When was nus setup

Ms Chan also noted that the common curriculum at the new college would be enhanced with science, technology, engineering and math elements. Now it has a slightly different agenda from what I was used to when I was a student.

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Ang Hwee Min. Grace Yeoh. Yale-NUS underlines commitment to academic freedom after cancellation of course on dissent in Singapore. Collapse Expand. Yale-NUS College campus. New College students will enjoy the same flexibility to acquire new competencies beyond their home school or faculty. Yale president Peter Salovey said: "Yale takes great pride in the accomplishments of Yale-NUS College - a pioneering partnership between two leading universities to create a residentially based liberal arts college NUS president Tan Eng Chye said: "The evolution of USP and Yale-NUS into the New College will offer students the opportunity to benefit from an immersive, interdisciplinary liberal arts education that brings together the best features of both institutions and very importantly expands access to multiple pathways, disciplines and specialisations across the NUS ecosystem.

We look forward to continuing our friendship, and exploring bilateral opportunities in research and education. When plans for the creation of Yale-NUS College were announced in , Yale faculty members in the US expressed concerns over academic freedom and constraints on free in Singapore. Two years ago the issue surfaced again, when the college cancelled a module called Dissent And Resistance that was to be taught by Singaporean poet and playwright Alfian Sa'at.

Then Education Minister Ong Ye Kung, responding to questions in Parliament, said "academic freedom cannot be carte blanche for anyone to misuse an academic institution for political advocacy, for this would undermine the institution's academic standards and public standing". It said the formation of these two colleges is the latest move in NUS' efforts to transform the educational experience at Singapore's flagship university, based on four key pillars - common curriculum, greater flexibility, an interdisciplinary approach and lifelong learning.

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New to v1. To access this, simply click the database button in NUSD, and select a title based on category. The NUSD database is stored in the database. It is a simple, formatted XML document. A separate page has been dedicated to the database, here you can find the latest copy as well as how to format the file. A lot of information is portrayed in the database icons for each title. Here's what the color codes represent:.

Green: The title has a ticket available. Orange: No ticket is available. These titles are usually crucial to the Wii. The advice and source code provided by them made this program possible.