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SMU President Prof Lily Kong (4th from L) and SMU Provost Prof Timothy Clark (4th from R) with SMOO (centre), senior faculty and staff, and student leaders at SMU Open House 2024.
Transformative Education

Getting ready to take on the world

Published on 8 March 2024

Open House 2024 saw the largest turnout in SMU’s history, with more than 20,000 visitors to the SMU campus over two days. Visitors were offered 118 information sessions, in-depth talks, and sample classes so they could get an idea of how their SMU journey could be. Held in conjunction with SMU Masters Day, this year’s event was the first integrating both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and showcasing the full strength of SMU.

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Photo: Sean Gladwell, Getty Images.
Published on 16 February 2022

Singapore’s higher education system may seem to have always punched above its weight for quality teaching, research and innovation. But it has achieved in a mere three or so decades what other countries have taken centuries to develop.

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SMU Professor of Computer Science David Lo
Published on 7 February 2022

SMU Professor of Computer Science David Lo is honoured with IEEE Fellow, the highest grade of membership in the IEEE, for his contributions to “synergising software engineering and data mining”. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organisation dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

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SMU Learning Innovation Festival 2021. [Photo: Blue Planet Studio, Getty Images]
Published on 7 February 2022

Over many decades, university has been the final stop for many students before they venture into adulthood. It stands as an institution that tests and challenges those who enter, providing them with knowledge to be ready when it matters most-the real world.

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Prof Arnoud De Meyer developed the case study, “Schneider Electric: Optimising Business Opportunities from its Regional HQ in Singapore".
Published on 5 October 2021

In an increasingly globalised economy, expansion beyond one’s home market helps to unlock revenue potential, diversify one’s customer base and broaden the scope of investment opportunities. For multinational companies with a strong international presence, the next step to cementing their positions in global markets lies in successfully establishing regional headquarters.

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How did digital adaptation during Covid-19 accelerate the possibility of a sustainable future?
Published on 5 October 2021

It has been six years since 196 countries signed the Paris Agreement to mitigate the effects of man-made climate change, and two since Greta Thunberg delivered her powerful speech at the UN Climate Change Action Summit.

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A study by the SMU Centre for Research on Successful Ageing found that segments of older adults remained less inclined to vaccinate against COVID-19.
Published on 5 October 2021

As of June 2021, the Singapore government has fully vaccinated almost half of the population in tandem with private clinics. This means the nation is on track to meet its goal of vaccinating at least 75 per cent of its 5.7million residents and citizens by October 2021.

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In the financial industry, the effects of gender discrimination, beauty bias, and their interaction are conditional, and may be affected by culture.
Social Fabric and Quality of Life

Gender and beauty in the financial analyst profession

Published on 5 October 2021

It has been over three years since the #MeToo movement first gathered steam and threw a spotlight on gender inequality in the workplace. The rise of the pandemic, however, has impacted the momentum of the movement: This year, a report of Women in Work by PwC revealed that women’s job losses during Covid-19 outpaced that of men’s, and women also experienced a disproportionate burden of unpaid care work during the global crisis.

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ASEAN companies and governments can tap on youths to show the way forward for cross-border collaborations and greater understanding within the region
Published on 5 October 2021

As any avid Facebook user might be aware, vlogger Nas Daily has recently been accused of being disrespectful of Filipino culture. He was alleged to have scammed a revered Filipino tattooist into conducting an online course featured on his website, and of being impudent during interactions with another Filipino social entrepreneur.

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A case study of Singapore real estate company Mapletree.
Published on 5 October 2021

Going global is often part of a burgeoning business’ roadmap for scaling up. But while international expansion into new markets can deliver exponential returns, it could also unleash a plethora of complex new challenges – a scenario that is all the more heightened in the cutthroat realm of real estate.

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Covid-19 has accelerated the move from physical stores to online platforms by about five years.
Published on 5 October 2021

From online marketplace behemoths like Amazon, Taobao, Shopee and Lazada, to digitally native, direct-to-consumer brands, e-commerce is a thriving, rapidly burgeoning sector. The exponential growth of online retail has been further fuelled by the pandemic: According to findings from the IBM US Retail Index, Covid-19 has accelerated the move from physical stores to online platforms by about five years.

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