This is part of the series of “Dinner Conversations” aimed at encouraging USP students to explore new horizons of work by interacting with USP Fellows over dinner. Each session will consist of one Fellow and three to five students. For the upcoming week, A/P John Holbo and A/P Luke O’Sullivan (below) will interact closely with a group of USP students on an interesting topic. Find out more about their topic conversations here. You may wish to contact Lee Koon at uspalk@nus.edu.sg for more details.

This is an interactive lecture focused on dispelling common stereotypes about the Middle East and teaching young Singaporeans how to approach Anglophone news coverage about current conflicts plaguing the region. An alumna of NUS FASS who had also studied at the USP, she completed her masters in Lebanon, where she lived for two years, volunteered in the West Bank, and has studied in Delhi, Damascus and Tehran. Currently, she is working on her PhD in Middle East History in the US. Interested students, please register your attendance here.

Mr Ho Kwon Ping is Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, Chairman of SMU, and an avid observer of all things Singapore, culminating in his appointment as the inaugural SR Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. In a series of five lectures, Mr Ho spoke on various issues ranging from politics to security to identity, raising questions and giving his own take on the ways we can move forward. These lectures have recently been compiled and published in the book, The Ocean in a Drop - Singapore: The Next Fifty Years. In this dialogue with Mr Ho, come armed with curiosity and questions, and be prepared for an interactive discussion on the present and future of Singapore. Interested students, please register your attendance here.

This is part of the series of “Dinner Conversations” aimed at encouraging USP students to explore new horizons of work by interacting with USP Fellows over dinner. Each session will consist of one Fellow and three to five students. For this week, Prof Chong Chi Tat and Prof Lai Choy Heng will each interact closely with a group of USP students on an interesting topic. Find out more about their topic conversations here.

University College Utrecht has been one of USP’s student exchange partners since 2011. Dr Guus de Krom, Chairman of the UCU Exam Board and UCU Instructor, will provide an overview of UCU and what it is like to study in the Netherlands. Students interested in UCU as a potential exchange destination are welcome to attend the session. To register, please email your name and year of study here.

This is part of the series of “Dinner Conversations” aimed at encouraging USP students to explore new horizons of work by interacting with USP Fellows over dinner. Each session will consist of one Fellow and three to five students. For this week, Prof Chong Chi Tat and Prof Lai Choy Heng will each interact closely with a group of USP students on an interesting topic. Find out more about their topic conversations here.

The Rector’s Programme (TRP) is a series of personal and professional development talks and networking sessions, which aims at developing USP students’ intellectual aspirations, career directions and social responsibility beyond the University. Through TRP, students will hopefully be encouraged and empowered to lead a purpose-driven, meaningful and impactful life, both in the workplace and in the community at large. Guest speakers from the corporate, non-profit and public sectors will come and share the challenges they face and how they navigate the fast-changing complex world. In this first session of 2016, Mr Piyush Gupta, Chief Executive Officer and Director of DBS Group, will be sharing on “The Passions and The Interests”. Do join us! Interested students, please register your attendance here.