Fall Issue, 2014

HKU Rhodes Scholar Advocating for Human Rights What is important is to show your vision and passion in leading and bringing changes to society. As a Rhodes Scholar, I want to pursue a career that focuses on advancing human rights and making the voices of marginalised groups heard in society. Geoffrey Yeung 楊嘉瑋 (BBA(Law) 2012; LLB 2014; PCLL Year 1) has been named the 2015 Rhodes Scholar for Hong Kong. Each year, one Rhodes Scholar from Hong Kong is selected to join over 80 other Rhodes Scholars from around the world to study at the University of Oxford. Geoffrey actively participates in civil rights activities such as the HKRAC-HKU Refugee Legal Assistance Clinic programme, which gives law students the opportunity to provide services to asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong. He plans to pursue a Bachelor of Civil Law at Oxford starting in 2015. Collaboration with the University of Cambridge on Medical Law, Ethics and Policy The Centre for Medical Ethics and Law (CMEL), supported by the generosity of the WYNG Foundation, is a joint effort of the Faculties of Law and Medicine. CMEL aims to provide teaching and training for university students and professionals in these two subjects, and to also raise public awareness on relevant local and international issues. CMEL will now be able to focus not only on achieving co-ordination between disciplines, but also across continents with the help of Cambridge University relationship. Funded by the Hatton Trust and the WYNG Foundation, a Lectureship in Medical Law, Ethics and Policy at Cambridge University and a Junior Research Fellowship in Medical Law, Ethics and Policy at Cambridge’s Trinity Hall will be created. The sponsored scholars will visit CMEL at HKU and spend up to four weeks at the University annually to facilitate research interactions between Cambridge University, Trinity Hall and HKU. A variety of guest lectures and seminars at CMEL will be provided for the academic community and the general public. The international collaboration with Cambridge University will enable the Centre to draw on the expertise of visiting scholars and deepen its research connections among staffs. (From left) Dr Ron Zimmern, Chairman, PHG Foundation; Professor Peter Mathieson 馬斐森 , President and Vice-Chancellor, HKU; Dr Anthony Ng 吳崇文 , WYNG Foundation; Professor John Spencer, Hatton-WYNG Medical Law, Ethics and Policy Programme Distinguished Adviser; Terry Kaan, Co-Director, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, HKU; Professor Martin Daunton, Master of Trinity Hall and Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Cambridge 26 Giving in Focus