Rio Paralympians lauded for their 'courage, determination, fighting spirit
In a landmark moment for local para sports, Team Singapore’s Paralympians were formally honoured in Parliament on Monday (Nov 7) as nine of the 13-…
When is the bus coming? Ask Bus Uncle lah
SMU School of Information Systems alumnus Abhilash Murthy has created an automated chatbot (Bus Uncle) that tells users what bus they can take to get…
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 -…
