Singapore, 15 January (Wednesday) – Riding on the momentum of the Singapore Convention of Mediation signed in August 2019, and to facilitate the development and growth of mediation, the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) today announced that it will set up a public service platform, named ‘SIMI Look and Hire’, or SIMILAH in short, to enable members of the public to access the services of professional mediators.
Singapore, 9 January 2020 (Thursday) – Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) have renewed the SMU Warriors Scholarship offered to retiring Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) servicemen and women.
Singapore, 18 December 2019 (Wednesday) – The grandchildren of the late Kwek Hong Png have all come together to make an endowed gift to set up the Kwek Hong Png Valedictorian Awards at the Singapore Management University (SMU). Pioneer entrepreneur Mr Kwek Hong Png was the Founder of the Hong Leong Group conglomerate which today has businesses in real estate, hospitality, finance as well as trade and industry around the world.
Singapore, 13 December 2019 (Friday) - Singapore Management University (SMU) and Straits Interactive (SI) today announced that a total of 1,500 professionals have been trained this year at SMU Academy, the University’s professional training arm, through 15 data protection related courses. This is a 50 per cent increase from 2018. The announcement was made in conjunction with the graduation of its first batch of 12 Advanced Diploma in Data Protection graduates, which was held this evening at SMU. The graduates began their journey in July 2018.
Singapore, 5 December 2019 (Thursday) - Singapore Management University’s (SMU) business school dean, Professor Gerard George, has been globally recognised as a ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ in the field of Economics and Business in 2019. Professor George, who is Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Dean of SMU’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business, is the first business professor in Singapore to have received this accolade which recognises the significant and global impact of his research in academia.
Singapore, 29 November 2019 (Friday) – The Institute of Service Excellence (ISE) (卓越服务研究院)
SINGAPORE, November 26, 2019: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, and the Singapore Management University (SMU), announced that the SMU-TCS iCity Lab’s SHINESeniors project has emerged as the winner of the
SINGAPORE, 25 November 2019 (Monday) – Associate Professor Steven Hoi, currently the Managing Director of Salesforce Research Asia after being on leave from Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Information Systems (SIS) to take up the appointment, and Associate Professor David Lo also from SIS, have been named an ACM Distinguished Member for thei
Singapore, 20 November 2019 (Wednesday) – SMU Pro Bono Centre today lauded the dedication and contribution of several individuals for their pro bono efforts. Mr Richard Tan Ming Kirk was recognised as the volunteer lawyer who has participated the most number of times at the SMU Pro Bono Centre Legal Clinic in 2019 as well as having served continuously for more than five years as a volunteer lawyer at the Centre’s Legal Clinic. Furthermore, SMU Juris Doctor graduate Mr Tan Wei Chieh and SMU LLB graduate Ms Susanna Abigail Yim, both from the Class of 2019, were recognised f
Singapore, 8 November 2019 (Friday) – Following the success of the first Asia Retail Leaders Conference (ARLC) in October last year, the Singapore Management University (SMU) Retail Centre of Excellence (RCoE) will be hosting the second ARLC on 14 November 2019. Held at SMU’s Mochtar Riady Auditorium, RCoE expects to welcome 300 delegates from key retail brands across Asia Pacific.