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The review panel comprises three external experts. Professor John Niland, the immediate past Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of New South Wales in Australia, is the convenor of the panel. Professor Neil Rudenstine, the former President of Harvard University and The Hon. Mr. Justice Andrew Li, the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, have accepted the University's invitation to be members of the review panel.
Dr. Victor Fung, the Chairman of the Council, said "We are indeed very fortunate to have Professor Niland, Professor Rudenstine, and the Hon. Mr. Justice Li as members of the review panel. Professor Niland and Professor Rudenstine are world experts in higher education and university governance and management. Mr. Justice Li is well known for his wisdom and sound judgement. Being a previous Chairman of the University Grants Committee, he also has good knowledge of higher education in Hong Kong. I am sure that the panel will be able to advise on good practices in other places and propose a framework within which reforms and changes can be further studied and introduced by HKU to enable it to develop a governance and management structure which will enable it to compete at the highest international level."
The review panel will conduct wide consultation, and invite comments and suggestions from HKU staff, students, and alumni as well as other "stakeholders" of the University. It expects to complete its task within about six months.
A brief biography of each member of the review panel is attached.
For enquiries, please contact Mr. Eric Ng of the secretariat of the review panel (Tel: 2241 5864).
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
REVIEW PANEL ON UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Biographical notes on members of the Panel
Professor John Niland AC served as Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) from 1992 to 2002. Since stepping down from the helm in July, he has maintained close links with that University as Chairman of the UNSW Foundation. Professor Niland currently occupies several other positions in public life, including the Chairmanships of Research Australia Limited, the Australian Peace Scholarships Trust and the Centennial Park Trust. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Management University.
Professor Niland obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in commerce and economics from UNSW and his PhD in labour economics from the University of Illinois. His academic career has taken him to Cornell University, the Australian National University and UNSW. Professor Niland was the UNSW's Foundation Professor in Industrial Relations, and he has served as Head of two Schools (Economics and Industrial Relations) as well as Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Economics. His professional qualifications include Fellowships of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Professor Niland was President of his world professional body, the International Industrial Relations Association, from 1989 to 1992, having earlier been President of the Industrial Relations Society of Australia. He was also Chairman of the Environmental Protection Authority and a consultant to governments, industry, the OECD and the International Labour Organisation.
Professor Niland's public duties in the education sector include having been National President of the Federation of Australian University Staff Associations and President of the Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee. He has also served on the Australian Universities Council and the Technical and Further Education Council of Australia. In 2001, Professor Niland became a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), that country's highest civilian honour, for services to education.
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Professor Neil L. Rudenstine is Chairman of a major new initiative in art and the humanities at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and was the 26th President of Harvard University from 1991 to 2001. Professor Rudenstine was educated at Princeton University and at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and gained his PhD in English Literature from Harvard University. He began his academic career at Harvard, but moved to Princeton four years later to become Dean of Students. Professor Rudenstine spent the next 20 years at Princeton, based in the English Department. His administrative duties included being Dean of Students 1968-72, Dean of College 1972-77 and Provost 1977-88. Professor Rudenstine then took up the position of Executive Vice-President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, until his appointment as President of Harvard and concurrently as Professor of English and American Literature and Language.
During his decade in office, Professor Rudenstine stressed the need to adapt the research university to an era of rapid information growth, the University's commitment to excellence in undergraduate education, and the importance of keeping Harvard's doors open to students across the economic spectrum. He also gained widespread support for his vision of a diverse community committed to freedom of expression.
Professor Rudenstine worked to broaden the US government's federal support for university-based research and initiated an intensive institutional process to increase coordination among Harvard's academic and research programmes. During his tenure, he announced the launch of a major new venture in interdisciplinary learning, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. When Professor Rudenstine left office, Harvard was in sound fiscal condition after overseeing a capital campaign that raised US$2.6 billion to support teaching and research across the University.
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The Hon. Chief Justice Andrew K.N. Li is the Head of the Judiciary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and presides in the Court of Final Appeal. Mr. Justice Li was born in Hong Kong and received his education at St. Paul's Co-Educational Primary School and St. Paul's Co-Educational College until the completion of Form 3. He finished his secondary education in England and attended the University of Cambridge where he received his legal education. He holds the degrees of Master of Arts and Master of Laws from Cambridge. He was called to the English Bar in 1970 and the Hong Kong Bar in 1973. Before his appointment as Chief Justice in 1997, Mr. Justice Li practised at the Hong Kong Bar, acting as Deputy District Court Judge in August 1982 and as Deputy High Court Judge in June 1991. In 1988 he was appointed Queen's Counsel.
Mr. Justice Li has a long record of public service. He was a member of the Executive Council and Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He had served as Chairman of the Land Development Corporation, and as member of the Law Reform Commission, the Securities Commission, the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, the Banking Advisory Committee and Judicial Services Commission.
In the field of education, Mr. Justice Li was a former Chairman of the then University and Polytechnic Grants Committee. He was also the Vice-Chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a member of the Board of Governors of Lingnan College (as it then was). He is Vice-Chairman of the Council of his alma mater, St. Paul's Co-Educational College, and a trustee of the Friends of Tsinghua University Law School Charitable Trust and Guest Professor of that University.
