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We sat down with Assoc Prof Dan Friess on 26 July – the United Nations’ International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem – to talk about his love for mangroves, why they matter and how the community can play an important role in their conservation.
The Social Service Research Centre (SSR) at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has received a S$1.4 million boost from the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and Tote Board for a Capability Development Programme for the next three years.
We tap the minds of Ms Cher Whee Sim, Vice President (Global Talent Acquisition & Mobility), Micron Technology, and Ms Agatha Soh, Regional Head of People, Shopee, to find out about the skills they value and what interdisciplinary skills – defined as the ability to integrate and apply different perspectives to solve complex problems – they hope their hires bring to the workplace.
COVID-19 has made life within and beyond the classroom virtually (pun intended) unrecognisable. Stripped of the in-person interactions so vital to the student experience, some might say that universities have lost their value and become yet another casualty of the pandemic. But institutions of higher learning still have legs — if they dare to re-imagine themselves.
The 2021 Prize was open to non-fiction and fiction works in English (written or translated) that were published from January 2017 to 30 May 2021. These also included creative works that have clear historical themes, as well as book-length works that were either authored or co-authored and addressed any time period, theme, or field of Singapore history, or included a substantial aspect of Singapore history as part of a wider story.
Mr Jonathan Sim, instructor from the Department of Philosophy, describes how he engaged with local employers to open internship opportunities to humanities and social sciences students who would not previously have been considered.
Faculty and students talk about what life has been for them this past year, what they miss about campus life, and extend words of advice and congratulations to the graduating Classes of 2020 and 2021.
There are 11,582 students receiving Bachelor’s and graduate degrees from the Class of 2020, and 11,990 graduates being conferred these qualifications from the Class of 2021.
The University will be holding its first-ever online Commencement, for the Classes of 2020 and 2021. The 60 ceremonies from 26 Jun to 3 Jul will see this time-honoured ceremony take on new virtual dimensions, celebrating the hard work of the 24,000 graduates from these two cohorts.
Associate Professor Loy Hui Chieh, Vice Dean (External Relations and Student Life) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, joint committee member of the NUS Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) programme, and also Faculty member of staff at the NUS Department of Philosophy, shares his experience with and working ideas for using technology to keep his students highly engaged during as well as between online classes in this Teaching Connections interview hosted by the NUS Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL).