Representatives of the Royal Statistical Society visited the Hong Kong Statistical Society

Under the arrangement of the Hong Kong Statistical Society (HKSS), Professor Rachel Hilliam, Vice President of Professional Affairs and Chair of the Alliance for Data Science Professionals, Ms Nicola Emmerson, Director of membership and professional affairs and Mr Ricky McGowan, Head of standards and corporate relations of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) visited Hong Kong during 6 - 11 November 2023.  During the visit, they processed the accreditation applications for 14 statistical programmes of the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the City University of Hong Kong.  Representatives of the Accreditation Board of the HKSS participated in the entire accreditation exercise with a view of understudying the use of the RSS standards and guidelines in accrediting statistical programmes based on the latest accreditation models of the RSS.  On the basis of the week long visit, both parties will continue to work towards the goal of reaching an agreement in which the RSS will license the HKSS to use the RSS accreditation standards and procedures to accredit programmes of universities in Hong Kong.