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NUS ranked Asia’s top university for 5th year running
SINGAPORE - The National University of Singapore (NUS) has been named Asia's best university in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) annual higher education ranking, while Nanyang Technological University (NTU) slipped several notches. In the ranking released on Thursday...
‘It’s really about normalising mental health’: What schools are doing so students seek help
SINGAPORE: When Kranji Secondary’s peer support leaders last year initiated a project called #SAFESPACE to increase awareness of how words can hurt, they did not expect many to respond. They had made a video calling on students to submit notes on hurtful things others...
London Met ranks sixth in UK for teaching quality in new Good Uni Guide
Overall, the University climbed 25 places in the Times and Sunday Times league table, with teaching quality and student experience shown to be of a particularly high standard. Date: 17 September 2021 London Met has climbed 25 places in the Times and Sunday Times Good...
IN FOCUS: Has COVID-19 killed the appeal of studying overseas?
SINGAPORE: For many Singaporean students, pursuing an overseas university education sounds like a dream come true. A few years spent in a foreign country, making friends from all over the world, studying the subject of your choice in a prestigious institute. Each...
How can tertiary students boost their career prospects in a prolonged crisis?
Singapore universities started their new academic year a couple of weeks ago and I have already received multiple emails from students seeking advice on how they can best prepare for the labour market amid a prolonged crisis. Many of these students still have a year...
Institutes Of Higher Learning Must Take Lead In Shaping Students For The Future
SINGAPORE – Students may be able to take part in co-operative programmes that allow them to take on jobs and study for degrees at the same time as early as 2017. This was announced on Saturday (June 25) by Acting Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills)...