In the latest QS 2024 Asia university rankings, the National University of Singapore (NUS) slipped from second to third place, having previously held the top spot from 2019 to 2022 and securing second place in 2023.
Meanwhile, Peking University maintained its lead, with the University of Hong Kong climbing to second place.
Madam Halimah Yacob, Singapore’s former President, is set to become SUSS Chancellor on October 1st, succeeding Stephen Lee, who held the role since 2018.
Her appointment follows her recent resignation as the country’s eighth President on September 13th.
Dr Chan Ying-Kit, author of “A Spate of Scandals Strikes Singapore” on East Asia Forum has retracted his article from the online publication and apologized through Singapore’s TODAY media.
This follows a correction directive from the POFMA office on 13 September, issued under the instruction of Ms Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has named Assoc Prof Yow Cheun Hoe as Acting Head of the Chinese department, effective since last Friday (28 July), amidst investigations into alleged plagiarism by former head Assoc Prof Qu Jingyi (曲景毅).
The allegations were brought to light by a Reddit user, who highlighted similarities between a 2018 paper published by Assoc Prof Qu and a 2014 paper authored by NTU student Wang Yueming (王岳明).
A Tianjin-born associate professor at NTU faces a plagiarism accusation after allegedly copying a student’s graduation thesis in a published academic paper.
Reddit user revealed similarities between papers, and NTU is investigating the matter.