Singapore academics told to rate speakers’ controversy risk
Social science faculty at National University of Singapore told ‘higher risk’ campus speakers face additional ‘administrative formalities’
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A three-year tuition-fee freeze at the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University will end this August when fees will increase by almost 5 per cent.
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What legacy does Yale-NUS College leave in Singapore?
Long caught up in debates about academic freedom and internationalisation, liberal arts may not survive in city state beyond closure of pioneering partnership
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Will American academics flourish if they go abroad to escape Trump?
With US academia under siege from the Trump administration, universities elsewhere are contemplating offering ‘asylum’ to disaffected researchers. Here, four former US academics now established...
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Can China’s universities power it to victory in the global AI race?
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International ranking 2025: Hong Kong extends its lead
China’s neighbours benefit in list of the world’s most international universities, as giant expands its network
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Cardiff green-lights Kazakhstan campus despite job cuts at home
Cash-strapped institution confirms it will not be investing upfront in new Central Asian outpost
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Massey pushes ahead with Singapore branch campus
Offshore venture will neither require funds from nor contribute to its struggling New Zealand parent, at least in the short term
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New arts university key to Singapore’s growing creative economy
Landmark partnership between two leading colleges will see students able to obtain arts degrees under umbrella body
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Imperial opens first overseas research centre in Singapore
Opening outpost alongside other Western universities designed to help drive collaboration in South-east Asia
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Second-chance society: how Singapore rethought academic success
End of prime minister’s two-decade term brings reflection on sector’s rapid development but also its enduring challenges
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Record number of UK 18-year-olds apply to university
Ucas figures show that a record proportion of students applied to higher-tariff institutions