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The 2023 Pan-Pearl River Delta+ University IT Projects Competition Final has been opened on July 3 at the Macao Polytechnic University. Thousands of students from 17 provinces and cities, including Guangdong, Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Chongqing, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, participated in the competition and 60 teams entered the final.
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The 2023 Pan-Pearl River Delta+ University IT Projects Competition Final, jointly hosted by Macao Polytechnic University and Macao Computer Society, was held at 3:30 pm on July 4 at Macao Polytechnic University. After two days of competition, there are totally 11 universities, including Macao Polytechnic University, Guangdong University of Technology, Central South University, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Hainan University, Fuzhou University, Xihua University, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University and National Taiwan Normal University, winning the first prize. And there are 15 and 34 universities winning the second prize and the third prize respectively. More than 300 participants from various provinces and regions, as well as teachers and students from secondary schools in Macao, attended the award ceremony, witnessing the important moment of the winners.
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To support the development of Macao's cultural and tourism industry, to deepen thecultural developmentof the Greater Bay Area, and align withMacao's goal of becoming "a platform for cultural exchange and cooperation by promoting Chinese culture as the mainstream whilst preserving the unique pluralistic cultural heritage of Macao", the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences ofMacao Polytechnic Universityheld the "Inheritance and Innovation: Forum onIntangible Cultural Heritage" on July 6th. The forum aimed to explore the theoretical and practical issues related to the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) protection, inheritance and rejuvenation. The forum included academic presentations delivered by the eminent scholars in the field, in addition to the demonstrations ofintangible cultural heritage performedby the living masters, inheritors and safeguarding units. The forum not only showcases the charm of intangible cultural heritage, but also highlights the diversity of Macao's culture. More than 100 experts, scholars, inheritance masters from Beijing, Shandong, Guangdong, and Macao attended the event, together with the faculty members and students of Macao Polytechnic University.
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In order to respond to the needs of social workers for professional development, the Centre for Continuing Education of Macao Polytechnic University will launch a number of social work professional practice courses in the third quarter of 2023, including “Practical Skills for Social Rehabilitation Service”, “Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Work Application”, “Nurturing Key Abilities of Adolescents”, “Strategies and Skills for Intimacy Counselling”, “Community Work: Resident Meeting Practice”, “Social Service Project: Planning and Management”, “Social Worker Intervention Skills Application” and “Care for Dementia Patients” etc. These courses have been recognized by the Macao Social Workers Professional Committee as continuing education activities for social workers, and are now accepting applications.
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The global social and economic situation is changing instantaneously, forcing the industries to accelerate transformation and upgrading to cope with competition. Therefore, practitioners must also take timely actions to tackle with challenges. In order to maintain core competitiveness, organisations must successfully adapt to changes, control changes, and even actively influence changes in the face of industrial adjustments, market fluctuations, and changes in the competitive situation, and seize opportunities in crises. In order to do so, organisation management needs to understand and master the concept and ability of change management. The Centre for Continuing Education of Macao Polytechnic University is about to launch a “Change Management” course, which is now open for application.
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“Macao•Korea Travel Trade Networking Seminar” culminates in success in Seoul, Korea
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In order to support the “1+4” appropriately diversified development strategy of the SAR government, facilitate the Macao-Hengqin synergistic development, and bid for more international MICE events with potential to be held in the “multi-venue event” pattern, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the Economic Development Bureau of Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Co-operation Zone in Hengqin (the Co-operation Zone) jointly organised a delegation comprising about 40 MICE industry representatives of Macao and Hengqin to conduct the first field inspection on the MICE software and hardware facilities in the Co-operation Zone, and held the “Briefing on Support Policies and MICE Current Status in Hengqin” on 13 July 2023.
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The Department of Portuguese of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH), University of Macau (UM), recently held an opening ceremony for its 37th Portuguese Language Summer Course in the auditorium of the Student Activity Centre. This year’s summer course has resumed face-to-face teaching and includes language courses and a series of cultural activities, attracting a total of 280 students from Macao, mainland China, and South Korea.
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