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Students Explore World of Investing and Financial Markets at NUS Economics Society Competition

July 21, 2023

The annual challenge, organised by the student-led NUS Economics Society since 2007, attracted participation from more than 200 pre-tertiary students representing 14 schools in Singapore.

NUS Seafarers Take to Sea Once Again on Voyages to Indonesia’s Anambas Islands

July 21, 2023

The NUS Seafarers headed out to the Anambas Islands in Indonesia on two voyages in April and May, exploring diverse communities, enterprises, and environments scattered across the archipelago.

32 Pages – Co-authoring Stories of Possibilities with our Children

July 20, 2023

Fresh graduates Chloe Ng (NUS Geography ’23) and Tamara Tan (NUS Psychology ’23) tell us why they established 32 pages, an organisation aiming to improve the emotional resilience of children through literacy.

Perspectives on the 21st Century Urban University from Singapore – A Viewpoint Forum

July 17, 2023

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 […]

Helping Others Help Better: How this Social Work Graduate Found his Calling

July 17, 2023

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).

When Journalism and Automation Intersect: Assessing the Influence of the Technological Field on Contemporary Newsrooms

July 15, 2023

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. […]

NUS Political Science Society Hosts 400 Students from the Region at 20th Anniversary of Singapore Model United Nations

July 14, 2023

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.

NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates and PlayMoolah Collaborate on Financial Wellbeing Programme

July 14, 2023

The University-wide initiative for over 3,400 students aims to help equip young adults with skills in Financial Emotional Resilience.

A Homecoming for All: NUS Alumni Across Campuses and Generations Reunite at Bukit Timah

July 14, 2023

NUS Homecoming 2023 brought together more than 800 NUS graduates at the Bukit Timah Campus to celebrate their alma mater.

Unlike parents, AI will never tire of entertaining our children. Here’s the catch.

July 14, 2023

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 […]

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