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Singapore’s stressed singles

May 16th, 2012
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TODAY

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May 15, 2012

This was a commentary reflecting on how policies could better support singles – those who are caregivers as well as those who receive care – and their families, in conjunction with the annual International Day of Families today. The article cited various studies done by NUS, such as the NUS Social Work Report of Singapore Family Caregiving in 2006, which found that women constitute 74 per cent of those caring for the elderly and that 25 per cent of family caregivers express concern about their worsening financial situation. According to a 2012 paper on inequality and the new social compact presented at the Institute of Policy Studies at NUS, 55 per cent of healthcare expenditure in Singapore is funded out of pocket, compared to only 30 per cent in Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea.

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A similar story was carried in The Malaysian Insider (Online).

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Graduate Student Teaching Award Recipients

May 14th, 2012
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Honour Roll 2012

We would like to congratulate the following recipients for being placed on the GSTA Honour Roll in recognition of their sustained high performance in winning the award three times.

1. Vu Thanh Hai Department of Economics
2. Lin Li Department of English Language and Literature
3. Walid Jumblatt Bin Abdullah Department of Political Science
4. Cheung Hoi Shan Department of Psychology
5. Wong Yuh Ju Department of Social Work

 

FASS Graduate Students’ Teaching Award (GSTA)

We would like to congratulate the following recipients for teaching undertaken in Semester I, 2011-2012.

Anuradha Rao Department of Communications and New Media
Cheryll Ruth Soriano Department of Communications and New Media
Christopher Ong Eng Hwa Department of Communications and New Media
Chandrani Sarma Department of Economics
Li Li Department of Economics
Liu Xuyuan Department of Economics
Vu Thanh Hai Department of Economics
Lin Li Department of English Language and Literature
Wong Wee Boon Department of English Language and Literature
Cheng Harrison Department of Political Science
Walid Jumblatt Bin Abdullah Department of Political Science
Cheung Hoi Shan Department of Psychology
Sze Wei Ping Department of Psychology
Wong Yuh Ju Department of Social Work

Posted in: Announcements, Student Achievements.

NUS Career Centre Student Survey 2012 – Over 100 prizes to be won!

May 14th, 2012
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In partnership with the NUS Career Centre, we would like to hear from YOU on what your career aspirations are and how we can better assist you in your career preparation needs. Your feedback is important as this will determine and shape the type of career development programmes and activities that we organise for you.

To show our appreciation, all respondents who complete the survey by 31 May 2012 will stand a chance to win attractive prizes through a lucky draw.  All completed responses will also be entitled to a S$10 voucher from the NUS Career Centre for discount on workshops and personality assessment tool.

Take a 10 mins break to complete this survey and stand a chance to be our lucky winner. Thank you for sharing your time and inputs! Click here to start the survey.

 *Only aggregated data will be used for the purpose of this survey.

Posted in: Announcements, Graduate Studies, Undergraduate.

Commencement 2012 Video Contest

May 11th, 2012
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7 Habits Freshmen Camps AY2012/2013

May 8th, 2012
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Diversion of river yields gem of a chance

May 4th, 2012
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The Straits Times

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A team of NUS researchers led by Associate Professor John Miksic, who is from the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at NUS, are hoping to get the go-ahead to see long-buried artefacts in the bed of the Singapore River when one part of it is temporarily drained and diverted later this year to build an MRT tunnel beneath it. The treasures that the researchers expect to unearth from plumbing the depths of the river bed could include ancient coins, shards of pottery and even the remains of boats used by the riverbank settlers from as far back as hundreds of years ago.

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25th Anniversary Dinner – Psychology at NUS

Apr 30th, 2012
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This academic year marks the 25th anniversary of the Department of Psychology. As such, the Department and the Psychology Student Society (Psyche) organized an Anniversary Dinner on March 29th 2012 and invited alumni, faculty, staff, and students to attend. The dinner was held in the Guild Hall at the NUSS Guild House.

The event was a great success. We had over 180 guests attending our dinner. The dinner started with an opening speech given by A/P Sim Tick Ngee. He acknowledged the prominent contributors to the Department in the past 25 years and the team of students and staff that made this event happen. He also presented tokens to Prof Brenda Yeoh, Prof Tan Tai Yong, A/P Chua Foo Kee, Prof George Bishop, A/P S. Vasoo, A/P Naigm Tee Liang, Dr Rosaleen Ow, A/P Ann Wee, Miss Irene Ho, and Miss Janice Ow, in recognition to their invaluable contribution to the development of the Department.  The opening speech was followed by the keynote address by A/P John Eillot. His wonderful talk walked us through the journey of the past 25 years. After then, all the guests mingled with each other while enjoying the international buffet.

The Department once again would like to thank all the guests for generously taking their time attending the dinner, and more importantly, to FASS Dean’s Office for their tremendous support to this event.

We hope to organize more activities for the alumni and students in near future.

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Apply for Research Assistant Intern at Homerun Asia

Apr 30th, 2012
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Research Assistant (Executive Intern) at Homerun Asia

About Homerun Asia
(www.homerunasia.com)
Homerun Asia produces truly Asian movies from our base in Singapore. While our primary markets are the key Asian territories, the rest of the world is still very much within our focus. We are best placed to aggregate and integrate the most commercial Asian talents for Asian movies with an international outlook. Homerun Asia also sets its sight to be the key distributor of commercial titles for all South East Asian territories while our talent management will groom and market a new generation of Asian artistes for borderless movies.

Job Description
- To assist movie director in liaising with various institutions for research on Singapore’s history
- To check accuracy of dates, names, numbers  and other information in the movie script against the actual historical events
- To retrieve and take cohesive and accurate notes in the Archives whenever required to meet director’s needs
- Report to Producer and Director of the project

Requirements
- Interested in the entertainment and movie industry
- Meticulous, diligent and organized in performing researching, with a caution for accuracy
- Able to commit for two months
- To start work as soon as possible (from May onwards)
- Intern will be paid SGD 500 a month, excluding expenses for traveling, etc.
- Communications majors preferred, but students of other majors and degrees are welcome to apply.
- Students from any year (Year 1, 2, 3, 4, or higher) are all welcomed.

Please send your cover letter and resume to contact@homerunasia.com.
Closing Date: 31 May 2012
We regret that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.

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Deanery Connect with Prof T. C. Chang (6th February 2012)

Apr 26th, 2012
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The first Deanery Connect of the New Year held on the 6thof February was attended by seven undergraduates in the cosy setting of Seminar Room ABC at Blk AS7. It was chaired by the Vice-Dean (for External Relations and Student Life) Assoc Prof T. C. Chang. Issues raised by students ranged from career  prospects to academic matters.

Some of the issues discussed were:

 

-          An option to allow additional modular credits earned during internship into fulfilling unrestricted electives. One of the difficulties faced by student was having to take up an additional module to fulfill graduation requirements during her internship.

-          An option to allow students in their 4th year, to take up both ISMs as well as honours thesis. This option is only available for USP students currently.

Assoc Prof T.C Chang assured all students present that the faculty will look into the issues raised. 

 

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Sign up now! MOE On-Campus Interview

Apr 25th, 2012
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Sign up here for MOE On-Campus Interviews on 18th May 2012!

 

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