Jason Tan is an Associate professor of Policy and Leadership Studies at theNational Institute of Education(NIE), Singapore.
What’s the University for? An Age-Old Question in the COVID-19 Age
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided the occasion for us to rethink many of the things we do. Higher education has not escaped unscathed. Does the university, as we know it, still serve a purpose? And…
University Governance and Management in Singapore: The Case of SIM University (UniSIM)
University governance and management in Singapore began to come under firm government control in the 1960s. Prior to that, the then Raffles College and King Edward VII College of Medicine, precursors to the University of…
Singapore’s Global Schoolhouse Aspirations
Singapore’s ‘Global Schoolhouse’ vision was outlined by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in a 2002 report. One of the sections in the report focused on the education industry. The ministry claimed that Singapore was…
