Join the 10-day intensive summer School leadership programme which facilitates students to understand current socio-economic transformations and become leaders who can build solutions to global problems with empathy and manage the future of work. Further, The Fourth Industrial Revolution’s wave of technological advancement is set to reduce the number of workers required for certain work tasks. Additionally, the vision of HKFYG Leadership Institute is To ensure that Hong Kong can draw upon a talented pool of competent and committed young leaders, ready and able to serve.

Moreover, With the theme of “Sustainable Economy”, The Summer School for Global Leadership (The Summer School) empowers students to rethink and redesign our future, to create more value with fewer resources and to change the way of thinking with new perspectives. Also, the funded summer school offers many reasons for why the candidates should participate. Further, some of the reasons are that the summer school provides:

• Design thinking skills
• Prototyping skills
• storytelling and pitching skills
• Leadership potential actualization
• International friendship
• Open mindset
• Exclusive company visit
• Interaction in the community
• and many more

Additionally, The above reasons are divided into three categories including, Extensive learning, Global perspective, and Interactive sessions. The Summer school program duration is from 25 July 2019 (Thu) to 3 Aug 2019 (Sat).

Scholarship

• Scholarships are provided for outstanding local and non-local applicants with an excellent track record in social innovation/advocacy as well as leadership abilities and also, positions held in extra-curricular activities
• Additionally, Scholarship applicants MUST provide: a reference letter written by a nominator, who must be a teacher of his/her current school
• Further, All evidence or proof of the applicant’s track record as stated above
• Finally, Successful scholarship applicants will receive a full waiver or half waiver of ALL course fee

Grants

• Available to Hong Kong residents studying in local secondary schools ONLY
• Grant applicants MUST provide: a reference letter written by a nominator, Also, who must be a teacher of his/her current school
• Additionally, The application result of School Textbook Assistance Scheme or a copy of the Certificate of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance
• Further, successful grant applicants may receive a Full Grant (full waiver of ALL course fee) or a Partial Grant (half waiver of ALL course fee) where appropriate​​​​​​​

Eligibility

• S.3 – S.6 (Grade 9 – Grade 12) student leaders (preferred), or equivalent, in the 2018/19 academic year
• Demonstrate leadership potential
• Also, Demonstrate a sense of commitment to society
• Competent in English