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26 August 2020

Teachers in Singapore will soon have the opportunity to receive more professional training. A new SkillsFuture road map has been drawn up for them so they can acquire new skills and better meet the changing needs of students.

This SkillsFuture road map is part of an updated road map for teachers, called SkillsFuture for Educators.

Teachers are encouraged to acquire at least 20 hours of professional development in each of six key areas over a period of five years. One key area is in assessment literacy, or being able to gauge students’ progress and learning gaps through different types of assessment. Other areas are learning how to teach classes of mixed-ability students and using inquiry-based learning. The last two focus areas involve making use of digital technologies to reinforce learning.

Currently, teachers have 100 hours they use every year for professional development, which includes courses, research projects or peer networking groups. Completing these 100 hours is not compulsory, although most teachers here take advantage of them.

26 August 2020

Singaporean students enrolled in Australian universities are hoping that they will soon be able to return to Australia to continue their studies.

Last week, Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham said South Australia will allow 300 international students to return to the state as the first part of a trial phase to restart the Australian education sector.

From next month, higher education students can fly from Singapore to Adelaide.

Lessons in Australian universities were moved online in March before some face-to-face sessions were introduced from last month.

The move is being made alongside broader measures to establish green lanes with countries for business, diplomatic and other essential travel.

Education Minister Lawrence Wong said on Friday that students studying overseas at institutions where distance learning is not offered as an option by the school will be allowed to travel.

23 August 2020

Hong Kong gastroenterologist and academic leader Joseph Sung will be joining Nanyang Technological University as the new dean of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. Professor Sung will be concurrently appointed as NTU’s senior vice-president (health and life sciences) and appointed to the tenured faculty rank of Distinguished University Professor.

The formal start of Prof Sung’s tenure at NTU will be April 1 next year. He will succeed Professor James Best, who will be retiring after nearly seven years as dean of the medical school.

Prof Sung was the vice-chancellor and president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) from 2010 to 2017, and has held the title of the Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine at CUHK’s department of medicine and therapeutics since 2007. He has served on the board of Singapore’s National University Health System and as a council member of the University of Melbourne.

NTU president Subra Suresh said he is looking forward to working with Prof Sung, adding: “NTU is well positioned to focus our interdisciplinary strengths on tackling grand challenges in healthcare, and we are delighted that an individual of Prof Sung’s calibre will lead this next chapter of development at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.”

22 August 2020

SP Group has contributed $20 million dollars to launch a joint lab with Nanyang Technological University.

The lab, located in NTU, will focus on energy-related projects in the areas of asset management and network operations. It is intended to house 60 researchers plus 85 undergraduate and postgraduate students, and serve as a training platform for SP Group’s engineers.

The lab will also allow researchers to analyse and monitor SP Group’s assets in real time to predict future network problems before they arise.

Also, SP Group has contributed 10 million to NTU towards setting up two endowment funds with the university which will support two outstanding NTU faculty members in their research and scholarship as well as boost early-career scientists and engineers’ research in energy and power systems.

The $30 million collaboration will “enhance the resilience of Singapore’s electricity network, improve the reliability and efficiency of supply to consumers, and nurture experts for the energy sector”, SP Group and NTU said in a joint statement.

19 August 2020

Ms Alyssa Marie Loo Li Ann is this year’s sole President’s Scholar. She was awarded the scholarship by Singapore President Halimah Yacob at a virtual ceremony.

Ms Loo attended the virtual ceremony from home with her mother Agnes Phuah, who works as an administrative officer. Also in attendance at the session were Minister for Trade and Industry and Minister-in-charge of the Public Service Chan Chun Sing and PSC chairman Lee Tzu Yang.

Ms Loo is headed to Brown University in the United States in January next year to read linguistics. She is interested in exploring topics such as having Singlish as a cultural icon, and the effects of a bilingual policy.

Urging Ms Loo to broaden her horizons, expand her networks and develop fresh perspectives, Madam Halimah said: “I encourage you to step out of your comfort zone, open yourself to new experiences and seize every opportunity to develop the skills and expertise Singapore will need for the future.”

14 August 2020

Five community development councils (CDCs) jointly held a week-long event for Singaporeans in order to promote lifelong learning as well as encourage upskilling and reskilling of workers. Over 50 online workshops, webinars and masterclasses were conducted.

Topics covered included, for example, professional advice on employability such as how to prepare for virtual interviews. Services such as career coaching were also be available.

Four of the district mayors – Ms Low Yen Ling (South West district), Ms Denise Phua (Central Singapore district), Mr Desmond Choo (North East district) and Mr Alex Yam (North West district) – held a media conference on Friday (Aug 7). They were joined by others including SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) chief executive Ong Tze-Ch’in, Employability and Employment Institute (e2i) chief executive Gilbert Tan and chief executive and founder of artiste management company FLY Entertainment Irene Ang.

Ms Low, who is Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth, as well as for Trade and Industry, said: “Having relevant and up-to-date skills, not just ones in a vertical domain such as artificial intelligence, but also soft skills like interview skills or even making videos – all these will enable Singaporeans and our residents to be in a good position to secure employment or to stay gainfully employed.”

The virtual week-long event by the CDCs was held in conjunction with SkillsFuture Month, which started on July 17 and runs till Aug 16.