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Singapore University of Technology and Design remains popular after ending MIT collaborative venture

July 28, 2018 by Maths Statistics Science Tutor

28 July 2018

The Singapore University of Technology and Design remains a popular university in Singapore despite having ended its collaborative venture with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

This year, students continued to be attracted to SUTD. The university received over 3,000 applications and took in a record 458 students.

SUTD president Chong Tow Chong, who assumed his appointment in January this year, said the university was confident that it would be able to stand on its own.

SUTD’s curriculum spans four key areas: architecture and sustainable design, engineering product development, engineering systems and design, and information systems technology and design.

The latest graduate employment survey released earlier in 2018 also revealed that SUTD graduates received higher starting salaries than their peers from the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University.

The employability of SUTD graduates continues to a key factor in attracting university aspirants in Singapore.

Singapore President Halimah Yacob attended National University of Singapore law school’s commencement ceremony

July 22, 2018 by Maths Statistics Science Tutor

22 July 2018

Singapore President Halimah Yacob attended the National University of Singapore law school’s commencement ceremony recently.

Mdm Halimah was appointed the university’s 10th chancellor last November.

She is herself an NUS almuni, having graduated from the NUS Faculty of Law in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree. She earned her master’s in law in 2001 also from NUS.

During the ceremony, Justice Chao, aged 75, was presented an honorary Doctor of Laws by Mdm Halimah.

NUS president Tan Eng Chye told the law graduates that attributes such as curiosity, empathy and determination, would be required for them to succeed.

Nanyang Technological University receives $7.6 million donation for artificial intelligence postgraduate programme

July 15, 2018 by Maths Statistics Science Tutor

15 July 2018

Nanyang Technological University has received a $7.6 million donation that will go towards providing a postdoctoral fellowship that focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems.

The donation came from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, a Swedish educational endowment fund.

The Singapore government will match the contribution, bringing the total proceeds for the programme is $11.4 million. The programme will enable postdoctoral candidates to do research at the university under the Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship.

In total, NTU will receive $16.4 million in total for the fellowship, inclusive an additional $5 million set aside by the Wallenberg Foundation in support of its postdoctoral fellows.

Up to five Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship awards will be given each year over five years.

Singapore’s declining birth rates and university enrolment

March 31, 2018 by Maths Statistics Science Tutor

31 March 2018

Singapore’s declining birth rates have lead to reduced enrolment in our schools. Soon, the effect of ebbing cohorts will hit our universities.

In the short run, the operational costs of universities are fixed. Our universities will have to grapple with fewer students with little room to reduce costs.

One possible solution is to allow Singapore’s universities to admit more full-fee paying international students.

The government has capped the number of international students in our universities ever since Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced this move in his National Day Rally speech in 2011.

Raising the limits on international students in our universities, particularly those paying full tuition fees, would help to support university budgets.

International students also bring valuable diversity to our classrooms and our collective educational environment.

Ngee Ann Polytechnic launches full-time diploma programme in international trade and business

February 15, 2018 by Maths Statistics Science Tutor

15 February 2018

Ngee Ann Polytechnic has introduced a new full-time diploma programme in international trade and business (ITB).

The diploma programme aims to educate students in international trade practices and supply chain management, as well as enable students to master skills in finance, purchasing and logistics.

Graduates can look forward to careers in global trade and be able to adapt to an increasingly digitalised industry.

ITB students will also have the opportunity to travel overseas for learning trips and immersion programmes.

Dr Janil Puthucheary: Singapore will remain staunchly pro-science

February 5, 2018 by Maths Statistics Science Tutor

05 February 2018

Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information and the Ministry of Education, has said that Singapore will remain staunchly pro-science, and supportive of the pursuit of scientific excellence.

He was speaking at the Grand Ceremony of the International Science Youth Forum 2018 recently held at Hwa Chong Institution.

“We are, across secondary schools and all the institutes of higher learning, making a very determined push to take these fundamental building blocks of knowledge, or cognitive skills, of academic learning, and, to be polite about it, encourage both students and educators to think about how these skills must be applied to real-world problems, industry challenges and social challenges,” Dr Janil said in his speech.

The Government of Singapore will remain strongly focused on moving forward in scientific endeavours. A record $19 billion has been budgeted for science and technology research over the next half decade. The amount, part of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2020 plan, works out to about $4 billion annually, equivalent to around 1 per cent of Singapore’s gross domestic product.

Computer science degree applicants to the National University of Singapore can now opt for aptitude-based admission

August 7, 2017 by Maths Statistics Science Tutor

07 August 2017

Students applying for the computer science degree course at the National University of Singapore can now attempt a fast-track admission procedure in which they enrol in a five-month-long programming course at the varsity.

If the students are able to obtain good results in the programming course, they can be admitted into the degree programme, even if they had previously fallen short of the required GCE ‘A’ level grades traditionally used as the sole entrance criteria.

NUS provost Professor Tan Eng Chye, who was recently named the president-designate for the university, said that NUS is aiming to admit more students by via aptitude tests in their chosen field of study.

Currently, only about 12 per cent of the 7,000 freshmen ranging from courses such as medicine, law and architecture, gain admission through assessment of aptitude, as well as through portfolio reviews, interviews and other entrance tests. The majority of freshmen are still admitted based on their A-level, International Baccalaureate or polytechnic diploma exam results.

School of the Arts staff attrition has left some students concerned about the impact of such departures on their learning.

June 7, 2017 by Maths Statistics Science Tutor

07 June 2017

The turnover of teaching staff at the School of the Arts (SOTA) has left some students concerned about the impact of such departures on their learning.

Students have sometimes seen their coursework supervisors leave halfway through the year. Internally assessed coursework constitute anywhere from 20 percent to 50 percent of the final grade.

The issue of staff attrition at SOTA came under the spotlight recently after year 6 student Calleen Koh wrote down the names of teachers who had left on at least 20 pieces of paper, which were then folded into aeroplanes and placed outside the general office. Her work was removed hastily by the school which claimed it was put up without any explanations.

SOTA principal Lim Geok Cheng said that the perception that a large number of teachers are leaving the school at the same time may be due to there being popular windows when teachers choose to leave, such as after they collect their performance bonus or to time it with the June holidays. This however does not explain why the perception of high staff turnover does not appear in other educational institutions in Singapore.

One teacher said that he left because he was worried the school was more focused on attracting academically bright students instead of those with a bigger interest in the arts.

Another claimed that department heads didn’t quite understand what it means for literature to flourish in an open-minded and critical climate.

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