Profile

Name: Victor Matthew Cole
Designation: Associate Director (Programmes II)
Telephone: 6516 3597
Email: elcvmc@nus.edu.sg
Office: ERC #02-16P (University Town, 8 College Avenue West, Singapore 138608)

Academic Qualifications

  • PhD (Bioethics), Monash University, Australia
  • MA (Critical Theory), University of Nottingham, U.K.
  • BA (Hons), University of Reading, U.K.
  • PGCE, University of Oxford, U.K.

Awards

  • CELC Commendation for Teaching Excellence 2008/2009

Modules/Courses Taught

  • IEM1201E From Human to “Posthuman”
  • EG1413 Critical Thinking & Writing

Research Interests

  • Bioethics
  • Human rights theory
  • Mixed genres in academic writing

Publications

  • Cole, V. (2010). Essential English Grammar, Book 1. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Education.
  • Cole, V. (2001) Secondary One English Grammar, 2nd edn. Singapore: Oxford University Press.
  • Cole, V. (1995). Secondary One English Grammar. Singapore: Oxford University Press.

Seminars & Conferences

  • "The nurse as facilitator of critical thinking". 1st Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing (Singapore) International Nursing Conference: "Optimising Outcomes for the Future of Nursing" (Invited paper) (10 - 14 Jul 2007, Furama Riverfront Hotel, Singapore).
  • "Natural rights in a 'posthuman' future". 8th World Congress of Bioethics (6 – 9 Aug 2006, Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing, China).
  • "Developing critical thinking through bioethical issues". 2nd Ministry of Health International Nursing Conference: "Charting the Strategic Direction for Nursing in the 21st Century" (Invited paper) (18 - 23 Jul 2005, Meritus Mandarin Hotel, Singapore).
  • "Teaching critical thinking through ethics". 4th Thinking Qualities Initiative Conference (27 - 28 Jun 2003, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong).
  • "Ethics in the ether: towards an etiquette for email". Research and Practice in Professional Discourse Conference (18 - 20 Nov 2000, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong).
  • "Can Singapore English survive in the cultural sphere?" 33rd Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (7 - 9 Sep 2000, Homerton College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom).