The Symposium on Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) was organised by the Unit for Learning Achievement (ULA) of the Student Affairs Office on 31 August 2020. The theme of the event was 'Embracing Learner Diversity – Building Strengths through Reversing Difficulties with Reflective Experience and Support'. There were more than 130 participants, including staff and students of CIHE and CBCC and nursing schools, joining the professional development event.

We would like to express our gratitude to the keynote speakers and the CIHE and CBCC academic team for their thought-provoking talks which inspired the participants to contribute to the development of SEN education in different dimensions. They are introduced in order of appearance in the event as below:

Prof. TANG Wai-lan, Gladys, Director, Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. LAI CHENG Cheng-gea, Alice, SEN Consultant, ULA, Professor, School of Humanities and Languages, Caritas Institute of Higher Education

Dr CHONG King-yee, Agatha, External Advisor, ULA, Specialist in Psychiatry

Dr WONG Chung-hin, Willy, External Advisor, ULA, Specialist in Psychiatry

Ms LUK Shuet-yan, Fion, Lecturer, School of Humanities and Languages, Caritas Institute of Higher Education

Ms KWOK Mei-mun, Moon, Lecturer, School of Humanities and Languages, Caritas Institute of Higher Education

Dr YING Koon-yau, Assistant Professor cum Acting Associate Dean, School of Humanities and Languages, Caritas Institute of Higher Education

Dr LEE Chi-kuen, Martin, Assistant Professor cum Programme Leader, School of Humanities and Languages, Caritas Institute of Higher Education

Ms IP Po-na, Mickey, Lecturer cum Programme Leader, Department of Social Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education

Dr CHAN Sau-yi, Associate Head cum Senior Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education