| Open opportunities:
- HKU Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Project (January 2026 – August 2027)
- A funded experiential learning project that aims to enhance speech-language pathology skills in managing acquired communication disorders is now open exclusively to Year 4 and Year 5 SLP students.
- This project will allow students to engage in clinical placements within adult hospital wards in the Chinese Mainland, focusing on neurogenic communication disorders in Mandarin-speaking patients.
- There will be two rounds of activities to be held in summer 2026 and summer 2027. For each round, 8 students will participate in this experiential learning activity and stay in the Chinese Mainland for 2 weeks.
- Cost: Traveling expenses (i.e., return air-ticket and local transportation) and hotel accommodation in the Chinese Mainland will be covered by Prof. Kong’s Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Fund.
- Interested students please email Prof. Anthony Kong at akong@hku.hk.
- ART Lab Student Internship in Gesture and Language Research Projects (September 2025 to April 2026)
- The ART Lab is recruiting student interns for our gesture and language research projects.
- Internship Details:
- Candidate Requirements: a) Native Cantonese speaker, b) Majoring in Speech-Language Pathology or a related field, and c) Passionate about aphasia or gesture research.
- Location: Local Community Centers and HKU.
- Working Hour Requirement: At least one full day (or two half days) per week.
- Training: Receive training and gain hands-on experience in delivering standardized assessments, language intervention, gesture coding, and multimodal discourse analysis.
- A certificate of participation will be awarded upon completion.
- ART Lab Student Internship (September 2025 to April 2026)
- We are now recruiting student experimenter for our cutting-edge research projects. These projects focus on aphasia intervention, EEG, and brain stimulation. Candidates shall be:
- Native Cantonese speakers
- Major in Speech Language Pathology
- Passionate in aphasia or neuroscience research
- No prior knowledge in neuroscience is required
- Internship Details:
- Location: Primarily at HKU
- Hours: Approximately one day per week, flexible schedule
- Training: Comprehensive training will be provided in aphasia assessment and treatment, EEG brain scanning, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), and discourse analysis.
- A certificate of participation will be awarded upon completion.
- Sign up through this link: https://forms.gle/k7RQAHeqAEcFZ3Ds6
- If you have further questions about the role, please contact Mr. Chester Cheung (PhD candidate and speech therapist) at chescyn@connect.hku.hk.
- Research Postgraduate Students
- Prospective research postgraduate students in the coming academic year can refer to the websites of Education Faculty and Graduate School to learn more about Ph.D. and M.Phil. application procedures at The University of Hong Kong. For supervision enquiries, please email Prof. Anthony Kong at akong@hku.hk.
- Student volunteers
- Students who are interested in volunteering in the ART Lab will work closely with our in-house researchers and speech therapists on large-scale projects involving assessment and/or intervention of Chinese speakers with aphasia in Hong Kong. Successful applicants will be trained on developing assessment materials, conducting aphasia testing and data coding, as well as assessment and intervention experiments. For enquiries, please email slpart@hku.hk.
Previous opportunities:
- Experiential Learning Programme in SLP clinical exposure in Mainland China (2024-25)
- This is a collaboration with Huashan Hospital affiliated with the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai
- Cost: Traveling expenses (i.e., return air-ticket and local transportation) and hotel accommodation will be covered by Prof. Kong’s Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant.
- Clinical exposure: Students will gain hands-on experience in adult hospital settings in Mainland China, focusing on Mandarin-speaking cases with neurogenic communication disorders.
- Collaboration with local SLP students: Participants will work alongside Shanghai SLP students to develop appropriate assessment and management strategies for native Mandarin-speaking patients.
- Caregiver training: Students will provide support to patients’ families by offering caregiver training in Mainland China.
- Educational talk/workshop: Under Prof. Kong’s supervision, students will share their knowledge and expertise with local clinicians in Shanghai by delivering presentations and leading interactive sessions
- For supervision enquiries, please email Prof. Anthony Kong at akong@hku.hk.
- HKU Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Project on COVID-19 and aphasia
- ART Lab Student Internship (2024-25)
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- We are now recruiting student experimenter to work with the ART lab research team. Candidates shall be:
- Cantonese speakers
- Major in Speech Language Pathology
- Passionate in aphasia or neuroscience research
- No prior knowledge in neuroscience is required
- Hours requirement: Student Interns: 30 days in total
- Work schedule: At least 1 full day per week (flexible)
- Students from ALL universities are welcome to apply however priorities will be given to current HKU students.
- If you have further questions about the role, please contact Mr. Chester Cheung at chescyn@connect.hku.hk.
- Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme (URFP) Research Internship Awards (local), HKU:
- Annie Hu (Summer 2024). “Effects of Modified Gesture plus Verbal Treatment (GVT) for word retrieval, gestural production, and functional communication in Cantonese speakers with non-fluent aphasia: A multiple case study”
- Laidlaw Undergraduate Research and Leadership Programme 2022-23, HKU Horizons:
- Christie Chan (Summer 2023). “How do people with aphasia experience communication challenges in times of COVID-19?”
- Laidlaw Undergraduate Research and Leadership Programme 2021-22, HKU Horizons:
- Yannis Yan-Ling Cheng (Summer 2022). “Examining discourse deficits in speakers with acquired communication disorders and proposing expressive arts therapy in traumatic brain injury recovery”
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