National University of Singapore

The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a comprehensive research university located in Singapore, being the flagship tertiary institution of the country which has a global approach to education and research. Founded in 1905, it is the oldest higher learning institute in Singapore, as well as the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered.

The university’s main campus is located in southwest Singapore at Kent Ridge, with an area of approximately 1.5 km2 (0.58 sq mi). The Bukit Timah campus houses the Faculty of Law, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and research institutes, while the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore is located at the Outram campus.

The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair had named NUS as the headquarters of his Asian Faith and Globalization Initiative together with Durham University in the UK and Yale University in the USA to deliver an exclusive programme in partnership with Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

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Ketua Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK) Suhartoyo (tengah) bersama Wakil Ketua Saldi Isra (kiri) dan Hakim Konstitusi Enny Nurbaningsih (kanan) memimpin sidang pembacaan putusan di Gedung Mahkamah Konstitusi, Jakarta. Rivan Awal Lingga/Antara Foto

Kebebasan berpendapat masih terancam meski MK sudah membatasi pasal penghinaan presiden

Putusan MK membatasi pelaporan penghinaan Presiden, tetapi belum cukup melindungi kritik. Batas penghinaan dan kepentingan umum masih rawan ditafsirkan.
Entrepreneurship is widely celebrated, but its hidden costs are often borne at home by partners whose labour and well-being go uncounted. (Getty Images/Unsplash+)

When a spouse starts a business, the other partner pays a hidden price

Researchers followed hundreds of British couples for three decades to ask: What happens to the spouse who doesn’t choose startup life, but has to live it anyway?
Sejumlah jurnalis ikut serta dalam aksi protes menentang draf revisi terbaru UU Penyiaran di Bandung, Jawa Barat, pada 29 Mei 2024. Algi Febri Sugita/Shutterstock

2025: Tahun kelam bagi pers dan ilmu pengetahuan akibat pemerintah

Serangan dan ancaman kepada pers yang terus berlanjut, ditambah minimnya respons yang layak dari pemerintah, mengindikasikan mundurnya demokrasi di Indonesia.
Peat swamp in Danau Sentarum National Park, West Kalimantan. (Bramanthya Fathi Makarim/Shutterstock)

Lahan gambut dan mangrove adalah ekosistem kaya karbon yang harus dilindungi untuk mitigasi perubahan iklim

Perlindungan dan pemulihan lahan bakau dan gambut dapat mengurangi lebih dari setengah emisi karbon dari penggunaan lahan di Asia Tenggara. Namun, masih banyak tantangan.
Peat swamp in Danau Sentarum National Park, West Kalimantan. (Bramanthya Fathi Makarim/Shutterstock)

Peatlands and mangroves: Southeast Asian countries must protect these major carbon pools to boost climate ambitions

Protecting and restoring mangroves and peatlands can reduce more than half of the carbon emissions from land use in Southeast Asia. But some challenges remain.
A green-crested lizard. Biodiversity remained relatively high even after logging of old- growth forests, suggesting that there is value in conserving logged forests. Charlie Marsh

Nature benefits when logged tropical forests are left to recover – here’s how

While tropical forests are home to rare species, logged forests still feel and sound like forests, while oil palm plantations are agricultural landscapes.

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