Professor Kerry Kennedy joined the Hong Kong Institute of Education in 2001. He came from the University of Canberra in Australia where he had been Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic). He has an MA and PhD from Stanford University, both in Education. He has an MEd degree from the University of New South Wales in Australia and a Master of Letters degree in History from the University of New England.

Prior to joining the Institute, Professor Kennedy had successively been Dean of Education at the University of Southern Queensland and the University of Canberra. He had also been Director of the Centre for Continuing Education at The Australian National University. While he has been at the Institute, he has been Head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Dean of the Faculty of Professional and Early Childhood Education. He has won two Public Policy Research Grants, one Competitive Earmarked Research Grant and one Quality Education Fund Grant during his time at the Institute. More…