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In ‘University grads’ median pay is $4.2k, double the $2k of those with ITE, secondary education: Study’ (The Straits Times, December 2022), Associate Professor Irene Y.H. Ng (NUS Social Work) was featured for her study on the wage gap between young Singaporeans holding a university or post-graduate degree and those with lower education qualifications. From […]
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development is observed on the 5th of December every year. Created by the United Nations, it is a day that recognises the volunteer efforts of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, government authorities, and the private sector. Despite the proliferation of studies and publications on voluntary organisations, […]
‘Sustainability 101 for Policy Officers’ is the first executive training programme in Singapore to cover all aspects of sustainability.
The 7th Association of Southeast Asian Nations-United Nations (ASEAN-UN) Workshop-5th Regional Dialogue on Political-Security Cooperation was held in Hanoi on 3-4 December 2019. Senior officials and experts from ASEAN and UN discussed ways to facilitate support and cooperation to maintain peace and security in Southeast Asia (SEA) and internationally. Peace and security are not the […]
Photo: ‘Passing Time’ by Kelman Chiang from SRN’s SG Photobank COP28 will convene in the UAE on 30 November, 2023. Climate change and global warming threaten the survival of many costal cities, and it is interesting to study how proximity to the sea shapes urbanization of cities along the coast. Coastal Urbanities: Mobilities, Meanings, Manoeuvrings […]
successfully harnessing nature as a climate solution would require partnerships across different sectors of society, with scientific research from universities such as NUS being instrumental in informing government policy and commercial decisions.
Dr Soh Kai Ruo (NUS Communications and New Media) explains the value of recognising, understanding and being able to navigate cultural complexities that may appear when we work in a multicultural environment.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Temasek Foundation (TF) – NUS Programme for Leadership in University Management (PLUM), 50 delegates from 24 universities across Southeast Asia congregated in Singapore from 8 to 10 November 2022, to discuss key issues related to transformation in higher education, innovation and entrepreneurship, and sustainability efforts in ASEAN.
In ‘Heat and the city: High-rise areas get almost twice as hot as low-rise residential areas’ (The Straits Times, November 2022), Professor Matthias Roth (NUS Geography) was featured for leading a project that studies the variation of temperature across Singapore. Areas with dense clusters of buildings are warmer than less dense housing estates. A compact […]
Fixing ‘Broken’ Youth Not Enough to Tackle Mental Health Issues
Commentary in TODAY by Assoc Prof Vincent Chua, from the Dept of Sociology and Anthropology at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Ms Isabelle Tan (Research Assistant) and Dr Chew Han Ei (Senior Research Fellow) of the Social Lab, Institute of Policy Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS.