繁體中文
鄧特抗教授是現任大學教育資助委員會秘書長。他是一位資深的學者及高等教育行政人員，畢業於香港大學，其後取得劍橋大學國際關係哲學碩士及倫敦政治經濟學院博士學位，多年來從事國際關係及公共政策的教學與研究，著述涵蓋區域安全及治理等課題。他曾任教於新加坡國立大學，其後長期服務香港大學政治與公共行政學系，並於一九九九年至二〇〇二年出任該系系主任，二〇〇二年至二〇〇六年出任社會科學學院院長。二〇一〇年，他出任新加坡管理大學社會科學學院院長，負責學術發展及院校管理事務，累積豐富的高等教育治理經驗。二〇一八年四月十六日，他獲委任為大學教育資助委員會秘書長，負責統籌教資會及其轄下委員會的行政與政策支援工作，並協助教資會與各資助大學、政府及社會各界溝通協調。教資會負責就香港高等教育的發展及撥款向政府提供意見，監察受資助大學的學術質素與資源運用，並推動研究、教學及國際化；教資會轄下設有多個小組委員會，分別處理研究撥款、質素保證及策略發展等事宜。任內他積極推動香港高等教育國際化，領導「留學香港」等推廣計劃，吸引境外學生來港升學；他並於二〇二五年五月至六月率領代表團訪問美國及英國，向當地推廣香港的專上教育，同時協助推進研究評審工作及各項高等教育政策檢討，並為研究評審工作小組成員。他亦參與多個與高等教育及研究相關的委員會及顧問工作，就院校發展、研究撥款及國際合作提供意見；教資會秘書處負責支援教資會及其小組委員會的運作，並協調與各資助大學的溝通。
English
Professor James Tang Tuck-hong is the Secretary-General of the University Grants Committee. A seasoned scholar and higher education administrator, he has spent many years teaching and researching international relations and public policy and has held senior positions at universities in Hong Kong and overseas. Before moving into higher education administration on a full-time basis he taught at the University of Hong Kong and later took up a senior management position at the Singapore Management University, with responsibility for academic development and institutional management, gaining extensive experience in the governance of higher education. On 16 April 2018 he was appointed Secretary-General of the University Grants Committee, overseeing the committee's administrative and policy support work and its sub-committees, and helping the committee communicate and coordinate with the funded universities, the Government and the wider community. The University Grants Committee advises the Government on the development and funding of higher education in Hong Kong, monitors the academic quality and use of resources of the funded universities, and promotes research, teaching and internationalisation. During his tenure he has actively promoted the internationalisation of Hong Kong's higher education, leading promotion programmes such as Study in Hong Kong to attract overseas students, and has helped take forward research assessment exercises and various reviews of higher education policy. He has served in research assessment work and has an in-depth understanding of the local higher education sector.
