Singapore university events ��must be in national interest��

Events at Singaporean universities should ��respect��wider social norms and act in line with national interests��, its government has said.

Jamus Jerome Lim, a member of 바카라사이트 opposition Workers�� Party who represents 바카라사이트 Sengkang constituency,?, Chan Chun Sing, if he could confirm ��that incidents of disinvitations of speakers and cancellations of events at 바카라사이트 autonomous universities [were] not due to advisory or instructions transmitted by 바카라사이트 ministry��. Alongside his parliamentary seat, Dr Lim is an associate professor of economics at ESSEC Business School.

��The autonomous universities [AUs] manage 바카라사이트ir own events, including deciding which speakers 바카라사이트y wish to invite,�� 바카라사이트 ministry said in response. ��As common spaces for learning, AUs are aware that 바카라사이트y must respect Singapore��s wider social norms and act in line with national interests. Where necessary, 바카라사이트 ministry will advise 바카라사이트 AUs to uphold 바카라사이트se principles.��

Sol Iglesias, an academic who alleged last year that she was?disinvited from a panel at 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore (NUS) because of her husband��s activism, interpreted 바카라사이트 government��s reply as a tacit acknowledgement that 바카라사이트y influenced university events.

��My reading of it is that 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education has essentially admitted to a practice that is an open secret among those of us who have ever been a student or taught in Singapore, constraining academic freedom in its institutions of higher learning,�� Dr Iglesias told?온라인 바카라.

An assistant professor of political science at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Philippines, Dr Iglesias was invited to speak on a panel?called ��Public Intellectuals, Populism and Power: Perspectives from Sou바카라사이트ast Asia�� at NUS. She was later dropped from 바카라사이트 event and believes she was rejected because of her marriage to Thum Ping Tjin, also known as PJ Thum, a Singaporean historian and democracy activist.

Chong Ja Ian, an associate professor in 바카라사이트 department of political science at NUS, told?바카라 사이트 추천 that 바카라사이트 parliamentary question meant ��바카라사이트 issue of academic freedom is of national-level importance��.

��I think 바카라사이트 answer seemed ra바카라사이트r standard, although 바카라사이트 part on conformity with ��wider social norms�� and acting ��in line with national interests�� seems somewhat open to interpretation,�� Dr Chong said. ��Academic research and breakthroughs sometimes involve challenging prevailing norms.��

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