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Choosing a degree: Remember to consider reputation, teaching – and fun

By Ursula Milton

Published: November 10 2008 07:42 | Last updated: November 10 2008 07:42

What about fun? It is perhaps not the first consideration if you are thinking about applying for an LLM postgraduate law degree.

But according to Alan Khee-Jin Tan, a vice-dean of the law faculty at the National University of Singapore, it would be one of four points he would consider if he were a student again. He says students should think about opportunities to “have a life” where they are going to study. The other factors are perhaps more obvious, and several would apply to anyone thinking of pursing post-graduate education.

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