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Professor Tan Tai Yong to be new president of Singapore University of Social Sciences

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21 July 2022

Professor Tan Tai Yong will be the new president of the Singapore University of Social Sciences from next year.

He will take over from the school’s current founding president, Professor Cheong Hee Kiat.

Prof Tan received his doctorate at Cambridge University. He was previously president and professor of humanities (history) at Yale-NUS College. He played an active role in shaping the college’s academic programme, including its common curriculum and integrating academic and residential life.

Prof Tan also served as a Nominated Member of Parliament from 2014 to 2015, and was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2020.

Attrition rate in Singapore’s education sector remains stable

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26 June 2022

The Ministry of Education has not seen any spike in teachers leaving the service during the past two years, countering worldwide trends of a “Great Resignation”.

Additionally, the annual attrition rate for the entire teacher population, which stands at about 32,000, remained stable at 2 per cent to 3 per cent in the past five years.

Madam Liew Wei Li, director-general of education at the Ministry of Education, said that about half of Singapore’s teaching workforce is aged 40 and below, and around 40 per cent of teachers are in their first 10 years of service.

Broadening teachers’ exposure to other industries is also the aim of MOE’s Teacher Work Attachment Plus Programme, which was announced last year, said Madam Liew.

National University of Singapore is Asia’s best university in the Quacquarelli Symonds annual higher education ranking

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26 June 2022

The National University of Singapore has been named Asia’s best university in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) annual higher education ranking.

In the QS ranking released this month, NUS came in 11th globally, retaining its place from last year, while NTU took 19th place.

NUS has held the top position among Asian universities for the past five years.

QS evaluated the institutions on six indicators: academic reputation, reputation among employers, citations per faculty member, faculty to student ratio, ratio of international faculty members and ratio of international students.

Education Minister outlines challenges that Singapore students must face

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26 June 2022

Education Minister Chan Chun Sing has said that students should be charged with guiding Singapore to its 100th anniversary and that every generation of students must be a pioneering generation.

Mr Chan also outlined qualities that Singapore must have to succeed, namely, be confident, curious and connected.

Mr Chan said previous generations have weathered challenges such as Konfrontasi, global economic recessions and oil crises, and the current youth will have to find their own way through its unique circumstances. He said that Singapore’s youths will have to navigate a more contested geo-political environment, transform the economy and entrench Singapore as a global digital node.

Our students and youths must also transcend its energy and carbon challenges and develop new solutions to improve the country’s land use.

Kent Ridge campus of the National University of Singapore will become a live test bed for low-carbon technology

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14 May 2022

The Kent Ridge campus of the National University of Singapore will become a live test bed for low-carbon technology in a collaboration with Keppel Infrastructure.

Four projects have been chosen to jump-start the on-campus collaboration, which will be called the “low-carbon living laboratory”.

These projects include a hybrid power grid to ease the integration of renewable energy resources, novel electric vehicle charging strategies, district cooling systems and enhanced seawater desalination.

NUS deputy president for research and technology, Professor Chen Tsuhan, said: “The NUS Kent Ridge campus will serve as a vibrant living laboratory, where innovative solutions are tested in a realistic operational environment before they are deployed at a larger scale. These technological capabilities will in turn help enhance the climate resilience of our campuses.”

Nanyang Technological University sets up two labs to assist start-up companies that are focusing on green technology

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14 May 2022

Nanyang Technological University has set up the EcoLabs Digital Twin Co-Innovation Lab and the NTU-Arrow Invent Joint Lab to assist start-up companies that are focusing on green technology, and also assist Small and Medium Enterprises commercialise products.

The labs will help start-ups as well as SMEs refine and test their technology and connect them to larger companies to help them scale up.

The two labs began work last year and were launched under the EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for Energy programme, which is a collaboration by NTU, Enterprise Singapore and the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore.

Minister of State for Trade and Industry Low Yen Ling said the EcoLabs programme is part of Singapore’s larger strategy to support start-ups and SMEs as they translate their technology into products on a commercial scale.

Help smaller companies communicate their skills training needs to enable educational institutions to respond rapidly

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14 May 2022

Education Minister Chan Chun Sing has said that Singapore must innovate to help smaller companies communicate their skills training needs so that training institutions can respond quickly.

Mr Chan said SkillsFuture Singapore has plans to partner these organisations to identify skills that are in demand and to develop skills-based career pathways.

Mr Chan noted that many companies want to train their workers but do not know how to articulate this need. He said the National Centre of Excellence for Workplace Learning (Nace), which is led by Nanyang Polytechnic, has done much to strengthen support structures for workplace learning.

Last year, Nace also launched the National Workplace Learning Certification scheme, he added. It recognises progressive organisations that have structures and processes in place for good training practices at the workplace.

Secondary schools still start the day at 7.30am, in spite of permission to start later

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14 May 2022

Although Singapore’s schools have the flexibility to decide daily start times, many secondary schools still expect students to be in school before 7.30am.

Of these, 60 schools said students had to assemble for the flag-raising ceremony by 7.30am, and eight schools started between 7.30am and 8am. Twelve schools had staggered start times throughout the week.

The issue of schools starting at the crack of dawn has raised concerns over the years about young students having too little sleep.

Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said MOE does not dictate school start times, other than saying schools should not start before 7.30am.

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9724-0163 (Mr Ng)

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. in Mathematics;
B.Sc. First Class Honours in Mathematics