Professor Christina Yu Wai-mui is currently a Professor (Practice) of the Social Sciences and Policy Studies Department at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). She completed her BEd (Business Studies) and MA (Educational Management) degrees in the UK. She further completed her PhD Study in Australia.

Professor Yu has been developing business-related programmes and courses in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She co-led the undergraduate common core curriculum review and the internationalization of curriculum in her capacity of being the Associate Vice President (Student Learning) from 2017-2020. Her major teaching areas are pedagogical content knowledge and contemporary issues in business-related disciplines including entrepreneurship, personal finance, workforce competence and organizational performance management. Her teaching focuses on stimulating students’ active learning and knowledge transfer in the real context through blended learning.

Professor Yu’s research and publication cover a wide range of areas including competence development, pedagogical strategies, business education, entrepreneurship education, personal finance education, gender in education, field experience and career education. She successfully led the projects on ‘Using E-Portfolio in Advancing Field Experience Learning’, ‘School-University-Reaching-Enterprises Partnership Project (SURE)’, ‘Development of the Hong Kong Financial Competency Framework 1.0 & 2.0’ and ‘Adapting the FoolProof Curriculum to promote Personal Finance Education in the Hong Kong Community’. Currently, she is leading a mega project, 'The Hong Kong Jockey Club Financial Education Programme (PI)' funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust to promote financial education in Hong Kong primary schools.

Prof Yu received the Certificate of Merit of the Distinguished Teacher’s Award in 2003-2004, the Certificate of Merit of the Scholarship of Teaching Award in 2009-10, the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching (Team Award) and a nomination of UGC Teaching Award in 2017-18, Outstanding Performance in Administrative Services (Team Award) in 2019-20 and the Faculty Teaching (Team) Award in 2022-23 at EdUHK. On behalf of EdUHK, Prof Yu and the team won the Financial Education Champion and Quality Award 2021 from the Hong Kong Investor and Financial Education Council and the Gold Award for Corporate Financial Education and ESG Leadership Awards 2022 from the Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong.

• Business, Entrepreneurship and Personal Financial Education
• Career and Life Planning Education
• Field Experience in Teacher Education
• Pedagogical Strategies and Online Learning Activities
• Human Competence Conception, Development and Assessment

• 2006-7 School-based Business Curriculum Design, Principal Investigator, Donation from Shing Hang Industrial Ltd, HK$72,000
• 2005-8 VITAL Project Evaluation, Co-investigator (PI Prof John Elliot), Funded by CLASP, HKIEd
• 2005-6 How textbook pictures describe gender roles: case studies of General Studies and Technology Studies, Co-investigator (PI, Dr Celeste Yuen), Self-funded
• 2005-6 Development of Instructional Materials, Co-investigator (with Dr Thomas Man and Miss Zoe Lam), Self-funded
• 2004-5 Allowing alternative learning conceptions to grow through an experiential base of four online modules, Co-investigator (PI, Dr Lee Kar Tin), Internal IT Development Grant, HK$150,000
• 2004-5 A review of professional teaching standards for secondary school business teacher, Principal Investigator, Departmental Small Research Grant,HK$10,000
• 2003-4 An investigation of business teacher trainees’ conceptions and ways of teaching business subjects, Principal Investigator, Internal Research Grant, HK$50,790
• 2003-4 The effective teaching approaches to developing business teachers’ competence, Principal Investigator, Teaching Development Grant, HK$24, 201
• 2002-3 Strategies and good practices of interdisciplinary activities across subjects within the technology education key learning area (TE KLA): A preliminary study, Co-investigator (PI Mr Lo Tan Kau), Departmental Small Research Grant, HK$7, 230

Visiting Professor

• 23 Dec 2019 to 20 Mar 2020 Tokyo Gakugei University

Editorial Review Board Member

• 2013-2024 Alberta Journal of Educational Research
• 2013-present Education + Training
• 2013-2022 International Journal of Mentoring & Coaching in Education

PhD/EdD Examiner

• 2019 Mar, Examiner of a EdD thesis on ‘Teachers’ Entrepreneurial Behavior and its Impacts in School: Case Studies in Hong Kong’ at EdUHK.
• 2017 Oct, Examiner of a DBA thesis on ‘A Study of Partner Selection in the Internationalization of Higher Education Programmes’ at University of Newcastle.
• 2016 Jun, Examiner of a EdD thesis on ‘Assessing Chinese Students’ Orientation Towards Corporate Social Responsibility: An Intervention Study’ at the Education University of Hong Kong.
• 2010 Feb, Examiner of a PhD thesis on ‘Vocational Education and Training Pedagogical Model to Address Student Transition Problems at Secondary School Level in Papua New Guinea’ at the University of Adelaide.

