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But we feel that anything Alumni Associa-
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88. As regards the recruitment of teaching staff we cannot but feel that the University has become too stereotyped in its methods; there are whole-time lecturers recruited from home for life; there are some whole-time lecturers recruited for
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The Senate ventures to suggest that the em- ployment of graduates of this University in fuller measure in Government services in Hong Kong would enhance the prospects of similar employ- ment of our graduates in China.
(Report para. 87).—(a) The Senate is of the opinion that, through the activities of under- graduate societies, through the publication of University Journals, through Alumni Associa- tions, where, as in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and elsewhere they have been established, and through the keeping of records of addresses and employ- ments in the Faculty Offices, the University does what it can to maintain touch with its graduates. The Senate believes that these links might be strengthened if there were an established routine of posting the periodical Reports of the Univer- sity to all graduates who cared to register their addresses for this purpose in the General Office.
(b) The Senate is of the opinion that a formal system of registration of graduates be inaugurated and that provision should be made in the University Ordinance for the election of representatives of registered graduates to member- ship to the Court of the University.
(Report para. 88).—(a) The Senate does not regard existing methods of recruiting as unduly stereotyped, in view of the several categories pointed out by the Committee itself.
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(a) that the Council is willing collectively and through its individual members to foster Alumni Associations.
(b) that the Council is of opinion that the election of three of their members to the Court by the registered graduates of the University is a practicable means towards retaining interest of graduates in the welfare of the University.
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(a) that the Council is of opinion that societies which maintain University Halls should be asked to appoint as Wardens of those Halls
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a short term of years; there are local part-time lecturers; and there are a few Hong Kong graduates. We do not wish to say more than that certain other avenues are at least worthy of exploration :—(a) interchange of teachers with the leading Chinese Universities; (b) temporary employment of some of the lecturers sent out to China by the "Universities' China Committee "; (c) arrangements with certain local missionary bodies (notably the Jesuits) who may have per- sons fully qualified for lectureships, etc.
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has sometimes been accorded in the past with too little consideration.
But apart from this we feel for Hong Kong the initial qualifications re- quired should generally suffice without the expense of further long courses of study in England.
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(b) Although the Senate would welcome ar- rangements whereby interchange of University teachers or the temporary employment of visiting lecturers would be rendered possible, it would point out that such proposals are in no way relevant to the main problem of recruitment, and that the work of such persons could only form an occasional and therefore minor factor in the activities of the University.
(c) The Senate believes that the problem of recruiting would be best solved by adequate salary and superannuation provision, the development of a sympathetic attitude towards research and towards the attainment of higher professional qualifications and repudiation of the suggestion that the University should have any but the best available quality of recruits.
(Report para. 89). That with regard to the conditions upon which Study Leave should be granted, the Senate does not consider a compari- son with Government servants in this matter re- levant, and believes that restrictions upon freedom of transfer within academic circles are undesir- able.
That with regard to the suggestion that "initial qualifications required should generally suffice without the expense of further long courses of study in England ", the Senate desires to point out that the opportunity for attainment of further qualifications for University service whether by research or by extended study leave is a normal
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persons fitted to undertake duties as lecturers or professors in the University.
(b) that the Council while recognizing the difficulties in such interchange, favours the inter- change of teachers with Universities in China.
(c) that the Council would welcome visits from special lecturers sent to China by the Universities China Committee.
Study Leave Rules have already been ap proved by Senate and Council.
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