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Stage 2 of the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line opened for passenger service on 28 August 2021. Rail transit construction and expressway expansion in Singapore have caused significant changes in residents’ living environment, affecting their travel behaviour. In ‘Urban Mobility and Resilience: Transport Infrastructure Investment and the Demand for Travel’ (Building Resilient Neighbourhoods in Singapore: Advances …
Photo: ‘Study Buddies’ by Allison Seow Li Ting from SRN’s SG Photobank In the Asia-Pacific region, Singapore is synonymous with long working hours and perhaps also long studying hours. This may be due to the widely-held belief that studying more guarantees better grades and better future prospects. In “Ask NUS economists: a lot of swot …
Alumni and their families had plenty of fun in the sun at the Kent Ridge Alumni Family Day (13 August 2022), which featured a plethora of engaging performances.
A panel discussion around former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s book, ‘The Avoidable War’, jointly organised by the National University of Singapore’s East Asian Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Faculty of Law.
In his 1999 National Day Rally Speech, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong pointed out that good English should be spoken on national television, in support of Singapore’s Speak Good English Campaign which was slated to be launched the following year. Prime Minister Goh argued that English that was grammatically correct and understood by other …
On 22 August 1999, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong during a National Day Rally address, described the ‘heartlander’ Singaporean who speaks Singapore English, the colloquial form of English spoken in Singapore commonly referred to as ‘Singlish’, as lagging behind his or her ‘cosmopolitan’ compatriot. This was similarly argued by then Senior Minister Lee Kuan …
FASS Signs MOU with Temenggong Artists-in-Residence to Collaborate in the Arts, Culture and Heritage
The partnership will create opportunities for FASS students to do internships at Temenggong, participate in field trips and other joint learning activities related to Temenggong’s artifacts and premises, as well as allow students and faculty members to gain access to a wider pool of artwork in the form of Temenggong’s research collection.
This will be Singapore’s largest dedicated study to understand the factors that best influence the adoption of electric vehicles.
In May 2022, the British government announced its new High Potential visa scheme, which allows recent graduates from Singapore’s top two universities to head to the UK to look for jobs. Indeed, internationalization has always been one of the key focuses of Singapore’s higher education. In his new book, Internationalising Higher Education in the Asia …
Distinguished Fellow of the Asia Research Institute and FASS alumnus (NUS Philosophy, ’71) Professor Kishore Mahbubani recommends three steps the US and China can take to avert a further deterioration in ties.