John NILAND - Mediacast | Singapore Management University

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Advise for students

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It's not about setting your career with what you study. That's one of the reasons SMU is so important. It’s got the four-year undergraduate programme,…

Personal Impact

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Personal Impact

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _

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To me, personally, it's the people Iíve met, it's the connections Iíve made. My wife and I have had some great weekends at Banyan Tree Resorts,…

Singapore's public policy in guiding…

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Singapore's public policy in guiding…

Singapore's public policy in guiding universities

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I see this in particular contrast to Hong Kong U, in contrast to Hong Kong. There I was on the University Grants Council, committee council, for nine years. I went off…

Looking ahead

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Looking ahead

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A particular image of SMU that many people will draw in is the jumping student. But sooner or later, that student comes back to earth, gravity prevails. You can’t…

The role of the international Academic Advisory…

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The role of the international Academic Advisory…

The role of the international Academic Advisory Panel

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It looks at international and strategy and the university in a wider sense. QAFU looks at the operations of the university in a more functional sense. I think probably a…

The role of QAFU

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The role of QAFU

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It is an external body of wise people who have standing in the eyes of the Government. And I have to say, whose academic and other profile also commends themselves, as a…

Early days at SMU

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Early days at SMU

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By the very nature of an institution that started out living in one roomóI guess thatís the nature of thisópeople got to know one another very, very…

Admissions criteria

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Admissions criteria

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Well, certainly SMU was looking for a different style of student. And in a way that’s pretty well reflected in the marketing, the image programme of the jumping…

Responsibilities of the Finance and Remuneration…

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Responsibilities of the Finance and Remuneration…

Responsibilities of the Finance and Remuneration Committee

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Well, on finance, it was to oversee the budget, to ask the questions. The key question to me was: How can we make the budgeting process a strategic exercise? How can you…

The tenure process at SMU

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The tenure process at SMU

From Ms CHANG Ching Chen _

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One of the reasons you probably need a longer tenure track at a new university is that we have fewer senior mentors for the younger faculty coming along. When I was at…

The Academic Affairs Commitee

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The Academic Affairs Commitee

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The key responsibility for Academic Affairs Committee was to determine the nature of the gold standard at SMU. Were we going to be twenty-two carat gold or eighteen…

Early priorities of the Board of Trustees

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Early priorities of the Board of Trustees

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One, was the admission process, the process and the quality of student admission. Secondly, was the design of the programmes that we were going to run. A third one, was…

SMU's Board of Trustees

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SMU's Board of Trustees

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I think the Board of Trustees has been one of the really important design features of SMU. Its role is essentially to bring wider experience and wisdom. It helps with…

First involvement with SMU

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First involvement with SMU

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Well, I had a phone call one morning. My secretary said that there is a Janice Bellace on the phone. I happened to know Janice from my international professional…

Interviewee background

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Interviewee background

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I spent most of my life, well, spent most of my adult working life in universities, but in and out of universities. I did a PhD in the US at the University of Illinois,…

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