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Drawing from a book chapter titled “Resilience and Growth: A University’s Response for Future-Proofing Graduates and Careers”, NUS prepares its students for the rapidly changing workplace of today and tomorrow through a commitment to high-quality teaching, carefully designed curricula, and an emphasis on experiential learning.
Professor Yeoh has been teaching and researching at the NUS Department of Geography for more than 30 years, since she joined as Senior Tutor in 1987. The Cambridge graduate obtained her DPhil at the University of Oxford and has published extensively in 35 books and over 230 journal articles.
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.
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.
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.
Mr Jonathan Sim, instructor from the Department of Philosophy, offers up three methods for facilitating effective group work by improving participation and communication between student peers.
We sat down with Assoc Prof Dan Friess on 26 July – the United Nations’ International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem – to talk about his love for mangroves, why they matter and how the community can play an important role in their conservation.
The Social Service Research Centre (SSR) at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has received a S$1.4 million boost from the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and Tote Board for a Capability Development Programme for the next three years.
We tap the minds of Ms Cher Whee Sim, Vice President (Global Talent Acquisition & Mobility), Micron Technology, and Ms Agatha Soh, Regional Head of People, Shopee, to find out about the skills they value and what interdisciplinary skills – defined as the ability to integrate and apply different perspectives to solve complex problems – they hope their hires bring to the workplace.
COVID-19 has made life within and beyond the classroom virtually (pun intended) unrecognisable. Stripped of the in-person interactions so vital to the student experience, some might say that universities have lost their value and become yet another casualty of the pandemic. But institutions of higher learning still have legs — if they dare to re-imagine themselves.