PolyU English Debate Club Expands its Joint Training Network with Visit from Macao Polytechnic University
The English Debate Club (EDC) under the Department of English and Communication (ENGL) hosted the Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) Debate Team for a joint training session on 7 October 2025. This event marked an important milestone for the club. While previous joint training sessions were limited to universities within Hong Kong, such as CUHK and HKU, this event expanded the scope of these activities to universities within the Greater Bay Area.
Featuring high-level debate demonstrations, group discussions, and multiple hands-on debate practice sessions, the event targeted students' improvement of critical thinking, public speaking, and argumentation skills. Engagement with their peers from Macao allowed PolyU's EDC students to gain exposure to diverse perspectives and build supportive peer-to-peer learning networks. Supported by funding from the Fund for Technology-in-Education (FITE) grant, the event challenged students to ponder the implications and applications of generative AI with respect to debate.
The event has been covered in the Macao media, including a government press release and The Macao Daily:
- Government Press Release: https://www.gcs.gov.mo/news/detail/zh-hant/N25JQD2AI0
- Macao Daily Feature: https://www.macaodaily.com/html/2025-10/19/content_1864599.htm
