Demand for a learning environment that caters to children with special needs has allowed a learning centre to expand into a full-fledged private international school. The Winstedt School (TWS), which used to be in Winstedt Road, moved to larger premises in Upper Boon Keng Road earlier this year. From just three students in 2008, it [...]
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has been ranked the world's best young university for the fourth straight year. In Quacquarelli Symonds' (QS) latest rankings of the world's top 50 universities established less than 50 years ago, NTU retained its No. 1 spot, followed by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Korea Advanced Institute [...]
It is only the third of seven phases in the Primary 1 registration exercise, but children applying to study at two popular schools may already need to go through a ballot. When registration for Phase 2A2 closed yesterday, Nanyang Primary School and Nan Hua Primary School had more applicants than vacancies available. Last year, three [...]
Be aware of the challenges and opportunities in the world, and be prepared to adapt according to changes, Law Minister K. Shanmugam said on Tuesday (July 11). "Law doesn't stand alone... it's an ancillary service," he reminded 143 Bachelor of Laws graduates and 36 Juris Doctor graduates from the Singapore Management University (SMU) at its [...]
An intervention centre for special needs children in Sengkang has a water fountain, ball pits and a large slide of about 4m in height. "All these have been built to be very similar to (play facilities) found in the community, parks and shopping centres - and we have a reason for doing this," said Ms [...]
Parents hoping to place their six-year-olds in five of the most popular primary schools this year may face a ballot next week. The schools are CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School, Nanyang Primary, Nan Hua Primary, Red Swastika School and Catholic High School. A total of 29 schools were left with fewer than half of their [...]
School leavers eyeing a place in the universities this year appeared to lose some interest in law, but were eager to study anything related to computers. Figures provided by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Management University (SMU) show a drop in the number of students listing law as their first choice course. [...]
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has topped the inaugural Asia-Pacific University Rankings released on Wednesday (July 5) by the Times Higher Education magazine, followed by Nanyang Technological University in fifth place. Peking University was placed second, the University of Melbourne third and Tsinghua University, fourth. Mr Phil Baty, rankings editor of the magazine, noted [...]
One of the founders of free tutoring app EduSnap is back with a new peer tutoring app - AsknTeach. Back in 2013, Mr Chia Luck Yong set up EduSnap as a social enterprise with two Singapore Management University schoolmates, Mr Anders Tan and Mr Shaun Tan, and launched the app the next year. At the [...]
SkillsFuture and lifelong learning are now buzzwords in the higher education landscape, with universities revamping their courses to have bite-size offerings to cater to adult learners. But at the undergraduate level, is there also enough flexibility built into the university curriculum to accommodate those who may have discovered new passions midway through their programme? At [...]
