UGC Teaching Ambassador Series - Professor Jeffrey LEUNG (PolyU)
- 18 March 2026 (Wednesday)
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- via Zoom
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About the session
Awardee of the UGC Teaching Awards (Early Career Faculty Members, 2025), Professor Jeffrey LEUNG, Assistant Professor at the School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has kindly agreed to give a sharing session with us about his teaching philosophy.
Speaker
Professor Jeffrey LEUNG
2025 UGC Teaching Awardee (Early Career Faculty Members)
Assistant Professor at the School of Optometry
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Speaker Biography
Prof. Jeffrey Leung, a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO), is an Assistant Professor at the School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). A recipient of numerous teaching accolades, he was awarded the prestigious 2025 UGC Teaching Award for Early Career Faculty. His research focuses on children’s vision, investigating the development of refractive errors such as myopia and astigmatism, as well as developmental disorders including amblyopia (“lazy eye”) and dyslexia. He is the subject leader for Clinical Binocular Vision and received both his Bachelor’s and PhD degrees from PolyU. His career at PolyU has progressed through several roles, including Optometrist (Research) and Research Assistant Professor. Since 2016, he has also served as a technical expert for the Hong Kong Accreditation Service.
Moderator
Dr Julia CHEN
Chair, Hong Kong Teaching Excellence Alliance
Director of Educational Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Organisers:
This workshop is co-organised by HKTEA and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
