
Gabrielle Chan
Guardian Australia Rural+Regional Editor. I don't monitor this account regularly so if you want to get in touch, email [email protected].
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3 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Gabrielle Chan
SINGAPORE - Learning is not a race, and there are no fixed pathways to success, said Education Minister Desmond Lee, and Singapore’s education system is evolving to reflect this. “Explore your strengths and walk your own path,” Mr Lee said, speaking at the closing ceremony of the Pre-University Seminar 2025, held at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on June 5.
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1 month ago |
straitstimes.com | Gabrielle Chan
SINGAPORE - Less than half of fresh graduates from private education institutions found full-time jobs in 2024, amid slowing economic growth and lower hiring demand. The latest Private Education Institution Graduate Employment Survey, released by SkillsFuture Singapore on April 26, showed that 46.4 per cent of fresh graduates found full-time work, compared with 58.7 per cent in 2023.
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1 month ago |
straitstimes.com | Gabrielle Chan
Some 500 books were recycled but the backlash arrived just in time to save another 8,500 books from being discarded. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAOSINGAPORE - If not for the groundswell of response from alumni, 9,000 Yale-NUS library books would have been quietly pulped and never seen again. On May 20, these books were packed into white plastic bags and loaded onto a recycling truck bound for a facility in Jurong, just a week after the college’s final graduation ceremony.
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1 month ago |
straitstimes.com | Gabrielle Chan
SINGAPORE - If not for the groundswell of response from alumni, 9,000 Yale-NUS library books would have been quietly pulped and never seen again. On May 20, these books were packed into white plastic bags and loaded onto a recycling truck bound for a facility in Jurong, just a week after the college’s final graduation ceremony. This act quickly ignited a wave of criticism, petitions, and calls for transparency.
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1 month ago |
straitstimes.com | Gabrielle Chan
SINGAPORE - In a more advanced economy and with a better-educated population, the SkillsFuture movement must do better in curating courses and helping Singaporeans identify those that will benefit them the most, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on May 23. Many have benefitted from skills development in the past decade — about one-fifth of Singapore’s workforce signs up for training every year, said PM Wong at the SkillsFuture’s 10th anniversary event held at Four Seasons Hotel in Orchard.
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