CityU politics programme ‘depoliticised’; ‘public affairs’ name said to better fit global trends and policy implementation realities
城大政政系「去政治化」 稱「公共事務」命名更符合國際趨勢及實際政策執行
After the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Department of Government and Public Administration approved a restructuring plan last year under which the new college’s name would no longer include “politics”, City University of Hong Kong’s Public Policy and Politics degree programme—known colloquially as “CityU Politics”—will be renamed Public Affairs and Management from the 2024/25 academic year. In response to an inquiry from InMedia, CityU said that many public affairs and services worldwide now involve cross-sector collaboration between government and non-governmental organisations. It said many leading universities around the world had already adopted “public affairs” in the names of related colleges and disciplines, and considered the new name better aligned with international trends and reflective of actual policy implementation.
繼中文大學政治與行政學系去年通過「重組」方案，新學院名稱不再出現「政治」後，簡稱「城大政政」的城市大學「公共政策與政治」學位課程，將於2024/25學年起重新命名為「公共事務與管理」。城大回覆《獨媒》查詢指，現時全球很多公共事務及服務皆為政府及非政府機構跨界別協作，不少全球知名大學的相關學院與學科早已相繼採用「公共事務」作其名稱，認為新名更能符合國際趨勢，及反映實際政策執行。