Thought Leadership

Some of the world’s leaders, and leading thinkers from NUS and overseas, regularly gather and add to the rich diversity of thoughts and ideas on our campuses, in Singapore and across the globe.
Here’s what they had to share.

The half-life of knowledge

The half-life of knowledge

Speakers: Professor Tan Eng Chye 2 Nov 2022

How should a fresh graduate, filled with aspirations to change the world, deal with the harsh reality that a significant portion of their undergraduate training may be rendered irrelevant by the simple passage of time? NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye shares insights on we should be emboldened to re-examine and revolutionise some of our established, and perhaps outmoded, notions of how to offer higher education. 

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Singapore can’t afford to let sudden layoffs become the norm

Singapore can’t afford to let sudden layoffs become the norm

Speaker: Asst Prof Ng Weiyi, Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School 13 Nov 2024