Polytechnic grads put squeeze on university places
Applications from A-level and polytechnic students hit record levels at NUS, NTU and SMU in 2007, and it meant far more applicants than places…
Real wages of Singapore workers up 4% last year after taking into account inflation
SMU Assistant Professor of Law Eugene Tan points out that for the economy to continue growing, wages cannot rise fast than labour productivity which…
Stressed-out varsity applicant? Check.
SMU admissions director Alan Goh commented that a university degree is now seen to be the minimum for survival in the new economy.
5 things you can do today
Attend a public forum at SMU's Li Ka Shing Library today titled ?Is Singapore Ready For a Hillary Clinton?? The Box, basement 1, 7pm-9pm, free…
SPH Search marketing exec honoured
SMU provost Tan Chin Tiong, who is also Senate chairman of the Marketing Institute of Singapore, yesterday conferred Mr Johnson Goh with his MIS…
High-risk culture work in Singapore?
South Korea's Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology president Suh Nam Pyo's lunchtime lecture at SMU on tackling 'high-return' projects…
Hyundai chairman
Assistant Professor Terence Fan commented that shareholders may just grant Chung Mong-koo a reprieve and let him move on.
Bone marrow donation drive
Minority races can assist in a good cause and find out about pledging their bone marrow today by attending a bone marrow donation drive being held at…
More Middle Eastern firms interested to hire Singapore graduates
SMU graduates were interviewed about why they have been shortlisted for positions in Kuwaiti company Alghanim.
SPAM and sports don't mix but some say, why not?
Assistant Professor Peter De Maeyer said that playing on a word's multiple meanings ? or resonance, in textbook-speak ? is a common tactic used by…