Participant schools include usual suspects such as the multi-campus INSEAD and National University of Singapore's NUS Business School, both of which already have partnerships with other elite business schools.

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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in a speech at Yale-NUS's launch last year, labeled the collaboration a "complicated project" because of "differences in social and political contexts" but said the city-state is constantly seeking to change and evolve.

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The SNP said Mr Moxham's comments echoed concerns expressed by other organisatiions, including NUS Scotland and Age Scotland, about Labour's new position on universal benefits.

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"I continue to hear from more students' unions who want to join forces to reiterate our full support for the industrial action taken by the AUT at the moment, " said Ms Stark - who is also the NUS national women's officer-elect.

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The NUS said a poll of 1, 000 people - conducted by ICM for the NUS to mark Sunday's demonstration - found 74% felt higher costs would deter students.

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One of the documents Citron uses to support their allegation that NUS is in apparent violation of U.S. law is Import Alert 66-38.

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Mr Barber announced to the Blackpool conference that the TUC's Know Your Rights number would be printed on the back of every NUS membership card from next September.

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"Yale-NUS students will be critical thinkers, yet remain respectful of Singapore's cultural and societal norms, " he said.

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Maybe they would decline more, but the driver of oil remains the U.S. and European economies, says Richard Soultanian, president of energy consulting firm NUS Consulting Group.

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