HKU Implements Sutherland's Report to Review its Governance and Management
21 Aug 2002
Following the recommendation of Lord Stewart Sutherland in his Report on the Higher Education in Hong Kong: "that the governing body of each university carry out a review of the fitness for purpose of its governance and management structures", the Council of The University of Hong Kong has set up an independent review panel to conduct an overall review of the University's governance and management.
The review panel comprises three external experts. Professor John Niland, the immediate past Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of New South Wales in Australia, is the convenor of the panel. Professor Neil Rudenstine, the former President of Harvard University and The Hon. Mr. Justice Andrew Li, the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, have accepted the University's invitation to be members of the review panel.
Dr. Victor Fung, the Chairman of the Council, said "We are indeed very fortunate to have Professor Niland, Professor Rudenstine, and the Hon. Mr. Justice Li as members of the review panel. Professor Niland and Professor Rudenstine are world experts in higher education and university governance and management. Mr. Justice Li is well known for his wisdom and sound judgement. Being a previous Chairman of the University Grants Committee, he also has good knowledge of higher education in Hong Kong. I am sure that the panel will be able to advise on good practices in other places and propose a framework within which reforms and changes can be further studied and introduced by HKU to enable it to develop a governance and management structure which will enable it to compete at the highest international level."
The review panel will conduct wide consultation, and invite comments and suggestions from HKU staff, students, and alumni as well as other "stakeholders" of the University. It expects to complete its task within about six months.
A brief biography of each member of the review panel is attached.
For enquiries, please contact Mr. Eric Ng of the secretariat of the review panel (Tel: 2241 5864).
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
REVIEW PANEL ON UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Biographical notes on members of the Panel
Professor John Niland AC served as Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) from 1992 to 2002. Since stepping down from the helm in July, he has maintained close links with that University as Chairman of the UNSW Foundation. Professor Niland currently occupies several other positions in public life, including the Chairmanships of Research Australia Limited, the Australian Peace Scholarships Trust and the Centennial Park Trust. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Management University.
Professor Niland obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in commerce and economics from UNSW and his PhD in labour economics from the University of Illinois. His academic career has taken him to Cornell University, the Australian National University and UNSW. Professor Niland was the UNSW's Foundation Professor in Industrial Relations, and he has served as Head of two Schools (Economics and Industrial Relations) as well as Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Economics. His professional qualifications include Fellowships of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Professor Niland was President of his world professional body, the International Industrial Relations Association, from 1989 to 1992, having earlier been President of the Industrial Relations Society of Australia. He was also Chairman of the Environmental Protection Authority and a consultant to governments, industry, the OECD and the International Labour Organisation.
Professor Niland's public duties in the education sector include having been National President of the Federation of Australian University Staff Associations and President of the Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee. He has also served on the Australian Universities Council and the Technical and Further Education Council of Australia. In 2001, Professor Niland became a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), that country's highest civilian honour, for services to education.
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Professor Neil L. Rudenstine is Chairman of a major new initiative in art and the humanities at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and was the 26th President of Harvard University from 1991 to 2001. Professor Rudenstine was educated at Princeton University and at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and gained his PhD in English Literature from Harvard University. He began his academic career at Harvard, but moved to Princeton four years later to become Dean of Students. Professor Rudenstine spent the next 20 years at Princeton, based in the English Department. His administrative duties included being Dean of Students 1968-72, Dean of College 1972-77 and Provost 1977-88. Professor Rudenstine then took up the position of Executive Vice-President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, until his appointment as President of Harvard and concurrently as Professor of English and American Literature and Language.
During his decade in office, Professor Rudenstine stressed the need to adapt the research university to an era of rapid information growth, the University's commitment to excellence in undergraduate education, and the importance of keeping Harvard's doors open to students across the economic spectrum. He also gained widespread support for his vision of a diverse community committed to freedom of expression.
Professor Rudenstine worked to broaden the US government's federal support for university-based research and initiated an intensive institutional process to increase coordination among Harvard's academic and research programmes. During his tenure, he announced the launch of a major new venture in interdisciplinary learning, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. When Professor Rudenstine left office, Harvard was in sound fiscal condition after overseeing a capital campaign that raised US$2.6 billion to support teaching and research across the University.
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The Hon. Chief Justice Andrew K.N. Li is the Head of the Judiciary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and presides in the Court of Final Appeal. Mr. Justice Li was born in Hong Kong and received his education at St. Paul's Co-Educational Primary School and St. Paul's Co-Educational College until the completion of Form 3. He finished his secondary education in England and attended the University of Cambridge where he received his legal education. He holds the degrees of Master of Arts and Master of Laws from Cambridge. He was called to the English Bar in 1970 and the Hong Kong Bar in 1973. Before his appointment as Chief Justice in 1997, Mr. Justice Li practised at the Hong Kong Bar, acting as Deputy District Court Judge in August 1982 and as Deputy High Court Judge in June 1991. In 1988 he was appointed Queen's Counsel.
Mr. Justice Li has a long record of public service. He was a member of the Executive Council and Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He had served as Chairman of the Land Development Corporation, and as member of the Law Reform Commission, the Securities Commission, the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, the Banking Advisory Committee and Judicial Services Commission.
In the field of education, Mr. Justice Li was a former Chairman of the then University and Polytechnic Grants Committee. He was also the Vice-Chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a member of the Board of Governors of Lingnan College (as it then was). He is Vice-Chairman of the Council of his alma mater, St. Paul's Co-Educational College, and a trustee of the Friends of Tsinghua University Law School Charitable Trust and Guest Professor of that University.
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