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Call for Nominations | FASS Inspiring Mentor Award 2022

October 6, 2022

We invite NUS FASS members of staff to nominate the colleagues who have served as their truly inspiring mentors – who have gone beyond the call of duty to positively impact their work and life – for FIMA 2022 honours.

Caring is Complicated

October 6, 2022

By 2030, 20 per cent or more of Singapore’s population will be aged 65 or above. Alumna Professor Elaine Ho Lynn-Ee (NUS Geography, ’02), who is the FASS Vice Dean of Research, surveys this seismic demographic shift to see what the future might hold for elderly and their caregivers.

New NUS Master’s Sponsorship Scheme for Lifelong Learning, Professional Development of Employees

October 5, 2022

NUS now offers full bond-free tuition fee sponsorship to eligible staff wishing to enrol in close to 70 part-time Master’s degree programmes offered by the University.

Visionary Culture will Nourish the Thoughts and Minds of the Community

October 5, 2022

In this commentary piece for Suria News Online, Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies) looks at the value and role of films and how they function as channels of the arts and cultural education that are highly influential and effective in shaping the perspectives of society.

FASS Launches Podcast Channel to Engage Next Generation

October 4, 2022

Featuring a myriad voices from FASS’ diverse and dynamic community, FASSTalk is devoted to examining a host of topics ranging from academic life, students’ career aspirations to pressing global issues and strategies for their successful resolution.

Caring is Complicated

October 4, 2022

How societies can better adapt to an ageing population is an important issue. By 2030, more than 20% of Singapore’s population will be aged 65 or above, which means that every fourth person you encounter at a kopitiam will be a senior citizen. ‘Caring is Complicated’ (The ALUMNUS, Oct-Dec 2022) features Professor Elaine Ho Lynn-Ee …

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FASS Establishes LBKM Social Sciences Scholarship to Nurture Top Talents in the Social Sciences

October 3, 2022

The scholarship was established through a S$300,000 gift from Lembaga Biasiswa Kenangan Maulud, LBKM (Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday Memorial Scholarship Fund Board).

Finding the Right-size Home in Your Silver Years

October 3, 2022

‘Finding the right-size home in your silver years’ (The Straits Times, September 2022) features Associate Professor Thang Leng Leng (NUS Japanese Studies), Associate Professor Feng Qiushi (NUS Sociology and Anthropology), and their research on Singaporeans preparing for retirement. In a 2015 study of HDB’s studio apartments, A/P Thang observed that some Singaporeans were selling their …

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Migrant domestic workers and the household division of intimate labour: reconfiguring eldercare relations in Singapore

October 1, 2022

The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year. In 2018, the share of the population aged 65 years and older in Singapore matched that of those younger than 15 years, giving rise to the term ‘Silver Tsunami’, referring to the phenomenon of a rapidly ageing population. In conjunction with this, …

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Closer Neighbours are Better than Distant Relatives

September 29, 2022

Associate Professor Thang Leng Leng from NUS Japanese Studies shares how her experience and that of her friends’, having lived in Japan and Singapore, has led her to appreciate the value of having a good neighbourhood.

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