Change of terminology from “Supervisor” to “Thesis Advisor”
10 August 2023
Thesis advisor” is often a more apt description of faculty members’ roles in mentoring PhD students, generously providing advice and engagement, rather than overseeing and directing every step of a graduate student’s work.
As PhD requires independent original scholarship that is a distinct contribution to knowledge, PhD students should also shift from being reliant on instructions from their thesis advisors to becoming more independent in thinking, decision making, and execution in their research.
Removed the Mandatory Appointment of External Examiner for Doctoral Thesis
10 August 2023
All doctoral theses will be examined by a minimum of two internal examiners.
Academic communications core module - NG5001 (4MC)
10 August 2023
For all PhD students of the NUS Graduate School (NUSGS), this module facilitates further development of students’ academic literacies in critical reading, writing and oral presentation. For critical reading, students will be guided to deconstruct and evaluate arguments –
competences which students will then deploy by writing a proposal. In writing the proposal, students will need to
demonstrate the ability to use suitable academic conventions. This proposal will subsequently be delivered as an oral presentation to a cross-disciplinary audience.
This module utilizes a blended learning approach, where students’ learning experiences will comprise in-class and online synchronous and asynchronous lessons and activities.