A special feature in The Sunday Times highlighted some of the new offerings at SMU which aim to empower students to face challenges of the future economy. These include the newly introduced Politics, Law and Economics (PLE) major in the School of Social Sciences, the Global Impact Scholarship Award (a new flagship scholarship designed to help realise each scholar’s leadership potential and hone their ability to make meaningful impact on society), as well as the SMU Access grant, where financially needy SMU students can now gain access to 100% funded tuition-fee aid. The special feature also mentioned the freshly renovated SMU Campus Green and the new law library among SMU’s new initiatives to uplift student life at the university.