Nominated Ministers: Good or bad idea
MP Hri Kumar Nair floated the idea of having nominated ministers last month. Law professor Eugene Tan of the Singapore Management University is…
Dot-coms riding a new wave
The project Famous Market Exchange or FAME by [SIS graduates] is one of the start-ups featured in the accompanying visuals.
Town Council management report
SMU Assistant Professor of Law Eugene Tan felt that such ?report card? should have earlier been in place, but cautioned that a standardised one may…
Sambatida - Centrepiece Concert
Groove to the infectious beat of SMU's Samba Masala in their showcase of Brazilian percussion, maracatu, batucada and reggae.
Ex-Lehman, GIC managers fuel Asia hedge-fund industry renewal
?This will be a renewal phase for the industry after the massive destruction last year,? said Associate Professor Melvyn Teo, director at the BNP…
Too many college graduates in China?
Assistant Professor Q. Forrest Zhang contributed a commentary on rising graduate unemployment in China, stemming from a wide-scale misallocation of…
US and the Muslim world
In response to US President Barack Obama's speech at Cairo University last week, Associate Professor Andrew White comments on the efforts by the…
Study about Twitter and Facebook in varsities here
Corporate communication students at SMU have been taking a class called ?Digital Media Across Asia' ? which is always fully subscribed ? for about…
More polytechnic graduates getting their degrees from private schools
The Education Ministry says 40 to 50% of each polytechnic cohort will further their studies within five years of graduating from the polytechnic. One…
Students launch pre-emptive strike
SMU director of undergraduate admissions Alan Goh pointed out that SMU takes into account a student's achievements outside the classroom.