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.
Speaker: Adj Assoc Prof (Practice) Terence Ho 9 January 2026
Singapore can further leverage programmes such as Edusave and the Opportunity Fund to provide more opportunities for students from less well-off households to pursue their interests and develop their talents. The approach need not solely draw on Singapore’s fiscal resources, but could also include galvanising more private funding for this purpose.
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Speaker: Speaker: Associate Professor Tan Kenneth Paul, NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy | 4 October 2018
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education, Singapore | 28 September 2018
Speaker: Speaker: Professor Mark Tushnet, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School | 20 September 2018
Speaker: Speaker: Dr S Jaishankar, Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow, ISAS; Former Foreign Secretary of India; and India’s Former Ambassador to the United States and China | 14 September 2018
Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President and Professor of Humanities (History) at Yale-NUS College | 12 September 2018
Speaker: Speaker: Professor William Maley, Professor of Diplomacy, ANU college of Asia and the Pacific, Australia | 12 September 2018
Speaker: Speaker: Associate Professor James Crabtree, Associate Professor of Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy | 21 August 2018
Speaker: Speaker: Dr. Enrico Letta, Former Italian Prime Minister and Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PISA) | 17 August 2018
Speaker: Speaker: Mr TAN Gee Paw, Special Advisor to Chairman, PUB | 17 August 2018
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Wong Kan Seng, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Minister for Home Affairs | 3 July 2018