Dear FASS Students,

Asian Universities Alliance (AUA), along with 14 AUA member universities, will conduct an online AUA Lecture Series 2021 programme from 2 September to 16 December 2021 as part of their efforts to work towards the long-term goal of an online shared course.   The theme of the lecture series will be “The challenges and opportunities of Asian economies in the COVID-19 and post COVID-19 era”.  This programme is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students from AUAU members at no cost.

The whole duration of the lecture series is 15 weeks, one lecture per week.  Classes will be held from 7 pm to 8.30 pm.  Each lecture is conducted by a member university and will consist of the following 2 parts:

 Part A) a 50-minute lecture introducing the challenges and opportunities of their country’s economy   

             during the COVID-19 or post COVID-19 era;

Part B) a 40-minute freely-designed teaching session, which may include case analyses, multi-

             panellist debates, interviews, discussion groups, a combination of any two components,   

             and/or any other innovative interactive teaching method.

Participants are required to submit essays and meet the class attendance requirements of more than 80% to receive a certificate of completion.  Kindly refer to the pdf file for details.

Please note that nomination is required for this programme. If you are interested to participate in this programme, please send the  following  details to studyabroadfass@nus.edu.sg no later than 25 August 2021 (Wednesday):

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