We are honoured to be granted a sum of 2.5 million by the Research Grants Council under the Institutional Development Scheme for the development of a “Practice Research Programme of the Practice Centre for Social Development and Innovation” which is a 3-year project commenced in January 2016. The first objective of the "Practice Research Programme" is to build CTIHE's capacity in practice research methodologies and thematic researches in social development interventions and social innovations which informs teaching. The second is to help to identify, develop and disseminate evidence-informed practices that keep teaching in the state-of-the-art social development interventions and innovations.