assurance of its higher degree programmes. Faculties Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Education and Human Development Faculty of Humanities Graduate School Research centres Academy of Hong Kong Studies (AHKS) Assessment Research Centre (ARC) Centre for Governance and Citizenship (CGC) The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC) Major facilities Sports centre The Sports Centre is located at 55 Yau King Lane, Tai Po Kau, facing Tolo Harbour. It houses a range of outdoor and indoor sports and recreational facilities including: grandstand with undercover seating for 1,200 spectators 400-metre all-weather track with facilities for field events natural grass soccer pitch artificial turf soccer / hockey pitch five tennis courts jogging path with six fitness stations fitness room parking spaces Reputation and rankings According to the 2018 QS World University Rankings: "In the field of Education, it is ranked ninth in the world and second in Asia; in the field of linguistics, it is ranked 151-200th in the world; in the field of Psychology, it is ranked 251-300th in the world; in the field of Social Science and Management, it is ranked 323rd in the world". Controversy over the proposed HKIEd-CUHK merger In January 2007, a public row broke out between the management and the government over the future of the institute. Battle lines were drawn between the Vice-Chancellor Paul Morris and then Secretary for Education and Manpower, Prof. Arthur Li. The dispute had apparently been brewing for some time, as far back as June 2002, when the Arthur Li was appointed secretary. Apparently, Li favoured a merger of the institute with The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where he was vice-chancellor. Morris opposed the merger, and had for some time been campaigning to establish the institute as a university in its own right. Morris maintained he had been warned by the Chairman of the council, Dr. Thomas Leung Kwok-fai, as far back as June 2006, that his tenure would end unless he agreed to the amalgamation of the institute with the CUHK. Timeline 24 June 2002 – Shortly after Li's appointment as Education Secretary, Li had apparently invited Morris to dinner and proposed a merger of the institute with the Chinese University. Li also apparently offered Morris to head the "super education centre". 19 July 2002 – Morris was allegedly told by Simon Ip Sik-on, a former chairman of