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Cynthia Chan attending the 11th University Scholars
Leadership Symposium at the United Nations Conference
Centre, Bangkok (August 1 to 4, 2023)
13 Global Communication students participated in a
field-study based course to visit Seoul in March 2025
Outside the classroom, our students have also
actively participated in global leadership initiatives,
such as the University Scholars Leadership
Symposium at the UN Regional Hub and the Global Of course, learning to be a global storyteller and
Peace Summit. communication advocate requires more than just
classroom learning. Staying true to the original
Globalized Students, Evolving Programme vision of the GCOM programme, we remain
Meanwhile, our curriculum continues to evolve, committed to providing experiential learning
equipping students with storytelling skills to reach opportunities that connect students with real-world
and communicate with global audiences. Since media practices. Over the past three years, we have
2020-2021, students have had the opportunity to organized study tours to Seoul and Tokyo, where
participate in Varsity as their practicum, where students visited media and creative companies and
they develop their storytelling and journalistic engaged with communication professionals to gain
skills. In 2023–2024, Sam and I worked together to first-hand insights into the industries.
revamp the programme curriculum for the cohorts
admitted from 2024–2025 onwards. New required Today, our GCOM graduates can be found working
courses have been introduced for GCOM students, across PR and marketing agencies, creative media,
including Introduction to Creative and New Media journalism, and NGOs, carrying forward their global
and Global Digital Platforms. We are also fortunate perspectives and storytelling techniques.
to have new part-time instructors offering courses
related to global finance. In addition, since joining In the end, what makes GCOM truly “global” remains
the programme last year, Professor Jian Lin has an open question—and perhaps it always will. The
helped further refine our programme’s vision by programme will always be a work-in-progress,
broadening our course offerings to include timely continuously adapting to global trends, new
topics like AI and creator culture as well as the technologies, and shifting geopolitical realities.
geopolitics of emerging technologies. What remains constant, though, is our hope and
commitment: to empower students to become the
next generation of communication advocates for
sustainable futures.

Nicole Li’s exchange at
Cardiff University in 2024

Tessa Yau’s exchange at the
University of Navarra in 2024