AMTD, Xiaomi Finance, SMU, NUS-ISS unveil S$5m programme for digital finance leaders
AMTD Group, Xiaomi Finance, SMU and the Institute of Systems Science at the NUS (NUS-ISS) have jointly launched the AMTD-Xiaomi-SMU-ISS (AXSI)…
How the pandemic will change universities
In the last of the ST-SMU Reimagining Universities four-part series, SMU President Professor Lily Kong discussed the changes that the coronavirus…
Creative Capital: The entrepreneur who's making people smell good naturally
SMU alumna Jun Tan enrolled in SMU's Master of Innovation programme two years ago as she had wanted to make a change in her life. More specifically,…
FOMC playbook: the only new game in town?
In a commentary, Thomas Lam, Principal Researcher at the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics in SMU, cautions that overreliance on “new”…
Covid-19 shines a light on gender inequality
The Covid-19 pandemic sweeping the world is raising awareness of the burden that women have to bear in running a home during a time when families are…
Struggling to stick to circuit breaker rules
During Singapore’s circuit breaker period, various incidences of the elderly flouting safe distancing rules emerged in the media, leading to…
Saving the earth with dried detergent
SMU alumni Clewyn Puah and Jeremy Lee are two entrepreneurs who hope their "detergent tablet" will replace dishwashing liquid in wasteful large…
How to address 3 distress factors for Singapore’s migrant workers
Research published by the Lien Centre for Social Innovation in 2015, years before Covid-19 had a name, found that 62 per cent of 344 South Asian low…
Appointments made to Council of Presidential Advisers
Mr Eddie Teo, Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA), who is also SMU Pro-Chancellor and Distinguished Fellow of SMU’s School of…
Chairman, members of Council of Presidential Advisers sworn in
Mr Eddie Teo, Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA), who is also SMU Pro-Chancellor and Distinguished Fellow of SMU’s School of…