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Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) discusses the negative impact adverse climate and environmental conditions have on societies, and the complex relationships that sometimes make accountability more difficult to establish.
The Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has awarded the Edwin Thumboo Prize 2023 to three pre-university students for their excellent literary work. Named after one of Singapore’s most prominent poets and scholars, the Edwin Thumboo Prize, aims to promote excellence …
On June 10th, 1963, the Equal Pay Act was passed in the US, aiming to abolish wage disparity based on gender. Traditionally, researchers have been using the unadjusted median gender pay gap to compare the median pay of working women relative to that of men. However, this measure may not accurately reflect gender discrimination because …
An Asian version of data journalism?: Uncovering “Asian values” in data stories produced across Asia
Then-Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew famously stated in an address to the General Assembly of the International Press Institute on 9 June 1971: “freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government”. …
Is every school a good school? Parents in Singapore do not seem to believe that, claim Dr Eik Swee (University of Melbourne), Mr Cameron Kheng (Nanyang Technological University), and Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) in their commentary ‘‘Kiasu’ parents have an unhealthy obsession with ‘top schools’ at P1 registration exercise’ (Straits Times, …
Under the Study Trips for Engagement and EnRichment (STEER) programme, a group of students from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, College of Design and Engineering, and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences embarked on a two-week journey to India, visiting Kerala, Lamagoan – a town near Darjeeling – and Kolkata.
The Prize, which comes with an award of S$50,000, will next be awarded in 2024 to an outstanding publication in English (written or translated) that has made a significant impact on our understanding of Singapore’s history, and is published between 1 June 2021 and 31 May 2024.
FASS alumna Pamela Low (NUS Economics ’18 ) and nine other Singaporeans under 35 received the inaugural 10 for Zero Awards conferred by the Singapore arm of US-based non-profit Conservation International for the social and environmental impact of their work, and influence on the community to work towards a zero-waste future.
Celebrated annually on 1 June, the Global Day of Parents was initiated by the United Nations to honour parents and parenting around the world. Although not all parents take the same approach to parenting or make the same sacrifices, parenting is a tireless commitment for many fathers and mothers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, parenting became …
The Community Courts are part of the State Courts of Singapore and were established on 1 June 2006 as problem-solving courts which hear special cases that require community resources to establish the root causes of offending behaviours and facilitate the successful reintegration of individuals into community settings. In ‘A Profile Study of Elderly Offenders in …