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The Straits Times recently featured a study spearheaded by Professor Jean Yeung (NUS Sociology and Centre for Population Research) and Ms. Li Nanxun, a sociology doctoral candidate. Data from the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development (SG Leads) Study was used to examine the effects of paternity leave on family outcomes. According to the study, children […]
Knowing our mother tongue allows us to make valuable connections to our extended family, personal history, and culture. However, raising multilingual children can be challenging for many families. Growing up, children tend to gravitate towards the language of their peers and larger community. In Singapore, that language is English, which is not only the dominant […]
In a commentary published by Channel News Asia, Dr Kelvin Seah Kah Cheng (NUS Department of Economics) writes about the overreliance on low-skilled foreign labour in the construction sector. The recent COVID-19 pandemic exposed the flaws of this strategy after a large portion of construction workers last year fell ill, causing delays in the construction […]
The census aims to provide basic information about the population of a country and allows countries to track population trends and compare census data with each other. Singapore aligns itself with international best practices and records the population census once in ten years. Singapore’s latest census, titled ‘Census 2020’, was recently released. In an […]
Assistant Professor Jack Chia (NUS Department of History) was recently featured on “History Mysteries”, a documentary hosted by Adrian Pang, where he was interviewed on the history of the long lost One Thousand Buddha Hilltop Temple in Singapore. The temple, more commonly known as the Thousand Buddhas Temple, was situated 80 metres above sea level […]
In June 2008, construction of Solaris, an eco-friendly building located at One-North as part of the Fusionopolis facility, commenced. Completed in a little over two years, Solaris was built for research and development in the infocommunications, media, science, and engineering industries. Singapore’s Media 21 vision was to promote Singapore as Asia’s leading media marketplace to […]
From his teaching experience at the National University of Singapore, Senior Lecturer Georgios Georgiou (NUS Economics) explains that it is not uncommon for students to send him emails in the wee hours of the morning. He wonders whether these habits are associated with the students’ many responsibilities and investigates their happiness levels. In The […]
In a Straits Times editorial, Professor Jack Qiu (NUS Communications and New Media) asserts that skills training for delivery riders across all major food delivery platforms has been inadequate. While noting GrabFood’s new occupational and safety training initiative — a program that aims to impart skills such as protective riding, package handling, and riding […]
International Justice Day for Cleaners and Security Guards is celebrated annually on 15 June. Started 30 years ago, this Union Network International (UNI) Global Union event commemorates the struggles of these essential yet lowly-paid workers. The COVID-19 global pandemic highlighted once again that the role of cleaners is of paramount importance to society. As […]
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