CLASS Discovery-enriched Curriculum (DEC) Competition 2016
Note to Applicants and Instruction for Uploading Video
Eligibility
1. All current undergraduate and postgraduate students of CLASS are eligible to apply for the
competition on either individual or group basis;
2. For the Group Category, groups can be formed across Colleges/ Schools/ Departments on the
condition that a minimum of 50% of the members in the group must be CLASS students and
all members of the group must be at either undergraduate or postgraduate level;
3. Major/Programme Leaders may nominate CLASS graduates who graduated in 2014/15 to
participate in the competition. Guideline for group formation stated in point 2 shall apply.
Awards and Prizes
4. A maximum of eight awards will be given in the following categories:
Individual Prizes
Undergraduate Champion: Certificate and $1,000
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Runner-up: Certificate and $500
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Group Prizes
Champion: Certificate and $1,500
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Runner-up: Certificate and
$1,000 book coupons
Champion: Certificate and $1,000
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Runner-up: Certificate and $500
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Champion: Certificate and $1,500
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Runner-up: Certificate and
$1,000 book coupons
Postgraduate
Submission Procedures
5. Applicants should complete Part I of the Application Form and all applicants within the group
should sign the declaration;
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6. Completed application form should be submitted to the Major/Programme Leader or
Minor/Research Degree Coordinator for endorsement (Part II of the application from) and
onward submission to the College Office;
7. For the Group Category, endorsement should be sought from respective Major/Programme
Leader(s) or Minor/Research Degree Coordinator (s) of each group member before submission;
8. Applicants should prepare a 3-minute video clip (in English) featuring the discovery and DEC
outcomes of their project and upload it to YouTube;
To protect the copyright of your own work, please make sure
you set your video as an "Unlisted" file for uploading onto
YouTube and please do not disclose the URL of your video to
any third parties.
9. Applicants are required to submit the supporting materials/documents along with the
completed application form to the College Office.
Intellectual Property (IP)
All entries to the competition must be original work. Applicants should abide by the CityU
Intellectual Property Policy guidelines. Applicants will be disqualified for any willful act of
infringement of intellectual property rights.
To help students understand more about intellectual property and patent issues, a video clip of an
IP talk organized by the College and the Office of Education Development and Gateway Education
(EDGE) in 2014 is available on the CLASS Awards Day website at: https://youtu.be/fOar9Zj97fE.
Students are encouraged to preview it for reference.
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Submission Deadline
10. Completed application, including the following materials, must be submitted to the College
Office (Room G7612, Academic 1) by 1 March 2016:
- Completed application form;
- Supporting materials/ documents of the project;
- 3-minute video clip (in English) uploaded to YouTube.
Details and Enquiry
11. Read the details about the competition on the CLASS Awards Day website;
12. For any enquiries, please contact Ms Yan Ho of the College Office at 3442 4832 or via email
to chgenoff@cityu.edu.hk.
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