HKIEd Breaks New Ground with Launch of
Doctor of Education Programme

Targeting experienced teachers, principals, school leaders, senior educational professionals in government and public organisations, who hold a Master's degree with at least four years of experience in their relevant fields; the EdD programme will initially offer two Areas of Study - Educational Measurement and Assessment and Language Education (English). The study of Educational Measurement and Assessment is the first of its kind not only in Hong Kong, but also in the Region.

The 72-credit-points programme, gives participants the flexibility to complete it, in either three to five years (full-time) or four to seven years (part-time), in three development stages - the Foundation Stage, Applied Stage and Autonomous Stage. Tuition fees are HK$64,000 per year for Year 1 to 3, and HK$38,000 per year for Year 4 and thereafter for full-time candidates. For part-time candidates they are HK$48,000 per year for Year 1 to 4, and HK$38,000 per year for Year 5 and thereafter.

With the Institute's critical mass in international expertise in the two Areas of Study, the EdD programme will help the education profession to meet increasing demands in the face of new challenges under the upcoming 3-3-4 academic structure, and the corresponding new public examination system.

More information and on-line applications can be accessed at:
http://www.ied.edu.hk/acadprog/

Experienced Administrator on Board at HKIEd Mr Chris Mong is the Vice President (Administration) and Secretary to Council of the Institute from 17 January 2007, with responsibility for administrative services including human resources, finance, estates and IT. Mr Mong obtained his BSc(Hons) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and MPhil from the University of Hong Kong and is a qualified accountant. He was a Chief Treasury Accountant when he left the Hong Kong Government after 13 years of service. He then spent 8 years in Australia working in the electricity and construction industries. He returned to Hong Kong in 1992 whereby he served two other local universities in financial management and administration. He is currently a member of the Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance).

World Renowned Scholar Appointed as Next Vice President (Academic) Professor Lee Wing-on will join the Institute as its next Vice President (Academic) on 1 May 2007. Professor Lee's appointment is made following a global search process by a Search Committee set up by the Council. Professor Lee is a world renowned scholar in the fields of comparative education, citizenship education, and moral and values education. He is currently Professor of Education at the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, and the Director (International) of the University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He has served at the HKIEd between 1998 and 2005 as Founding Dean of the School of Foundations in Education, Head of Department of Educational Policy and Administration, Head of Department of Social Sciences, and Co-Head of Centre for Citizenship Education. Professor Lee will be responsible for providing leadership and overseeing the development, implementation and administration of academic and research policies and programmes within the Institute; supervising the planning, development, implementation and review of the curriculum; assisting the President with the effective and efficient management of the Institute and its Committees as well as supervising the effective use of financial, human and physical resources.