Enhancing migrant workers’ access to justice through CalculAID

With an aim to give migrant workers better access to justice, a team of SMU students has developed an online salary calculator to help them assess if…

INFLATION EXPECTATIONS DECLINE WITH A RISE IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY

One-year-Ahead headline inflation expectations significantly dropped to 1.9% in September 2020, from 3.0% in June 2020, much lower compared to the…

7th Citi-SMU Financial Literacy Symposium discusses Financial Resilience in a Post-COVID-19 World

The Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at Singapore Management University (SMU) and Citi Singapore, through the Citi-SMU Financial…

An opportunity to reset – SMEs get support in digital transformation

‘In every crisis lies an opportunity’ – this saying clearly resonated with 30 Singapore SME leaders, who came together this October for ‘The Great…

New Future of Work Initiatives set to transform Human Capital Management through SMU Academy, IHRP and SHRM collaboration

Singapore, 7 October 2020 – Singapore Management University (SMU) has launched a certified programme on future-ready skills, called the Advanced…

SMU faculty awarded Social Science Research Council (New York) Rapid-Response Grant on Covid-19 and the Social Sciences

Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Social Sciences (SOSS) Assistant Professor Yasmin Ortiga and her research team were recently awarded…

DBS: Digital Transformation to Best Bank in the World

DBS was awarded the best bank in world by three top finance awards within a 12-month period. A feat never achieved before. In 2018, it won Global…

SMU Industry Leaders Dialogue features Indonesia’s Minister of Education and Culture Mr Nadiem Makarim who shares his vision and plans for higher education in Indonesia

Singapore, 1 October 2020 (Thursday) – Singapore Management University (SMU) welcomed Mr Nadiem Makarim, Minister of Education and Culture of the…

Doing Good and Setting a Singapore Record – SMOO Challenge 2020

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic this year, numerous on-campus activities had to be put on hold or cancelled entirely. However, one of SMU’s key…

Living and Thinking Through The Pandemic : The Local, the Global and the Planetary

The sixth Annual Ikeda Peace and Harmony Lecture was held virtually on 24 September, with an attendance of more than 1,000 guests that included the…