Professor Tsui Kwok-tung received his Bachelor of Education (First Class Honours), PhD and Certificate in Teacher Education from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He started his career as a special education and secondary school teacher in Hong Kong, and then shifted to teacher education at the Northcote College of Education, where he worked for over 10 years prior to joining the University (the then Hong Kong Institute of Education) in 1994. 

Professor Tsui’s research interests include curriculum leadership, reform and innovation, teacher leadership and effectiveness, and teacher professional development. He has extensive experience in consultancy work and training in the local and international contexts. Professor Tsui was appointed by the World Bank as an international consultant for two nationwide education projects in Vietnam in 2000 and 2008. More recently he undertook consultancy work for UNESCO Bangkok in 2014 and 2015. Locally, he has led a training programme for primary school curriculum leaders commissioned by the Education Bureau for more than ten years.

Professor Tsui also takes an active role in serving the teacher profession and the wider education communities in various capacities. He was appointed by the Education Bureau as a member of the Assessment Panel on Curriculum Leadership for the Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2013/2014 and as Panel chairman in 2015/2016.