Ang Hwee Min

1 week ago | channelnewsasia.com | Ang Hwee Min

SINGAPORE: They sit across each other, staring intently at the tables in front of them. Some clutch their heads, frowning; others are relaxed. No one speaks. The only sounds come from ticking clocks and small, plastic square tiles being sifted in small velvet bags before they take up positions on a board. This was not quite the level of intensity I expected to observe at the Millennium Cup, a Scrabble tournament in Singapore taking place in March every year.

4 weeks ago | channelnewsasia.com | Ang Hwee Min

SINGAPORE: A survey by CNA's Talking Point programme has found that student bullying could be more pervasive than official figures suggest, with about 30 per cent of secondary school students in Singapore claimingthey have been bullied. Among these, almost half said the instances took place in the past year. A total of 1,010 students aged 13 to 17 and spread across 149 secondary schools were surveyed on their experiences with bullying in 2024.

1 month ago | channelnewsasia.com | Ang Hwee Min

Singapore With US authorities expanding social media vetting, education consultancies have advised prospective students in Singapore to “carefully review” their online profiles.   New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: Music teacher Sharon had long dreamed of studying piano in the United States.

1 month ago | channelnewsasia.com | Ang Hwee Min

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s embassy in Washington DC has engaged the US Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security about Donald Trump’s revocation of Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVP) certification. Singapore is also monitoring the impact of the measures on the academic prospects of Singaporean students, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Tuesday (May 27) in response to CNA queries.

1 month ago | channelnewsasia.com | Ang Hwee Min

Singapore Most international students are overseas or back home since the semester has ended. The uncertainty around re-entering the US is now a “huge concern”, says one student. New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: Singaporean students enrolled at Harvard are grappling with confusion and anxiety following the Trump administration's move to revoke the university's ability to enrol international students.