An Enquirer reader voices his concern over the lack of coverage on the tenure issue raised by Dr Heng. Full story

This is a letter written by the President of Nanyang Technological University, Dr Su Guanning, and it first appeared in The Straits Times on 27 September 2010. Dr Su explains that the methodology used by Times Higher Education rankings favours more established universities. Results of research efforts take as long as 10 years to show up in such rankings. NTU started off as a practice-oriented, teaching university in 1991 and its research has intensified only recently. Full story

President of the i-gave class giving programme says donating to the university—no matter what amount—ultimately benefits not only the university, but students themselves. Full story

The university is a ground for independent student thought and the Enquirer must reflect this, says a NTU professor. In addition, the Enquirer should be an avenue for pursuing non-politically correct issues in what should be an idealistic place for learning. Full story

I concur with the opinions of those interviewed about the ministerial forum (Everyday concerns not addressed at forum, October 18). It’s a pity that there are bubbling questions on how “ordinary Singaporeans” are defined. Although globalisation has been termed either a threat or an opportunity to the middle-class and educated Singaporeans, … Full story