Media Archive
| 5 February 2024 |
| Outstanding Volunteer Award for Social Service Veteran
Dr S Vasoo (Emeritus Professor, NUS Social Work) has been conferred the Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer Award by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) for his contributions to the social service sector over the past five decades! Read more >>
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| 18 November 2023 |
| The Outstanding Social Worker Award 2023
We are simultaneously proud and inspired by the three winners of this year’s Outstanding Social Worker Awards. Our Deputy Head, Associate Professor Peace Wong received the Outstanding Social Worker Award, while our social work alumni, Ms Nisha Sanjay Verma and Ms Flora Tan were both conferred Promising Social Worker Award honours. Read more >> Listen to A/P Peace Wong and Ms Nisha Sanjay Verma in an interview about their vocation on Channel NewsAsia |
| 16 November 2023 |
| Financial Training Programme by NUS Aims to Boost Efforts of Social Workers, Frontline Staff and Volunteers
The Financial Capability and Asset Building (FCAB) Training programme funded by Citi Foundation was first rolled out for social workers in 2020 and will be expanded to frontline staff and volunteers from 2024, after a successful pilot in 2022. |
| 23 June 2023 |
| From Passion to Purpose: Dr Khoo Kim Choo’s Impact on Early Childhood Education
Dr Khoo Kim Choo (NUS Social Work, '70) has been recently inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame for her legacy and impact in the early childhood education sector. Inspired as a child by images of Florence Nightingale, she stayed true to her passions and played an instrumental role in establishing the early childhood education scene in Singapore. |
| 24 May 2023 |
| NUS student wants to help low-income families & the marginalised, majors in social work & public health
Growing up in a single-parent home, Fiqri experienced firsthand how tough life could be for low-income families. Keen to address societal issues on a larger scale, he enrolled at NUS to pursue a double major in Social Work & Public Health. |
| 12 April 2023 |
| Dr Vasoo’s Book Launch: ‘Singapore Ageing - Issues and Challenges Ahead’ on 11 April 2023
Book Title: Singapore Ageing: Issues and Challenges Ahead 20% Discount valid till 30 June 2023 |
| 8 July 2022 |
| From broken home to proud Social Work graduate
“NUS wasn’t easy for me because of my background. I came from a broken family and it’s unbelievable when I think about how far I’ve come – to be able to graduate with not just an honours degree in Social Work, but also with Highest Distinction, when my past PSLE and N-level exam results were poor. It means a lot to me that I’ve made my mum and aunt proud,” said Gary Lau. More details here. |
| 6 July 2022 |
| NUS student with kidney failure graduates with honours, pursuing social work to help others ‘in pain’
Mr Abu Ubaidah Eliase is graduating from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours (Highest Distinction) in Social Work while coping with kidney failure. He will begin work as a social worker in a Family Service Centre in August. |
| 17 June 2022 |
| NUS announces new Financial Capability and Asset Building Training curriculum for frontline officers and volunteers supporting the low-income in Singapore
The development of the new SG FCAB-Frontline Training curriculum, which began in January 2022, follows the success of the SG FCAB-Social Work Training programme which was rolled out in 2020 by the Department of Social Work at NUS FASS to specifically train social workers and social work students to support the most financially vulnerable in Singapore. Developed with Citi Foundation’s funding, the new curriculum follows success of training programme for social workers rolled out in 2020. |
| 10 December 2021 |
| The Strange Start of Psychology at NUS
This is a joyous occasion that we celebrate together with Department of Psychology, which Department of Social Work nurtured and ‘launched out’ more than 30 years ago. The child has since grown into an adult. As ‘parents’, we celebrate their milestone of development with them. Department of Social Work would also like to congratulate Professor Ramadhar Singh on his sustained contributions to academia and wish him more such national and international accolades in the future. We are glad that he had worked with us and that he is still associated with us. We are proud and delighted to follow his distinguished career as social scientist of Asia with great interest. |
| 25 October 2019 |
| Dr S Vasoo’s Book Launch on Community Development in Singapore
Article: Partnerships key to avoid a fractured Singapore, says DPM Heng |
| 21 February 2019 |
| Award Ceremony for the Mrs Lee Choon Guan Endowed Research Fund
Article: NUS Social Work awards S$280,000 to support five research projects led by social workers |
| 25 August 2018 |
| Book Launch by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong: 'CRITICAL ISSUES IN ASSET BUILDING IN SINGAPORE’S DEVELOPMENT'
Article: Intangible assets hold S’poreans together: PM |
| 10 April 2017 |
| NUS receives gift of $2.37 million to establish the Mrs Lee Choon Guan Endowed Research Fund
Article: New fund for promoting research to improve social services in Singapore launched |
| 11 December 2016 |
| Launch of Mrs Ann Wee’s debut book – A Tiger Remembers: The Way We Were in Singapore
Article: Tiger, tiger, burning bright |
| 21 April 2016 |
| Study findings from NUS Social Service Research Centre shared during annual conference
Article: Low-income families with housing problems need more help, social workers say |
| 16 March 2016 |
| Honouring diversity and lauding contributions by social work pioneers on Social Workers' Day
Article: Ten social work pioneers honoured for their contributions |
| 17 March 2015 |
| S R Nathan Professor Michael Sherraden public lecture on social innovation
Article: Social innovations key to Singapore's success |
| 21 September 2012 |
| New professorship in social work launched at NUS 60th anniversary gala
Article: NUS launches new professorship in social work |