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2 unusual facts about NUS


Abu Dhabi Indian School

Its alumni have gone on to join some of the top colleges in India like the Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology, Anna University, Delhi Technological University, AIIMS, BIT Mesra, Loyola College, Chennai, Christ University, etc. and abroad like NUS, Nanyang Technological University, Georgia Tech, UCLA, Caltech, Cornell, Purdue University, etc.

Vien de Nus

It is particularly associated with the town of Nus where it is the primary grape in the Nus Rosso wine of the region.


Austudy Five

NUS had called the demonstration around the Keating Government's proposed abolition of Austudy as a student grant to be replaced by a student loan.

Barefoot doctor

In 1977, Jean-Pierre Willem created an international humanitarian apolitical NGO of doctors called Medecins Aux Pieds Nus in France.

Campaign for Free Education

The Music Industry got further behind the CFE when music magazines NME and Melody Maker revealed that members of the NUS wrote to the various artists asking them not to support the CFE in this way.

Chong Chi Tat

Chong Chi Tat is University Professor and the Head of the Department of Mathematics at the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Gemma Tumelty

Her opponents in 2007 were Sofie Buckland, a member of Education Not for Sale and an officer on the NUS National Executive, and Rob Owen, a member of RESPECT and General Secretary of the University of Manchester Students' Union.

Kat Fletcher

Although a long standing member of the Labour paty, she ran on a leftist platform as a member of the Campaign for Free Education (CFE) criticising the NUS proximity to Tony Blair's Labour government, particularly on the issue of tuition fees.

Koh Poh Koon

Koh has also served as a Clinical Lecturer at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.

La Diva Aux Pieds Nus

La Diva Aux Pieds Nus is the first album recorded by Cesária Évora.

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

On September 16, 2003, Prime Minister of Singapore Goh Chok Tong announced the establishment of NUS School of Public Policy, which was named in honour of the nation's first and longest-serving Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew.

National Union of Students LGBT Campaign

Stonewall, The National Aids Trust, Unison LGBT and others have joined the NUS with the campaign against the ban.

Newton Lee

He is also the curator of the Springer International Series on Applications and Trends in Computer Science, adjunct professor of Media Technology at Woodbury University School of Media, Culture & Design, and co-founder of the NUS Hollywood Lab with Adrian David Cheok.

Neyret

Around the village of Arvier, Neyret can be included, along with Gamay, Vien de Nus, Dolcetto and Pinot noir (up to 15% collectively) in the Petit Rouge based wines of Enfer d'Arvier.

NUS Museum

The Straits Chinese collection is housed at the NUS Baba House, located at 157 Neil Road.

Owain James

After the NUS, James worked for Oxfam as their Education Campaign Manager and then their Millennium Development Goals Campaign Manager.

Pallathadka

Prakash Kumar Pallathadka, is a Professor of Biological Sciences specializing in Plant Development, Tissue Culture, Plant Psychology and Molecular Biology at the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore (NUS).

Park Mains High School

Ross Renton, Liberal Democrat Politician, former director of Endsleigh Insurance and chair of NUS Services.

Rick Levin

Levin spearheaded the creation of the first liberal arts college in Asia, Yale-NUS, a joint venture between Yale University and the National University of Singapore.

Rutsel Martha

Dr Martha is an Adjunct Professor of Law and the New York University, in which capacity he has been a Visiting Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore since 2007 in the NYU@NUS program.

Specialist judge

Tan Cheng Han, dean of NUS law school, was the second Specialist Judge to be appointed to hear the Informatics Case.

Stella Greenall

In 1975, Greenall was persuaded to leave NUS to work as an advisor to the then Labour Education Secretary, Fred Mulley.

Student activism

During the 1930s students began to become more politically involved with the formation of many socialist societies at universities, ranging from social democratic to marxist-leninist and trotskyite, even leading to Brian Simon, a communist, becoming head of the NUS.

Tan Teck Meng

Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy from University of Singapore, now National University of Singapore (NUS), and a Master of Commerce with Honours from the University of New South Wales.

The Blonde with Bare Breasts

A gang offers money for stealing the Édouard Manet painting La blonde aux seins nus (The Blonde with Bare Breasts) from the museum.

Union of Liberal Students

1980-82 was a period of Left Alliance leadership of NUS with David Aaronovitch as President of NUS and Jane Taylor as National Secretary.

University of Sheffield Students' Union

The Union, under its obligation as part of the NUS to provide 24-hour support for students, funds Sheffield University Nightline, a telephone and email based listening and information service run by student volunteers from the University.


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