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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Feb 20, 2009
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>NTU dons allege bias <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Coveted contract at centre of controversy </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Amelia Tan
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Associated Professor Michael Heng, from NTU's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, wrote to The Straits Times last month alleging 'serious lapses' in the process of awarding tenure. -- ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->A GROUP of professors from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has raised a protest to varsity heads over the process of awarding tenure.
Unhappy about what they call a 'non-transparent' process, the group of about 10 has sent e-mail messages to the heads of their respective schools as well as to NTU provost Bertil Andersson, who has said the claims are baseless.
The group has also sought help from the Education Services Union (ESU), a body affiliated to the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) which was set up to promote good relations between employees of private education institutions and their employers.
However, the group was turned away because ESU can represent only bargainable employees, and university faculty members are considered non-bargainable staff. Instead, the ESU has referred the case to the Ministry of Manpower.
At the centre of the professors' complaint is something called the T65 contract, which guarantees them a place on the teaching staff till they hit the age of 65. It is the most coveted contract among professors.
More than a dozen professors have claimed that the selection process for the contract is 'biased and undemocratic'. Last year, 640 of NTU's 1,500 faculty members applied for the T65 contract. Of these, 55 per cent, or 352 professors, were awarded the contract. Read the full story in Friday's edition of the Straits Times.
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>NTU dons allege bias <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Coveted contract at centre of controversy </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Amelia Tan
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --><TR vAlign=bottom><TD width=330>
</TD><TD width=10>
Associated Professor Michael Heng, from NTU's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, wrote to The Straits Times last month alleging 'serious lapses' in the process of awarding tenure. -- ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->A GROUP of professors from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has raised a protest to varsity heads over the process of awarding tenure.
Unhappy about what they call a 'non-transparent' process, the group of about 10 has sent e-mail messages to the heads of their respective schools as well as to NTU provost Bertil Andersson, who has said the claims are baseless.
The group has also sought help from the Education Services Union (ESU), a body affiliated to the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) which was set up to promote good relations between employees of private education institutions and their employers.
However, the group was turned away because ESU can represent only bargainable employees, and university faculty members are considered non-bargainable staff. Instead, the ESU has referred the case to the Ministry of Manpower.
At the centre of the professors' complaint is something called the T65 contract, which guarantees them a place on the teaching staff till they hit the age of 65. It is the most coveted contract among professors.
More than a dozen professors have claimed that the selection process for the contract is 'biased and undemocratic'. Last year, 640 of NTU's 1,500 faculty members applied for the T65 contract. Of these, 55 per cent, or 352 professors, were awarded the contract. Read the full story in Friday's edition of the Straits Times.
