dancers. HKU SPACE has a range of dance exam preparation courses, tailor-made according to the requirements of ISTD and NATD, the world’s leading dance examination boards. The courses recap the exam syllabi and train students systematically to be professionals.

Speaking Putonghua has become a prerequisite rather than an option for almost any job these days. To cater for the market demand, HKU SPACE designed a series of Putonghua programmes custom-made according to the specific needs in different trades and sectors. Korean pop culture is all the rage in Asia. That’s why the School also has various Korean programmes on offer for students to learn the language. Other practical language courses include Japanese, Vietnamese and English etc. Some of them are instructed in languages other than Chinese to cater for the demand on language courses from non-Chinese students.

HKU SPACE presents two new IT programmes specifically for those interested in starting a career in business information systems in general and those working in the IT departments of banks and finance institutions. Students will earn insightful know-how and professional skills on the subject which give them a competitive edge in the banking and finance sector. Students successfully completing such programmes have the option to further pursue award-bearing top-up programmes, for better qualifications and to refine their skills.