NUS first stepped up its response to sexual misconduct after undergraduate Monica Baey spoke out online about how the institution responded when she was filmed in a hostel shower by a fellow student in 2019.
NUS subsequently set up a Victim Care Unit in August 2019 for students who are victims of sexual misconduct .
In its first sexual misconduct report published in January this year, NUS said that 71 sexual misconduct complaints involving students were made to the university between 2016 and 2020. The university also received 19 complaints of sexual misconduct involving staff members between 2016 and 2020, the report said.
NUS saw several allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour against staff members in 2020.
Lecturer and fellow at Tembusu College Dr Jeremy Fernando was sacked on Oct 7 that year, following an internal investigation of two complaints alleging that he had “behaved inappropriately as a teaching staff”. The university's investigations established that he had "an intimate association" with an undergraduate.
On Nov 17, 2020, NUS announced that it had completed its review of a complaint made against former East Asian Institute (EAI) director Professor Zheng Yongnian and found that he had behaved inappropriately towards a colleague in May 2018.
The university said that "in the absence of evidence", the inquiry was unable to verify all the allegations except that Prof Zheng had hugged the member of staff without her permission during a meeting.
As such, the "appropriate sanction" was a written warning.
On Dec 1, 2020, NUS dismissed Professor Theodore G Hopf - or Ted Hopf - over a case of sexual harassment against a student following an anonymous complaint sent to the university in August.
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NUS subsequently set up a Victim Care Unit in August 2019 for students who are victims of sexual misconduct .
In its first sexual misconduct report published in January this year, NUS said that 71 sexual misconduct complaints involving students were made to the university between 2016 and 2020. The university also received 19 complaints of sexual misconduct involving staff members between 2016 and 2020, the report said.
NUS saw several allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour against staff members in 2020.
Lecturer and fellow at Tembusu College Dr Jeremy Fernando was sacked on Oct 7 that year, following an internal investigation of two complaints alleging that he had “behaved inappropriately as a teaching staff”. The university's investigations established that he had "an intimate association" with an undergraduate.
On Nov 17, 2020, NUS announced that it had completed its review of a complaint made against former East Asian Institute (EAI) director Professor Zheng Yongnian and found that he had behaved inappropriately towards a colleague in May 2018.
The university said that "in the absence of evidence", the inquiry was unable to verify all the allegations except that Prof Zheng had hugged the member of staff without her permission during a meeting.
As such, the "appropriate sanction" was a written warning.
On Dec 1, 2020, NUS dismissed Professor Theodore G Hopf - or Ted Hopf - over a case of sexual harassment against a student following an anonymous complaint sent to the university in August.
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