Singapore students win world debate championship
Team Singapore beat defending champions England in the World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC) yesterday, after eight out of nine judges voted in its favour. This is the third time Singapore has won the high school-level [...]
11 poly grads win places in local medical schools this year
The local universities are gradually accepting more polytechnic graduates into their medicine courses. At least 11 of them scored places this year in the medical schools of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the [...]
Wear this device to monitor the heart
It fits almost perfectly into the palm of an adult hand, and could even be mistaken for a plastic toy at first glance. But the small size of the compact Smart StethoScope (S3), a device [...]
IE-SMU students to have course grades revised
Thirty-one students taking a Master of Business Administration programme jointly offered by the Singapore Management University (SMU) and an elite Spanish business school may have their grades for two particular courses revised. This comes after [...]
Yale-NUS taking in record 248 students
Yale-NUS College, which took in its fifth batch of students this academic year, has the largest intake to date, of 248 students. At this number, the liberal arts college, a tie-up between US Ivy League [...]
New work and learn SkillsFuture programme launched for pharmacy sector
Pharmacy technician Izyan Hamizah Jaffar, 22, has been working at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital for more than two years, and wanted to upgrade her skills. Recognising her potential, the hospital signed her up for the [...]