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The National University of Singapore (NUS) that we are familiar with today is the product of a merger between two predecessor tertiary education institutions. Nanyang University, which was Singapore’s only private university that employed Chinese as a medium of instruction, was first set up with the purpose of providing tertiary education to Chinese-educated students in […]
Congratulations to Professor Wang Gungwu (NUS History), Chairman of the NUS East Asian Institute and University Professor who won the Singapore Literature Prize on August 25, 2022! Home Is Where We Are (NUS Press, 2020), the second part of Prof Wang’s memoirs, topped the English creative non-fiction category. Prof Wang is one of the two […]
Internet trolls are often deemed malicious users of online platforms who upset people with the content they make public. With multiple users sharing similar opinions, trolling groups have become more common on social media. Alongside these supposedly mean-spirited groups, prosocial groups also exist that generally promote more positive and well-meaning messages. However, is it fair […]
Stage 2 of the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line opened for passenger service on 28 August 2021. Rail transit construction and expressway expansion in Singapore have caused significant changes in residents’ living environment, affecting their travel behaviour. In ‘Urban Mobility and Resilience: Transport Infrastructure Investment and the Demand for Travel’ (Building Resilient Neighbourhoods in Singapore: Advances […]
Photo: ‘Study Buddies’ by Allison Seow Li Ting from SRN’s SG Photobank In the Asia-Pacific region, Singapore is synonymous with long working hours and perhaps also long studying hours. This may be due to the widely-held belief that studying more guarantees better grades and better future prospects. In “Ask NUS economists: a lot of swot […]
Alumni and their families had plenty of fun in the sun at the Kent Ridge Alumni Family Day (13 August 2022), which featured a plethora of engaging performances.
A panel discussion around former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s book, ‘The Avoidable War’, jointly organised by the National University of Singapore’s East Asian Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Faculty of Law.
In his 1999 National Day Rally Speech, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong pointed out that good English should be spoken on national television, in support of Singapore’s Speak Good English Campaign which was slated to be launched the following year. Prime Minister Goh argued that English that was grammatically correct and understood by other […]
On 22 August 1999, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong during a National Day Rally address, described the ‘heartlander’ Singaporean who speaks Singapore English, the colloquial form of English spoken in Singapore commonly referred to as ‘Singlish’, as lagging behind his or her ‘cosmopolitan’ compatriot. This was similarly argued by then Senior Minister Lee Kuan […]
Weathering challenges ahead: Education on security issues is key
In ‘Weathering challenges ahead: Education on security issues is key’ (The Straits Times, August, 2022), Associate Professor Bilveer Singh (NUS Political Science) argues that security issues have become one of Singapore’s key priorities in light of surging inflation around the world. Southeast Asia is facing growing geopolitical uncertainties. Regional powers like China and India have […]