Journal Article Reviewer

•  Yu. W. M.C. (2024 Oct). 04-24-185 Journal of Education for Business
•  Yu. W. M.C. (2024 Oct). JARHE-07-2024-0357 Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
• Yu. W. M.C. (2024 June). Review of a journal article for International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
• Yu. W. M.C. (2024 Feb). Review of a journal article for Education + Training
• Yu. W. M.C. (2022 Oct). Review of a journal article for Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
• Yu. W. M.C. (2022 August). Review of a journal article for Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
• Yu. W.M.C. (2022 May). Review of a journal article for Social Transformations in Chinese Societies
• Yu. W. M.C. (2017 Dec). Review of a journal article for Alberta Journal of Educational Research
• Yu. W. M.C. (2016 Sept). Review of a journal article for International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
• Yu. W. M.C. (2016 July). Review of a Jounal article for Asia Pacific Journal of Education
• Yu, W. M. C. (2016 March). Reviewer of a journal article for Alberta Journal of Educational Research
• Yu. W. M.C. (2013, July).Reviewer of a journal article for Asian Education and Development Studies
• Yu. W. M.C. (2013, Jan).Reviewer of a journal article for Alberta Journal of Educational Research
• Yu. W. M.C. (2012, September). Reviewer of a journal article for New Horizons
• Yu. W. M.C. (2012, July).Reviewer of a journal article for Alberta Journal of Educational Research
• Yu. W. M.C. (2012, June). Reviewer of a journal article for Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
• Yu. W. M.C. (2011, November). Reviewer of a journal article for New Horizons
• Yu. W. M.C. (2011, August).Reviewer of a journal article for Asian Education and Development Studies
• Yu. W. M.C. (2010, October). Reviewer of a journal article for New Horizons
• Yu, W. M. C. (2010, September). Reviewer of a journal article for Asia Pacific Journal of Education
• Yu, W. M. C. (2009). Reviewer of a journal article for International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

Official Committee Membership

•  External Examiner of the Postgraduate Diploma in Adult Training and Vocational Education, HKU SPACE (03/2025-03/2028)
• Board Member of the Investor and Financial Education Council (IFEC) (10/2024-09/2027)
•  External Member of the Programme Review Panel on five programmes, namely Associate of Business Administration, Associate of Economics, Higher Diploma in Marketing, Higher Diploma in Business, and Higher Diploma in Global Supply Chain Management (2024), HKU SPACE (2024)
• Member of the Advisory Group on Evaluation and Research Committee (04/2023-03/2026), Investor and Financial Education Council
• Member of the Advisory Group on Financial Education for Young People (09/2022-08/2027), Investor and Financial Education Council
• Member of Working Group on Consumer Culture Study Award (CCSA) Revamp by Consumer Education Division (7/2022-6/2024), Consumer Council
• Member of the Standing Review Committee for Qualifications Assessment (1/2020-09/2026), Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
• Member of the Import/Export and Wholesale Trades Training Board of Vocational Training Council (2016-2019), VTC
• Member of special groups on Review of Teacher Competencies Framework, Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals (COTAP) (2015-2016), EDB
• Member of the Advisory Group on Financial Education Programmes for School Children (2014-2016), Investor and Financial Education Council
• Advisor of Hong Kong Association of Deputy Principals (2016-present), HKADP
• Member of the sub-committee on Initial Teacher Education (ITE) of the Advisory Committee on Teacher Education and Qualifications (ACTEQ), (2011-present), EDB
• The Final Round Judge, HSBC Young Financial Planner Competition (2009-2012), HSBC
• Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority Member of CE Travel & Tourism Subject Subject Committee (2010-12), Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
• Member of CE Word Processing & Business Communication (English) (S4-5) Subject Committee (2001-Present), Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
• Member of CE Principles of Accounts Subject Committee (2001-2002), Hong Kong Examinations Authority
• Examination Moderator (Sample Paper) for Word Processing & Business Communication (English) (S4-5) (1999-2000), Hong Kong Examinations Authority
• Member of Provisional Joint Nuclear Subject Committee for the Development of the syllabus for Word Processing & Business Communication (English) (S4-5) (1998-1999), Curriculum Development Council and Hong Kong Examinations Authority
• Honorary Auditor of the Association of Lecturers at the HKIEd (1995-Present), HKIEd
• Member of CE Shorthand & Typewriting Subject Committee (1995-2000), Hong Kong Examinations Authority
• Member of Sixth Form Principles of Accounts Subject Committee (1995-2000), Hong Kong Examination Authority
• Member of Textbook Reviewing Panel (1995-1999), Curriculum Development Council

Teaching Areas

• MEd BUS6007 Measuring and Improving Human Performance in Organizations (Shanghai and Shenzhen Cohorts)
• MAPFE BUS6034 Ethical Issues and Decision Making in Personal Finance
• MAPFE BUS6039 Contemporary Issues in Personal Finance Education
• BEd BUS3020 Teaching and Learning of Accounting & Finance Studies

Postgraduate Thesis Supervision

• EdD Dissertation Supervisor (2022-present), ‘中國大學生的金融網絡詐騙調查：河北省石家莊市案例’
• EdD Dissertation Supervisor (2021-2024), ‘廣東省民辦本科高校青年教師的身份建構研究’
• PhD Dissertation (Asso) Supervisor (2020-2023), 'Education Human Resource Management in Higher Education Cambodia: Do the Practices Enhance Teacher Performance?   '
• EdD Dissertation Supervisor (2018-2021), ‘An examination of Hong Kong’s banking leadership in ethical practices for global sustainable development’
• EdD Dissertation Supervisor (2017-2024), Teachers’ Perception of Gamification in Motivating Secondary Students’ Learning
• PhD Dissertation (Asso) Supervisor (2017- 2023), National aspirations in Higher Education Institutional Partnership: The Case of Kazakhstan and China
• EdD Dissertation Supervisor (2013-2016), ‘Developing an Arts Entrepreneurial Competence Framework - A Study of Tertiary Arts Education in Guangzhou, China'
• EdD Dissertation Supervisor (2013-2018), ‘Identification of Critical Features of Business Ethics Courses offered in Hong Kong Higher Institutions' (withdrawn due to family issues)
• EdD Dissertation Supervisor (2010-2013), 'Application of Core Values in the Brand Building Processes in Two Higher Educational Institutions'