In institutions of higher learning all over the world, postgraduate programmes often have a higher enrolment than their undergraduate counterparts. The belief that having a couple of Master’s degrees sharpens one’s competitive edge seems quite widespread. That said, the students of the University’s MA in Philosophy programme are not after professional advancement; their aim is to decipher life and the world through the teachings of philosophy. Let them and their teachers tell you what’s in it for them.

The importance of learning should not be measured only by the results. Similarly, the contents of learning should not be bound by one’s profession. Director of Personnel Ms. Corinna Lee has not stopped learning since she graduated from college and joined a tertiary institution. Not pursuing further studies in personnel management, yet what she learnt she applied effectively to her job. Younger colleagues may be able to learn a few things from her.

Fire and water are opposites, but Prof. Jimmy Yu finds the key to a clean fuel in water, showing once again that thinking out of the box is the pathway to new knowledge. ‘In Plain View’ has more on this interesting research.