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In many wealthy economies, concerns about the exploitative working conditions to which migrant workers are often subjected have galvanised civil society action, leading to the formation of Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) which advocate for the rights of migrant workers. In Singapore, various NGOs had been campaigning for a day-off policy for migrant workers since 2003, culminating …
Photo: ‘Reflections of a Garden City’ by Joshua Lim Chong Rui from SRN’s SG Photobank Calls for biodiversity conservation have entered the limelight in the past decade, with strong public involvement in discussions about protecting biodiversity in the Central Catchment Reserve and Dover Forest. Amidst concerns that land scarcity and housing needs will take precedence …
Biodiversity Record: Sunda Pangolin at the Botanic Gardens Read More »
On 30 November 2022, OpenAI announced the launch of conversational text generating artificial intelligence (AI) bot, ChatGPT. Since then, the educational landscape has been debating the utility and potentials, as well as the dangers, of similar technologies. Mr Jonathan Sim (NUS Philosophy) contributes to this discourse in his piece, ‘Commentary: I am a Teacher and …
Commentary: I am a Teacher and I Let My Students Use ChatGPT Read More »
Are financial incentives given by the government effective in boosting birth rates in Singapore? This is the central question in Dr Kelvin Seah’s (NUS Economics and Institute of Labour Economics (IZA)) piece, ‘Commentary: Parenthood Incentives – Singapore Cannot Keep Doing More of the Same Without Knowing Whether These Really Work’ (Channel NewsAsia, February 2023). This …
The Singapore Chinese Health study, a long-term interdisciplinary study involving researchers from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences following about a thousand Singaporean Chinese participants for more than two decades, has found that positive psychological states can be correlated with better longevity. Findings from this study …
Good Mental Health Can Improve Longevity: Local Study Read More »
As one of Singapore’s International Baccalaureate (IB) schools, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) was founded on 1 March 1886. IB has experienced worldwide growth in recent years, with Asia-Pacific having seen the fastest increase. The ‘brand recognition’ of IB is primarily responsible for its rising popularity. IB’s brand recognition includes an elite image, liberal and progressive pedagogies, …
A declining birth rate in Singapore has been a reality for some time. However, the current situation might spell demographic trouble: it had recently been confirmed that Singapore’s total fertility rate has dropped to its historical lowest of 1.05. Among other policies designed to combat this trend of decreasing fertility, the Singapore government recently announced …
Paternity Leave Has Doubled, But Do Fathers Dare to Take More of it? Read More »
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Cynthia Siew (NUS Psychology) on being awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Fellowship for her project titled Measuring the Singaporean Mental Lexicon: Lexical-Semantic Norms for Singapore English Words! In Measuring the Singaporean Mental Lexicon: Lexical-semantic norms for Singapore English words, funded for S$747,188 by the Social Science and Humanities Research …
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Kung Chien Wen (NUS History) on being awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Fellowship for his project Sinospheric Subjects: Chinese Singaporeans, China, and Taiwan, 1976-1990! In Sinospheric Subjects, funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council in Singapore, Asst Prof Kung seeks to illuminate ordinary Chinese Singaporeans’ relations with …
“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped.” These words, spoken by 38th U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey, …
Working with low‐income families through the life course: Challenges to social services Read More »