56% NTU faculty are foreigners from 56 countries worldwide
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56 percent of NTU faculty are foreigners from 56 countries worldwide
According to the NTU report 2010 released recently, 56 percent of NTU faculty are foreigners from 56 countries worldwide including Singapore PRs:
[Source: NTU report 2010]
Singapore citizens including new citizens form only 44 percent of the faculty.
The result is not surprising as there are an increasing number of foreigners being scouted from overseas as lecturers in both NUS and NTU in recent years.
The Temasek Review had earlier published stories about how Singapore PhD holders are being discriminated and disadvantaged by the local universities’ pro-foreigner hiring policies though the foreigners employed may not be necessarily better than them.
The emphasis on research and producing papers which are important criteria in the universities’ yearly rankings may have prompted them to cast their net overseas for established researchers who may not necessarily be good teachers.
In 2009, Associate Professor Michael Heng, from NTU’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, wrote to the Straits Times alleging ’serious lapses’ in the process of awarding tenures to lecturers.
He said that in internal school meetings, faculty members were told by their Chairs that only research counted in the tenure review. They were told teaching and service to the university were not important, he said.
‘This is taxpayers’ money we are talking about, so this is of public interest,’ he added. (read more here)
Not too long ago, a NTU student wrote to us complaining about the heavy accent of some foreign lecturers:
“When I attend lectures, I want to understand the lecturers. Tell me, how can I understand if the lecturers cannot speak a proper English sentence without slaughtering the language? I pay to learn, not to be entertained by comical lecturers with funny accent and laughable grammar….I cannot understand why I have to repeat an extra year of schooling if I fail English and yet, NTU lecturers who fail English get paid 10-digit salaries to teach me.”
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This comes from the mouth of a PRC student on scholarship - they are paid a monthly allowance of Sing$1,500.00 for their expenses.
Oh mine, some of our locals don't even earn that much.
It is puzzling as to why the govt are investing so much of the taxpayers' $$$$ on these people. Does it mean our local students are hopeless in study?
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no surprise, hope to create more FTs?
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It is worrying for our local students. I heard from our local students venting their frustrations on the way they are treated. It is so beyond what we can do to help them. Sigh!
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Originally posted by shanfan:
It is worrying for our local students. I heard from our local students venting their frustrations on the way they are treated. It is so beyond what we can do to help them. Sigh!
some all A students can't even get into NUS. It getting worse.
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No surprise. If anyone has ever studied overseas in a foreign university, its the same story. The bulk of financial profits come from foreigners willing to pay more to study. Lets not even get into the scholarships thing, its the same applies everywhere. Unless you tell me singaporeans go overseas study never ever try to apply for that country's local scholarship.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
some all A students can't even get into NUS. It getting worse.
I know of a Malaysian got only 2 A and the rest B and C got into NTU popular faculty.I believe if she is a Singaporean, she will be deprived of the vacancy there.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
some all A students can't even get into NUS. It getting worse.
Wah.
Sure or not?
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qian qian qian qian
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Can you get local engineers to be lecturers these days?
The Engineering faculty problem has been wrecked up by everyone..
No it's not govt since it's by merit. The good goes to take biz, no or few good ppl taking eng.. how to teach e later gen later on?
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tat's why to he!! w/ TR and those who are trying to politcise this to gain points...
I still stand politicians are the worst ppl to analyse and figure what's going on.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
some all A students can't even get into NUS. It getting worse.
Dun forget there's poly chaps entering these days, making it slightly complicated. -
HA HA HA HA HA........................
PLEASE SALUTE TO THE 60.1%
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
some all A students can't even get into NUS. It getting worse.
Sure boh? Your source of information?
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Originally posted by shanfan:
56 percent of NTU faculty are foreigners from 56 countries worldwide
According to the NTU report 2010 released recently, 56 percent of NTU faculty are foreigners from 56 countries worldwide including Singapore PRs:
[Source: NTU report 2010]
Singapore citizens including new citizens form only 44 percent of the faculty.
The result is not surprising as there are an increasing number of foreigners being scouted from overseas as lecturers in both NUS and NTU in recent years.
The Temasek Review had earlier published stories about how Singapore PhD holders are being discriminated and disadvantaged by the local universities’ pro-foreigner hiring policies though the foreigners employed may not be necessarily better than them.
The emphasis on research and producing papers which are important criteria in the universities’ yearly rankings may have prompted them to cast their net overseas for established researchers who may not necessarily be good teachers.
In 2009, Associate Professor Michael Heng, from NTU’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, wrote to the Straits Times alleging ’serious lapses’ in the process of awarding tenures to lecturers.
He said that in internal school meetings, faculty members were told by their Chairs that only research counted in the tenure review. They were told teaching and service to the university were not important, he said.
‘This is taxpayers’ money we are talking about, so this is of public interest,’ he added. (read more here)
Not too long ago, a NTU student wrote to us complaining about the heavy accent of some foreign lecturers:
“When I attend lectures, I want to understand the lecturers. Tell me, how can I understand if the lecturers cannot speak a proper English sentence without slaughtering the language? I pay to learn, not to be entertained by comical lecturers with funny accent and laughable grammar….I cannot understand why I have to repeat an extra year of schooling if I fail English and yet, NTU lecturers who fail English get paid 10-digit salaries to teach me.”
It is always a practice for university to hire overseas foreigner. This is to prevent inbreeding. Even Singaporean lecturers need to have their cert from overseas. University not hire their own student.
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Originally posted by shanfan:
This comes from the mouth of a PRC student on scholarship - they are paid a monthly allowance of Sing$1,500.00 for their expenses.
Oh mine, some of our locals don't even earn that much.
It is puzzling as to why the govt are investing so much of the taxpayers' $$$$ on these people. Does it mean our local students are hopeless in study?
Because they are on SCHOLARSHIP. Even their laptop are FREE.
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Originally posted by shanfan:
I know of a Malaysian got only 2 A and the rest B and C got into NTU popular faculty.I believe if she is a Singaporean, she will be deprived of the vacancy there.
I thought, you think, who confirm?
Why is it that I know of a lot of Singaporeans with very similar A Level grades who got into NUS and NTU?
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i think its because they dont complain like we do.
we are pros.
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Originally posted by Lokey:
Because they are on SCHOLARSHIP. Even their laptop are FREE.
FREE??!!!!
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
some all A students can't even get into NUS. It getting worse.
har?You mean all AO is it? Berry berry big difference you know.
AOAOAOAO.
How to go uni.....?
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NUS rejected my son – have to sell house to send him overseas
My son had GCE ‘A’ 4 straight As with ‘S’ papers in his ‘A’-level but was rejected by NUS medicine. He applied and was accepted by many medical schools in the UK, Australia and Ireland. He finally accepted one of the top medical schools in the UK.
I sold my house to support him and have the never regretted doing that. He is now in his clinical year and is happy with his pace and style in UK teaching. He has also settled down well and has decided not to come back as he does not owe the govt anything. We have the f..king PAP government to thank for losing my only son to a foreign country in place of its f..king foreign trash policy.
We will never never vote for the PAP again. Thank you once again f..king PAP!
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Fairness
* This comment was first posted on the thread ‘56 percent of NTU faculty are foreigners from 56 countries worldwide’ (http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/07/12/56-percent-of-ntu-faculty-are-foreigners-from-56-countries-worldwide/).
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Hahahahhahahahha!
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Originally posted by shanfan:
NUS rejected my son – have to sell house to send him overseas
My son had GCE ‘A’ 4 straight As with ‘S’ papers in his ‘A’-level but was rejected by NUS medicine. He applied and was accepted by many medical schools in the UK, Australia and Ireland. He finally accepted one of the top medical schools in the UK.
I sold my house to support him and have the never regretted doing that. He is now in his clinical year and is happy with his pace and style in UK teaching. He has also settled down well and has decided not to come back as he does not owe the govt anything. We have the f..king PAP government to thank for losing my only son to a foreign country in place of its f..king foreign trash policy.
We will never never vote for the PAP again. Thank you once again f..king PAP!
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Fairness
* This comment was first posted on the thread ‘56 percent of NTU faculty are foreigners from 56 countries worldwide’ (http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/07/12/56-percent-of-ntu-faculty-are-foreigners-from-56-countries-worldwide/).
Are they still following that "Spread straight A students around the various faculties" policy even at this current point in time?
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Charlize' favourite ref. TRE.
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