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Five international scholars, in ‘Perspectives on the 21st Century Urban University from Singapore – A viewpoint forum’ (Cities, 2019), provide their critical analysis of the urban environment that envelopes and continues to shape Singapore’s higher education system. All of the contributors contend that there is a need to revise the currently dominant U.S./U.K.-centric approaches to …
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While serving his National Service in the Singapore Police Force, Sim Jian Wen saw a side of the country that he had only ever seen in the movies – one involving loan sharks, violence and the occasional substance abuse. So he took the leap to pursue Social Work at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Established on 15 July 1845, The Straits Times has evolved over the years alongside other news companies to redefine how news is produced and consumed, across traditional print and digital platforms. In today’s big data age, automation seems to be the next biggest transformative force for newsrooms because it helps them manage the data deluge. …
About 400 students from more than 20 secondary schools, pre-university and tertiary institutions in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region gathered to debate pressing global developments and issues such as healthcare, climate change and peacekeeping at the 20th Singapore Model United Nations (SMUN) conference.
The University-wide initiative for over 3,400 students aims to help equip young adults with skills in Financial Emotional Resilience.
NUS Homecoming 2023 brought together more than 800 NUS graduates at the Bukit Timah Campus to celebrate their alma mater.
As artificial intelligence (AI) comes to be more prevalent in our day to day lives, the possibility of its ubiquity, even in delicate tasks once thought to be contingent on human interaction, such as raising children, becomes more real. Yet, while the promises of AI childcare paint a utopian picture, the proliferation of AI in …
Unlike parents, AI will never tire of entertaining our children. Here’s the catch. Read More »
Professor Lim Chong Yah was an eminent economist whose profound impact on the field of economics in Singapore and beyond will be remembered for years to come. His dedication to applied research and his passion for teaching set him apart as a truly remarkable academic.
In his piece ‘Embracing ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in higher education: The importance of fostering trust and responsible use in teaching and learning’ (The Head Foundation Digest, June 2023), Mr Jonathan Sim (NUS Philosophy) acknowledges that generative AI (artificial intelligence) has brought significant disruptions to education, particularly in the areas of teaching and …
A column for CNA Online by Mr Jonathan Sim, a Lecturer with NUS Philosophy.