Passion for a field of study will count for admission to the National University of Singapore (NUS) from this year. Those applying for a place at NUS will be given 1.25 bonus points for their first choice - equivalent to going from C to B or B to A in an A-level H1 subject. This [...]
Passion for a field of study will count for admission to the National University of Singapore (NUS) from this year. Those applying for a place at NUS will be given 1.25 bonus points for their first choice - equivalent to going from C to B or B to A in an A-level H1 subject. This [...]
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has been ranked the top university in Asia by the London-based Times Higher Education magazine for the third year in a row. Singapore's flagship university improved its scores in almost all areas, picking up extra points for its teaching, research, citation impact and knowledge transfer. It was followed by [...]
Students interested in a career in global trade can now learn and develop skills by taking up Ngee Ann Polytechnic's (NP) new full-time diploma programme. The diploma in international trade and business (ITB) will help students understand international trade practices and supply chain management, as well as learn skills in finance, purchasing and logistics. Developed [...]
About 600 students of the National University of Singapore (NUS) are attending a new course on how to map out their career and get the skills to land a job. Its introduction is prompted by the fast-changing nature of the job market which requires them to be nimble, the university’s senior deputy president and provost [...]
Primary 4 pupils in Singapore have emerged second in an international test that measured how well they can read, out of 58 territories. The results of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), released last month, also found that pupils here outperformed their peers in other countries in navigating online texts. Singapore pupils came [...]
What kind of skills will be valued and in demand as technology advances and jobs get disrupted? How can education adapt to these changes in an interconnected world, challenge established norms and prepare students for an uncertain future? These are some of the questions that speakers and participants will explore on Feb 3 at a [...]
A Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student may find himself riding a driverless bus, using drones to deliver parcels to friends or relying on robots to return food trays. That is what the near future may look like at NTU, which is positioning itself to be Singapore's largest "smart campus". In the nearer future - the [...]
Illustrations of HDB living and MRT travel, as well as desktop games created by local students, are part of new materials developed to teach pre-schoolers Chinese. The materials, designed by the Confucius Institute at the Nanyang Technological University (CI-NTU) for children from ages three to six, feature content and illustrations that are locally relevant. They [...]
A pre-school for early childhood students at Temasek Polytechnic (TP) to observe and practise teaching will soon stop operating, to some parents' disappointment. The Preschool Learning Academy, or Play@TP, will cease operations by the end of December next year, though the polytechnic hopes to find another operator to take over the centre. The centre currently has [...]
