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From Careers for a Lifetime, to a Lifetime of Careers
The top skills desired by employers will include critical thinking, analysis, problem-solving and self-management skills such as active learning, resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility.
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NUS CHS Case Competition: Driving EV Adoption in Singapore
The just-released problem statement for NUS CHS’ inaugural Case Competition – Encouraging electric vehicle (EV) ownership in Singapore – is an important real-world topic of especial relevance to us all, as the nation is driving toward a future of electric mobility that is essential to the Singapore Green Plan 2030.
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Strong Interest in Interdisciplinary Learning With High Acceptance Rates
NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye discusses the University’s recent interdisciplinary initiatives – the setting up of the College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS) and the new Common Curriculum for the Faculty of Engineering and the School of Design and Environment – and the importance of lifelong learning in ensuring that students are adaptable and future-ready.
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Creating New Internship Opportunities: Engaging Employers to See Value in Humanities and Social Sciences
Mr Jonathan Sim, instructor from the Department of Philosophy, describes how he engaged with local employers to open internship opportunities to humanities and social sciences students who would not previously have been considered.
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Commencement 2021: Special Message of Congratulations to the Classes of 2020 and 2021!
Faculty and students talk about what life has been for them this past year, what they miss about campus life, and extend words of advice and congratulations to the graduating Classes of 2020 and 2021.
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Meet the Neighbours: The Seven Animals You’ll Spot in NUS
Beyond the lecture theatres, classrooms and student hangout spots, it is hard to miss the lush greenery that surrounds NUS. This has made the campus environs not only a second home for staff and students, but also a place for a wide range of biodiversity to call home.
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NUS CHS Case Competition: Solutions for Tomorrow
The NUS College of Humanities and Sciences has launched the Case Competition Series. Register your interest now!
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mar/gins: Call for Submissions
Dear fellow undergraduates, Margins is back and we need papers! But who are we, you ask? Margins is a student-run literary journal launched in 2013 to celebrate ELL students’ works and foster a stronger sense of pride among the department’s majors and minors. After a brief hiatus during the onset of the pandemic, we’re back with a brand-new look, a theme to match the times, and PRIZES. Why submit? As undergrads, we write on the margins of professional research. Our papers and theses—the products of much labour—hardly see the light of day once Turnitin and LumiNUS get ahold of them. They disappear into archives—physical, digital, emotional—and . . . that’s it. To this we say, “NO MORE!” It’s time to give our efforts a voice outside our curricula proper. If you’ve got a paper you’re especially proud of, an alt-take that didn’t make the cut for a classroom submission, a poetic incision on something you learned, photos or even footage of your blood, sweat, and tears, send it to us and let us, as a student-focused community, celebrate YOU. Head over to our website or our Facebook page (or view the attached Call for Submissions) to find out more! You …
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Honouring five outstanding alumni from Arts and Social Sciences
Five exceptional NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) alumni from diverse backgrounds were lauded at the annual FASS Distinguished Arts and Social Sciences Alumni Awards 2020 in a simple presentation ceremony on 30 April at Swissotel The Stamford.
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