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As Asian and European nations prepare to commemorate ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Day on March 1st to celebrate the partnership and dialogue between the continents, it is pertinent to reflect on the urban dynamics of Asia and Europe. Cities in Asia and Europe are undergoing significant shifts in migration patterns, marked by transnational ties and […]
Xie Hening, a Master’s student from the NUS Chinese Studies, considers the ways one of the larger international student groups in Singapore make the most of the Spring Festival away from home.
NUS alumni Mr Darius Cheung (Engineering ’04) and Dr Shannon Ang (Sociology ’15) recently shared their insights at Institute of Policy Studies’ annual flagship Singapore Perspectives conference, exploring the hopes, fears, expectations of youths in relation to family life.
‘Chinese Voluntary Associations in Transition: China’s Rise and the Remaking of Ancestral Communities in Southeast Asia’, a Ministry of Education AcRF Tier 2 grant funded from 2023 to 2026, investigates the transformation of Chinese Voluntary Associations (CVAs), also known as Huaren Shetuan, in contemporary Southeast Asia. CVAs are non-official and non-governmental community groups that originate […]
On 3rd November 2023, the Political Science Society of NUS (PSSOC), in conjunction with the NUS Political Science Department, organised the second iteration of the Singapore Foreign Policy dialogue.
A chance meeting on the bus led to a lifetime love for Sunil Rai (FASS ’13) and Khirti Belani (FASS ’13). The pair have now been married for nine years and are parents to a 4.5-year-old son, Veer Belani-Rai.
Historical storyteller, public speaker and guest lecturer Shawn Seah (NUS Economics and University Scholars Programme ’10) was feted with three awards in 2023 – including an Outstanding Young Alumni Award during the prestigious NUS Alumni Awards event. He reveals what he found most challenging during the year.
In equipping students with the knowledge, skills and competencies, NUS offers a diverse spectrum of more than 650 sustainability-related courses at the undergraduate level, including seven majors, 12 minors and 29 specialisations spanning Engineering, Science, Medicine and the Humanities.
Singapore celebrates Total Defence Day on 15 February each year, as a reminder of the day Singapore surrendered to the Japanese forces. This marked the start of the Japanese occupation of Singapore, then renamed Syonan-to. Shortly afterwards, the Japanese implemented significant social and economic policy changes, including racial policies towards certain ethnic groups (minzoku). Dr […]
As a young island nation, Singapore has taken pride in its meritocratic system. It sees this system as responsible for propelling its growth into an economic powerhouse. Basing people’s worth on their achievements and hard work, instead of their background and status, is one of the defining traits of meritocracy, and it continues to have […]