Cambridge faces competition
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ONCE it was possibly the greatest centre of learning in the world, but these days, Cambridge University faces far more competition.
Top American universities have caught up, and institutions in China and India are on the rise as well.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave his take last night on his alma mater's changing status in the world as he reflected on the British university's long history.
Speaking at Cambridge University's 800th anniversary gala dinner, he said its long-held and privileged status as one of the world's few top academic institutions is no more.
'Cambridge remains a great university, but it now shares top placing not with one or two others, but perhaps half a dozen, mainly in North America,' he said.
He added: 'The best United States universities - Harvard, Stanford, Yale, MIT - have become outstanding centres of teaching and research. Top Ivy League universities are at least on a par with Cambridge.'
maybe next time we gona change from cambridge to sth else alr. lolsssss
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_451467.html
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Nothing new.
Dun forget even for our case, though we're still using the commonwealth cert and education system, the grading method esp in the poly & uni are using the US style
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later SINGAPORE-BEIJING UNIVERSITY GCE O LEVELS
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Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:
later SINGAPORE-BEIJING UNIVERSITY GCE O LEVELS
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English sure A1, Mandarin sure F9. LOL...
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dude. who say beijing english not good de ?
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is it true that singaporeans prefer to go to the UK unis instead of those in the US? Maybe wanna follow lky's footsteps (:
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Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:
later SINGAPORE-BEIJING UNIVERSITY GCE O LEVELS
Oh hell no ... -
what about Singapore MIT GCE O Levels?
hell ya
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not bad.....let cambridge to have competition
btw, china man english not bad leh
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Nothing new.
Dun forget even for our case, though we're still using the commonwealth cert and education system, the grading method esp in the poly & uni are using the US style
lol .
u mean he 1st time say ' cambrdge' on par with other uni in its own dinner' Nothing new' ?
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
what about Singapore MIT GCE O Levels?
hell ya
lol everybody will auto fail in all science and maths subjects!
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moderation confirm got a1 de . LOL.
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Originally posted by yiha093:
lol .
u mean he 1st time say ' cambrdge' on par with other uni in its own dinner' Nothing new' ?
no, e competition -
u still dun realise what it means when he say that other uni catching up to cambridge for the FIRST time during their OWN cambridge dinner ? =.=
like who cares about the competition when he nvr say to cambridge's FACE that they are losing ground.
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Originally posted by yiha093:
u still dun realise what it means when he say that other uni catching up to cambridge for the FIRST time during their OWN cambridge dinner ? =.=
like who cares about the competition when he nvr say to cambridge's FACE that they are losing ground.
I think you dun get itCambridge is still top, but people are alrdy looking at others standard or uni because they've catched up or came w/ a new standard tat seem better for say a country's system. It's nothing to do w/ Cambridge
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i nvr say not top , i just say catching up .
its more of the fact that he actually said that people is catching up to cambridge during their own dinner that im focusing on .