如要客觀評價一所大學，應該有很多人知道我不太喜歡香港大學。
因為這裡缺乏大學校園應有的寧靜公共空間；
這裡的設施陳舊也不要緊，但是為何課室的門要設計成一出一入總會發出巨響，擾人上課(明華、莊月明、KKL、LE等)，為何廁所常常又濕又髒(main lib、KKL、LE經常性發生)，為何飯堂的東西有些會難吃得嚥不下(難忘CYM的北京肉絲拉麵)?
為何lecturers質素參差，個個只顧埋首研究卻不願多與學生溝通?
為何faculty的staff態度可以這樣惡劣、處事效率可以這麼低?
而我們的大學事實上是高度內地化的，雖然也會見到不同國籍的留學生(見到黑皮膚的學生穿梭在校內時心裡有點感動)，不過我心裡只會暗地替他們感到難過:對不起，原來這個全球排名十八、亞洲排名第一的大學，教學質素竟是那麼不濟，學生視野竟然那麼狹隘，英文水平竟然那麼參差。香港大學，別人眼中的香港「最高學府」，其實還有太多可以改善的地方!
幾天前，偶然在Starbucks看到一篇SCMP新聞， 提及香港大學被稱讚為成功推動大學國際化，當中Global Lounge被點名高度評價。沒錯，Global lounge是很多港大學生喜愛的地方，但是這個牆上掛著十多台播映著無聲電視節目的電視機、印著各國國旗的小天地一來面積不大，二來本地學生來那裡不是為了傾project，就是為了躺在沙發上小歇一回打發天地堂中間的時間，不見得會與各地的學生交流。你的確會見到Global Lounge有較多外國人聚集，這是因為他們不知道校園還有什麼地方可以容納他們。
身為香港大學畢業生，我沒有後悔過入讀這所大學，因為這兒確實使我成長，看得更多，學得更多。我所慶幸的是我能夠有份體驗一些獨有的港大文化，包括非人的「上庄、住hall」生活，豐富了我對三年大學生活的回憶。然而，叫我為港大再獲美譽而感到自豪，我實在難以做到。
SCMP CITY5 By Steve Cray
2009-11-27
Praise for HKU and PolyU's international policies
Two Hong Kong universities have been praised at a conference on global
higher education trends for their successful international campuses and
policies.
The University of Hong Kong and Polytechnic University were cited at
the fifth Quacquarelli Symonds-Apple international higher education
conference in Kuala Lumpur as examples of effective ways to develop
internationalisation policies.
The three-day conference, which ended yesterday, attracted 700
participants from 45 countries, including China, with emerging trends
and major developments in higher education as its theme.
HKU was praised for its Global Lounge, a social centre, and classroom diversity. PolyU was cited for giving students a holistic and professionally oriented education.
Professor Suleyman Demokan, vice-president for academic development,
represented PolyU, and Professor John Spinks, director of undergraduate
admissions and international student exchange, spoke on behalf of HKU.
Preparing graduates for a global employment market is increasingly the
concern of all universities, Demokan said. In the current economic
downturn, the need to develop reflective learners who will make a
difference in the global workplace is even more imperative.
Spinks said HKU's Global Lounge was the culmination of years of
commitment to providing an environment that is conducive to learning
about other cultures.
An increasing number of Asian students, who used to choose the US and
Britain, were now studying locally in a spirit of new global
regionalism, he said after the conference. This increase in regional
mobility is having the effect of pushing universities that rely on
Asian students for revenue generation purposes, such as many of those
in the UK, US and Australia, to enhance their own promotional campaigns.
Spinks said this made moves by Asian governments to develop educational hubs more difficult.
