Education news included:
Secondary
school and JC students will do HBL two days a week starting next year
The practice is set to become part of
the new normal, unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic. Set to start third term
of 2021, the change will affect all secondary school and junior college
students, with every secondary school student set to receive a personal
learning device (PLD) by the end of next year.
NUS
undergrad with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy awarded the Asia Pacific
Breweries (APB) Foundation Scholarship for Persons with Disabilities
Ng Jun Kang, who was awarded the
scholarship, is studying computer science at NUS. He said: "I would like
to develop applications that can help other people, especially the community of
people with disabilities, as I know that we face more problems than others in
our daily lives.
"My advice to others with disabilities
is to keep pushing on. If you have a goal in mind, don't give up. Even if you
fail, get up and keep going."
20
students awarded AMTD-GFI SpiderNet Scholarships
On 22 December 2020, Global Fintech
Institute (GFI) and the AMTD Charity Foundation awarded the AMTD-GFI SpiderNet
scholarships to 20 students from the Singapore University of Social Sciences
(SUSS) and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE). The scholarship
aims to support and anchor the CFtP qualification with industry mentorships,
thought leadership and facilities cross border opportunities for learning
journeys. Under the scholarship, students complete the Chartered FinTech
Professional (CFtP) qualification.
Singapore
Association of Women Lawyers (SAWL) raises scholarships funds with music video
by special needs students
The fund was set up in 1987 to further
the educational needs of needy students with physical disabilities who have
displayed scholastic aptitude and students with special needs, including students
with Autism Spectrum Disorder and intellectual disability. It has been
well-received by the community, receiving more than 130 applications in 2020.
SAWL hopes to extend the support of the fund through its music video, "Room
At The Table For Students with Physical and Intellectual Disability".
HAM
Creations partners Nanyang Polytechnic to offer School of Design Students
Hands-on Visual Merchandising Opportunities
H.A.M. Creations Pte Ltd (HAM
Creations), Singapore's premier visual merchandising and events production
company serving international brands in the Asia-Pacific region, and Nanyang
Polytechnic (NYP) are collaborating to better support design students. HAM
Creations will offer an industry scholarship, internship placements,
SkillsFuture Work-Study Programmes and project collaborations for NYP's School
of Design students.
Education
sector must evolve to stay relevant
The education
sector in Singapore may be well regarded, but it must continue to keep pace in
the global market, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said. He
continued to map out four broad changes in the education sector to ensure its
continued relevance: enriching adult learners, promoting digital learning,
cooperation between companies and schools, and the necessity of “adjacent
competencies”.
Rhodes Scholarship recipient to delve into migrant worker issues in her PhD studies at Oxford
Harvard graduate Poh Yong Han, 23,
received news late last month that she had been awarded the prestigious Rhodes
Scholarship to pursue a PhD at Oxford University next year. The award of the
Rhodes Scholarship resumed in Singapore in 2018, after it was suspended here
and in several other countries in 2006 due to funding issues.
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