The visit and working session of two international schools on Service-Learning activities at UEF

On the morning of November 4th, UEF Community Connection Center was pleased to welcome and accompany the visit of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Vietnamese-Germany University (VGU) on community connection activities - Service-Learning model in the university environment.



The meeting had the presence of two universities. Dr. Stephen Chan - Consultant Service-Learning and Leadership Office PolyU was the representative with his colleagues Dr. Rina Camus, Ms. Artemis Kuo, Ms. Tiffany Ko; while representatives of VGU were Dr. Thomas Guidat - Director of Industry Relations and Technology Transfer Center VGU and Ms. Dinh Nguyen Thien- Industry Relations and Technology Transfer Officer; together with the UEF representative board Dr. Nhan Cam Tri - Vice President of UEF directly in charge of community activities, Master Bui Quang Dong - Director of UEF Center for Community Engagement, Master Tran Thi My Phuong - Deputy Director of the Center .Confidentiality UEF.


In the intimate space and the morning energy, the UEF Center for Community Connection welcomed its partners by introducing the Center and its recent achievements, which were presented by the core students of the project. This is the starting activity to be ready for the discussion between the parties.






Together with UEF, the representatives introduced community connection activities at their units as well as how to develop and expand the Service-Learning network. The parties all share their views on the value and scale of development to create opportunities for students to access community activities.





With a vision to create greater opportunities for students to participate in activities having social impact, Mr. Stephen Chan shared, “Community activities should not be limited to one region or one country. There are many interesting things when students step out to experience an international environment despite many challenges. Students will certainly gain many lessons and experiences from those activities.”



“Heading towards international training standards, UEF is always willing to welcome international students to study and experience the environment here and seize opportunities for UEF students to exchange and study in other countries. UEF is sure that exploring cultures and cultural exchange will bring many valuable lessons and experiences for students, especially in an interesting and meaningful activity like Service-Learning” - Dr. Nhan Cam Tri - Vice President of UEF shared in the discussion about the orientation to expand and develop Service-Learning activities.



The representative of VGU also shared about the desire to implement the Service-Learning model, “Although there is no methodical operating mechanism like UEF or an experienced platform like PolyU, we share the same vision and orientation, VGU is ready to accompany and cooperate in the future”.



Many issues were discussed in depth at this meeting, opening the future of inter-university cooperation and further developing the Service-Learning model in the university environment. With hope and promise, the opportunity for international exchange in the field of community activities will soon be handed over to UEF students in the future.