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NUS fires fellow at Tembusu College for sexual assault

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By Gurpit Singh

By now most of you have heard: Jeremy Fernando was fired from his position as a fellow at Tembusu College, NUS, because he sexually assaulted two women. I will add here that we have heard, and have raised, that there are very likely other women affected, though this remains speculation unless they come forward.

Two things have come to mind:

It’s disturbing to me how the very people in a liberal bubble, who audaciously celebrate women’s day and who claim to take women’s voices seriously, and I also refer to its students, forget their mantras of “believe women” when it comes to someone they know. Where is everyone who usually speaks up hiding now? The confidentiality shrouding the women is there for their protection, not for your selfish sureties.

Secondly, Tembusu’s directors have been disturbingly distant. The victims have been extremely traumatised throughout the process: the directors have remained detached. They cried out for a statement (as I have heard many tembusu students have too, it is only right) and gave permission for them to disclose select facts to explain his firing. Instead they chose to let misinformation spread and ignored the victims’ email for almost a week. It has been almost two weeks since Jeremy got fired. They have resisted making a clarifying statement, and avoided answering the victims’ requests head-on.

More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2020/10/nus-fires-fellow-at-tembusu-college-for.html
Isnt milo auntie (not sure is malay or indian) the nus chancellor? How come no sound?
 
Sun Xueling


There has been much public discussion on NUS’ dismissal of Dr Jeremy Fernando.

NUS has responded with a timeline of events and their investigations. At a press conference yesterday, NUS acknowledged that they could have done better in handling the matter.

Now that a police report has been filed, we will let the police investigations run its course.

At the same time, MOE is also following up with NUS and other universities to ensure the safety and protection of our students.

One question we have asked the university leadership: what more can they do to prevent instances like these from happening in future?

We recognize that our Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) must give space for academic pursuit and ideas to flourish.

But the issues around this case lead us to question: how can we better guard against educators and other individuals who cross the line, and how can we collectively strengthen campus safety?

At the end of the day, our IHLs have a duty of care to their students. There must be zero-tolerance in our campuses for any form of sexual misconduct, harassment or violence.

On MOE’s part, we will continue working closely with all our IHLs to tighten processes where needed, to ensure the safety of the student community at all times.
 
Sun Xueling


There has been much public discussion on NUS’ dismissal of Dr Jeremy Fernando.

NUS has responded with a timeline of events and their investigations. At a press conference yesterday, NUS acknowledged that they could have done better in handling the matter.

Now that a police report has been filed, we will let the police investigations run its course.

At the same time, MOE is also following up with NUS and other universities to ensure the safety and protection of our students.

One question we have asked the university leadership: what more can they do to prevent instances like these from happening in future?

We recognize that our Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) must give space for academic pursuit and ideas to flourish.

But the issues around this case lead us to question: how can we better guard against educators and other individuals who cross the line, and how can we collectively strengthen campus safety?

At the end of the day, our IHLs have a duty of care to their students. There must be zero-tolerance in our campuses for any form of sexual misconduct, harassment or violence.

On MOE’s part, we will continue working closely with all our IHLs to tighten processes where needed, to ensure the safety of the student community at all times.
MOE should have overhauled the NUS administration department right after Monica incident.
 
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