Director of Admissions, Registration, and Records - Mr. Gordon George O'BRIEN

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Director of Admissions, Registration, and Records -

Mr. Gordon George O'BRIEN tS"I

An esperienced administratoq Mr O'Brien has spent most of

hisworking life as an administrator in various educational

institutions in the United Kingdom, including the first 20 years

of the University of Bath, a technological university granted

its Royal Charter in 1966.

The range of responsibilities Mr O'Brien held at Bath

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:- _{. ;;-} I _{coincide closely with those of HKUST. "I believe the reputation}

of an institution allcays depends upon the quality of its

graduates. Therefore, as an Admissions Officer, it is essential

to help attract the most able students available at both the

undergraduate and postgraduate levels. _,

"For the past 2 years, I have been working for the British

Council in Hong Kong as the Education Counsellor. In this role,

I have interviewed some 1500 local students on behalf of the

British universities and polytechnics. l 4 s a result, I have a

fairly good knowledge of the educational system of Hong Kong and

I can contribute that I;no\;ledge to assist in the building of a

quality student body at HIXST."

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Mr O'Brien was born in Cheltenham and holds a BX from the __.

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Open University, United Kingdom. He and his wife have two grown '

children.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology