Honorary University Fellows
Mr Tse Sik Yan is an eminent Hong Kong educator. He holds a BSc in Botany and Zoology, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education, an Advanced Diploma in Education and a Master of Education in Testing, Measurement and Evaluation, all from the University of Hong Kong. He also holds an MPhil in Educational Research from Cambridge University, and an MA in Science Education from the University of London.
Mr Tse has a life-long commitment to teaching, curriculum development and public examinations. He has served as Head of Biology at Queen’s College, Assistant Principal of Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School, Principal of the Practical Education Centre and Principal of the Sir Ellis Kadoorie Secondary School (West Kowloon). He was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Biology Subject Committee, Chairman of the Curriculum Guide for the Hong Kong Advanced / Supplementary Level Biology Syllabus, Chief Examiner of the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Biology Examination and Chief Examiner of the London GCE Advanced Level Practical Biology Examination.
Mr Tse is the Honorary President of the HKU Foundation and President of the HKU Alumni Association. He has served as Deputy Chairman of the HKU Convocation Standing Committee, a Member of the HKU Convocation Standing Committee and of Court, and Treasurer and Committee Member of the HKU Education Alumni Association. He has been a Mentor of the HKU Mentorship Programme. He founded the TSE Family HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Scholarship in 2013 to support HKU students pursuing postgraduate studies at Cambridge.
Mr Tse is a Fellow of Royal Society of Biology and a Chartered Biologist (London). He is the current Chairman of the Hong Kong Sino-British Fellowship Trust Scholars’ Association and Honorary Secretary of the Hong Kong Sino-British Fellowship Trust Scholars’ Foundation. He is the Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Biology and of the Hong Kong Outstanding Teachers Association.
Citation delivered by Professor Stephen ANDREWS, Dean of Education
Mr Tse Sik Yan is an eminent Hong Kong educator.
He holds a BSc in Botany and Zoology, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education, an Advanced Diploma in Education and a Master of Education in Testing, Measurement and Evaluation, all from the University of Hong Kong.
He also holds an MPhil in Educational Research from Cambridge University, and an MA in Science Education from the University of London.
Mr Tse has a life-long commitment to teaching, curriculum development and public examinations.
He has served as Head of Biology at Queen’s College, Assistant Principal of Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School, Principal of the Practical Education Centre and Principal of the Sir Ellis Kadoorie Secondary School (West Kowloon).
He was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Biology Subject Committee, Chairman of the Curriculum Guide for the Hong Kong Advanced / Supplementary Level Biology Syllabus, Chief Examiner of the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Biology Examination and Chief Examiner of the London GCE Advanced Level Practical Biology Examination.
The University of Hong Kong has an enthusiastic, active and loyal alumnus in Mr Tse. For many years he has been unfailingly generous with his time and expertise, giving committed support both to the wider University community and to the two faculties in which he has studied.
He is the Honorary President of the HKU Foundation and President of the HKU Alumni Association.
He has lent us his time and wise counsel as Deputy Chairman of the HKU Convocation Standing Committee, as a Member of the HKU Convocation Standing Committee and of Court, and as Treasurer and Committee Member of the HKU Education Alumni Association.
Mr Tse knows, from a lifetime as an educator, the importance of guidance and engagement in teaching. He cares deeply about our students here at HKU, and takes a personal interest in supporting and nurturing them.
He has been a Mentor of the HKU Mentorship Programme. He also founded the TSE Family HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Scholarship in 2013 to support HKU students pursuing postgraduate studies at Cambridge.
His motivation for this? As Mr Tse himself has said: “[As] a life-long educator myself, I believe in the true value of investing in human talents. An educational scholarship is an excellent investment in the human minds, with truly great impacts and return, not only to my two Alma Maters and my Family but also to society at large.”
Mr Tse is a Fellow of Royal Society of Biology and a Chartered Biologist (London). He is the current Chairman of the Hong Kong Sino-British Fellowship Trust Scholars’ Association and Honorary Secretary of the Hong Kong Sino-British Fellowship Trust Scholars’ Foundation. He is the Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Biology and of the Hong Kong Outstanding Teachers Association.
It gives me great pleasure, Mr Pro-Chancellor, to present Mr Tse Sik Yan for the Honorary University Fellowship, in recognition of his contributions to Hong Kong and academia.