Singapore academics do not self-censor, avoid politically sensitive topics: Maliki
The studies by autonomous universities (AU) on Singapore topics is evidence that academics in the city-state do not shy away from politically sensitive topics, said Second Minister for Education Maliki Osman in Parliament on Monday (10 January).
Maliki alluded to the recent Academic Freedom Survey by AcademiaSG, which said that some 77.5 per cent of Singapore academics had reported at least "moderate" interference by non-academic actors in decision-making at their respective institutions. "The survey findings suggest that...political constraints have been institutionalised within universities," said the survey's authors Cherian George of Hong Kong Baptist University and Shannon Ang of NTU.
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