澳大新語 • 2024 UMAGAZINE 29 16 培養創新人才勇闖新時代 • NURTURING INNOVATIVE TALENT TO EMBRACE NEW HORIZONS System (EQUIS), underscoring its excellence in teaching, research, and academic management. Strengthening Students’ Sense of National Identity UM strengthens students’ sense of national identity through various initiatives. For example, the university established its National Flag Team in 2018, marking the first university national flag team in Macao. On 26 May 2018, the team conducted its inaugural flag-raising ceremony in the presence of over 800 students and faculty members, becoming the first public university in Macao to do so. Since then, flag-raising ceremonies have become regular events on major occasions, including congregation and convocation days, National Day, the anniversary of the Macao SAR, and the first day of the new year. UM’s general education curriculum for undergraduate students includes a mandatory course titled ‘Ethics, Values, Laws, and Society’. This course, delivered by experts from the Faculty of Law’s Centre for Constitutional Law and Basic Law Studies, provides a comprehensive understanding of the Constitution and the Macao Basic Law. Students also engage in activities that strengthen their sense of national identity, including exchange visits to mainland China, tours of national education bases, national security education exhibitions, and participation in celebrations of the May Fourth Movement, National Day, and the anniversary of the Macao SAR. Since the 2022/2023 academic year, each residential college has established a student-led group to further strengthen students’ sense of national identity. Dean of Students Mr Paul Pang says that through UM’s residential college system, general education, and a variety of student activities, the university weaves education about love for the country and Macao into students’ daily learning and lives. This enriches their understanding of the nation’s traditional culture and its contemporary development, fostering a strong sense of national identity. He adds that it is rewarding to see students flourish in this environment and become more socially responsible. Fostering Innovative and Entrepreneurial Talent As a university that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship, UM integrates these concepts into its educational framework. In 2017, the university established the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), with the objective of providing training courses on innovation and entrepreneurship for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as providing promising entrepreneurial teams with access to its incubation platform. In addition, CIE has held many entrepreneurship competitions as well as 澳大舉行首個升旗儀式 UM’s first flag-raising ceremony
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