Some of the brightest minds at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) were busy showcasing and explaining their inventions in an auditorium. They were hoping to show visitors how the university is pushing the technological boundaries and help to build a smart nation. These innovators were not students but professors from the university's School of Electrical and [...]
Historian Tan Tai Yong has been named the new president of the Yale-NUS College, the college announced on Tuesday (March 14). Professor Tan, who is currently the college's executive vice-president (academic affairs), will assume office on July 1. He will take over from Professor Pericles Lewis, who has helmed the liberal arts college - a [...]
Polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) will admit more students based on talents and interests, as they widen the focus beyond academic grades alone. All five polytechnics will be taking their existing aptitude-based admissions up a notch, even after the intake of such students was recently expanded last year. From the next academic [...]
Two Singapore universities have again emerged among the best in the world in a global university ranking, taking top-10 spots globally in 10 subjects. The ranking was done by London-based education and career consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) - more well-known for its annual ranking of worldwide universities. The latest exercise focuses on a narrower spread [...]
Singapore Management University (SMU) has numerous merit- and needs-based schemes helping students from all financial backgrounds get a headstart on their finances and university education. One in three SMU freshmen will have a chance to obtain one of the 1,000 scholarships, grants, and other financial aid available for the upcoming academic year. Of these, 170 [...]
Medical students at Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU) have a new home that accommodates both classroom learning and clinical experience with "patients" under one roof. Unveiled yesterday, the new campus for the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Novena has a centre that simulates real-life clinical scenarios, as well as learning spaces that emphasise [...]
The Singapore Management University (SMU) will offer new grants and scholarships to ensure that the tuition fees of its financially needy Singaporean undergraduates are fully covered throughout their four years there. The new initiative, called SMU Access, is supported by an $8 million seed fund from local charity Quantedge Foundation, the university announced yesterday. Eligibility [...]
Childcare centres and kindergartens, which are regulated under different laws, will be held to higher and more consistent standards in a move to improve their quality. By early 2019, both types of pre-schools will have to get licences that are renewed regularly. Currently, kindergartens are registered through a one-off process. A new law passed in [...]
Recognising the value of internships, the National University of Singapore is restructuring its curriculum to allow some of its students to go on work attachments for as long as 18 months, starting from the new academic year in August. For a start, students from three computing courses - information security, business analytics and data science [...]
Of the 12,538 students who took last year's GCE A-level examination, 92.6 per cent achieved at least three H2 passes, with a pass in General Paper (GP) or Knowledge and Inquiry (KI). This is a slight dip compared to last year's cohort, 93.1 per cent of which achieved at least three H2 passes and a [...]
