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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Many seriously ill patients end up living for treatment

Many seriously ill patients end up living for treatment

Speakers: Assoc Prof Alethea Yee, Asst Prof Shirlyn Neo and Asst Prof Gillian Phua from the Lien Centre for Palliative Care at Duke-NUS Medical School 18 Jul 2024