Creative Work Competition:
"My Common Core, My Dream"

What Is This About?

This Creative Work Competition is organized by the HKUST Common Core Program, which aims to showcase students’ creativity through the work pieces they create.

The theme “My Common Core, My Dream” is chosen as we are curious how the Common Core, through providing to students a broad knowledge base and a variety of course choices in its eight core areas, could inspire students to dream their dream, and help them discover what their potentials are.

The creative work can take the form of a written piece, video clip, audio recording, photograph, or graphic design. Participants may choose a form they feel is the most effective in articulating their ideas, concepts, reflections, or experience.

Prizes will be awarded to recognize outstanding works.

Who Can Participate?

We welcome all current HKUST undergraduate students to submit an entry to this Creative Work Competition. They may join the event as an individual or in a group. Each individual participant or group could only submit one entry. A student may join a group to submit a group entry, even if he/she has submitted an entry as an individual.

Requirements for the Entries

The submitted work must be in form of a written piece, a video or audio clip, a graphic design work, or a photograph, and follow the guidelines specified for the respective type of work, as shown below. The work submitted must be original and not infringe copyright. To facilitate the uploading to the Common Core Facebook page, the work must be submitted in the specified digital format.

• For Written Pieces

• (a)
     Format:  DOC or PDF
• (b)
     Word limit:  Maximum 800 words in either English or Chinese
• (c)
     A written description of not more than 150 words in English to explain the idea or thought
  
     behind
  
• (d)
     Illustrations may be attached to help explain the idea (Optional)
  
  

• For Video/Audio Clips

• (a)
     Format:  MP4 or MP3
• (b)
     Minimum resolution:  720p
• (c)
     Duration:  Maximum 4 minutes
• (d)
     Language:  English or Chinese
• (e)
     A written description of not more than 150 words in English to explain the idea or thought
  
     behind
  
  

• For Graphic Designs/Photographs

• (a)
     Format: JPG, PNG, or GIF
• (b)
     Minimum resolution: 300 ppi
• (c)
     A written description of not more than 150 words in English to explain the design concept,
  
     or the idea/thought behind
  

Submission Procedures

Participants please send the completed submission form to uceo@ust.hk. They are required to complete the Copyright Declaration section on the form.

For works prepared in form of video/audio clips, graphic design or photograph, the digital copy of the creative work should be submitted by providing a link to the web storage. The participants should make sure that the link can be accessed by Undergraduate Core Education (UCE), Academic Registry (uceo@ust.hk) and the file can be downloaded by UCE.

The closing date for submitting the creative works is extended to 10 February 2017.

Selection Criteria and Scheme

UCE (Undergraduate Core Education, Academic Registry) will short-list entries based on the originality and creativeness of the work, as well as the elaboration and presentation of its idea and design concept. The short-listed works will be posted on the HKUST Common Core Facebook page for open voting. The winning entry is determined based on a final score calculated as a total of the following:

• (a)
  Number of "Likes" from open voting on Facebook : They count for 50% of the final score.
• (b)
  Staff votes : Each member of the Committee on Undergraduate Core Education (CUCE) and the UCE staff will give their votes. They count for 50% of the final score.

Awards

	Prize	Criteria
Champion Award (1 award)	HK$1,000 Octopus Card	Entry with the highest final score as determined above
First Runner-up Award (1 award)	HK$500 Octopus Card	Entry with the second highest final score as determined above
Most Facebook Likes Award (1 award)	HK$300 Octopus Card	Entry receiving the highest number of “Likes” through open voting on the HKUST Common Core Facebook Page
Finalist Prize (Note) (No. of prizes depends on no. of entries to be short-listed)	HK$100 Starbucks Coupon each	Entry short-listed for open voting on the HKUST Common Core Facebook Page

Note:  Entry receiving the Champion Award or the First Runner-up Award will not also receive the Finalist Prize.

Important Dates

• (a)
  Entries Submission - 20 Dec 2016 to 15 Jan 2017 (extended to 10 Feb 2017)
• (b)
  Voting on Facebook - 16 Feb 2017 (12:00 nn) to 22 Feb 2017 (12:00 nn)
• (c)
  Result Announcement - 24 Feb 2017 (on our Facebook page)
• (d)
  Prize Collection - Winners will be notified individually about the prize collection details

Enquiry

Got questions about this competition? Please contact our Facebook Admin at HKUST Common Core Facebook.