Singapore, 5 August 2021 (Thursday) – The Singapore Management University (SMU)’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB) has been successfully re-accredited by the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) for five years, a seal of excellence which differentiates the school among its peers internationally.
Singapore, 3 August 2021 (Tuesday) – The Singapore Management University’s (SMU) annual fundraiser aims to accomplish a collective distance of 50,000km in 21 days, from 3 to 24 September 2021, and raise $400,000 for students in need. It rallies the entire community of SMU’s students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and family, including members of the public, to run or walk for a good cause.
These are the research findings of the 40th round of quarterly release for the DBS-SKBI Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) Survey at the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI), Singapore Management University (SMU).
Singapore, 6 July 2021 (Tuesday) – Singapore may rank high in its pace of Covid-19 vaccination, but segments of the nation’s older adults (aged 71-75) were still reluctant to vaccinate because they were sceptical of either the efficacy or the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. A study conducted by SMU’s Centre for Research on Successful Ageing (ROSA) from February to June 2021 also revealed that respondents who did not intend to vaccinate were less socially integrated.
SINGAPORE, 1 July 2021 (Thursday) – Professor David Lo and Associate Professor Akshat Kumar from the School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS) have been recognised for their outstanding contributions and accomplishments in the fields of software engineering and artificial intelligence respectively.
Singapore, 30 June 2021 (Wednesday) – The Institute of Service Excellence (ISE) at the Singapore Management University (SMU) (卓越服务研究院) released the 2021 Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore (CSISG) survey results for the Info-Communications and Retail sectors today.
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Singapore, 21 June 2021 (Monday) – The Singapore Management University’s (SMU) School of Accountancy (SoA) has launched a new Audit and Assurance Work-Study Elective course. Students enrolled in this programme will have the opportunity to undergo a 20-week extended internship at Deloitte in Singapore.
Singapore, 17 June (Thursday), 2021 - Singapore Management University (SMU) has launched Singapore’s pioneer advanced full certificate programme in InsurTech with TechFin Consulting today to upskill working professionals and undergraduates. With trainers hailing from Singapore’s FinTech community and homegrown leading InsurTech firm PolicyPal, SMU’s professional training arm SMU Academy will roll out the course from July 2021.
Singapore, 16 June 2021 (Wednesday) – Singapore Management University (SMU)’s Centre for AI and Data Governance (CAIDG), has launched a research initiative “AI in Community” to locate AI and Big Data within communities, as part of effort to make Singapore a global leader in the race for Human-Centred AI. The outcomes would transform the relationship between AI designers and the community, such that AI technology would not only be customised for AI clients, but designed for the commun
Singapore, 24 May 2021 (Monday) – The Elite Quality Index 2021 (EQx2021) seeks to measure the way in which elites globally contribute to the development of their societies. It specifically measures the economic and political power of elites and evaluates how the elites enable or impede economic and political growth. The means by which elites create or extract value can help determine the business opportunity, growth and development of a nation.