Champ still gets goosebumps
SMU School of Social Sciences undergraduate Yip Pin Xiu has been awarded The Straits Times' (ST) Star of the Month for September, an award that is an…
Indonesian graduates short on industry skills: Study
Indonesia lacks skilled workers due to a huge gap between academia and industry, as educational institutions often do not train students to meet the…
SMU, JP Morgan suggest 3 tasks to ease Singapore's skills shortage
Singapore needs to do three things to tackle its skills shortage - cut its dependence on foreign workers by even more, ease the pace of change in…
Sensors alone don't make a city smart - people do
In a commentary, SMU Academic Director (MSc in Innovation) and Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources (Education) Thomas Menkhoff…
ICT sector faces acute skills shortage: Study
The information and communications technology (ICT) sector is still facing an acute skills shortage despite a recent slew of initiatives to boost…
Singapore has to reduce reliance on foreign labour
Disruptive technologies and heavy reliance on foreign labour are among the skills challenges some key growth industries in Singapore are facing.…
Productive Indonesians struggle to find jobs
Although Indonesia is blessed with a demographic bonus, meaning that productive-aged people outnumber children and the elderly, many young graduates…
Not enough focus on soft skills in S’pore workforce: Study
A report published by SMU and J P Morgan which studied skills challenges in the five core member-states in the Association of South-east Asian -…
ASEAN-5 Countries: Different Constraints In Responding to Skills Challenges
In a live studio interview with Channel NewAsia, SMU School of Social Sciences Dean Professor James Tang discussed the findings of the latest report…
Study: Thais short on skills
Thailand faces a chronic and pervasive shortage of qualified technical and vocational workers across all industries, due to the challenges faced by…
