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Why a university of the arts now?
Prof Chan Heng Chee at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, SUTD, writes an opinion piece on why Singapore decided to establish a university of the arts now.
When positivity becomes toxic
WORKED off your feet? Pause for a cup of tea.
NTUC to set up task force to look at needs of young people entering workforce
A study done last year in partnership with SUTD found that the top three challenges faced by young people just starting out at work revolved around career opportunities and prospects, finances, and mental health.
KONE Experience maps out the sustainable cities of the future
In ASEAN, where more than 50% of the population live in urban areas, cities play a crucial role in the economic growth and advancement of the region.
Beef up support network so lifelong learning can yield payoffs
Skills training programmes should be even more closely aligned with job-placement programmes so that the utility of skills training is maximised for trainees and industry alike.
Ukraine crisis: Of strategic assumptions, economic shocks and a new world order
Weeks before Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his tanks into Ukraine, many Western politicians and strategy experts were arguing …
Commentary: What happens when women have to juggle ‘worry work’ with paid work
COVID-19 has wrought a cost on workers, families and most pressingly, on women who shoulder the invisible labour of caregiving in addition …
Plan to reclaim island can be updated to also mitigate sea-level rise
A plan more than three decades ago envisioning a reclaimed island along the length of East Coast for beachfront housing and leisure may …
Opening Ceremony of Entrepreneurial and E-Commerce Skills Programme in Indonesia
The Entrepreneurial and E-Commerce Skills Programme in Indonesia is designed by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities in collaboration with Indonesia Resilience, and is sponsored by Temasek Foundation International and the Government of DKI Jakarta.
Leasehold concept in S’pore allows for land to be recycled for future generations, say IPS panellists
They say govt policies on land help to achieve redistribution of not just the land but wealth as well.
