Universities

When skills beat degrees in an AI economy

Hiring in Singapore has long revolved around paper qualifications despite efforts to make them less relevant. While nearly 80 per cent of the country’s job postings in 2024 did not require the candida...

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng (third from right) during his visit to Thales Solutions Asia, which is one of the host organisations in the GRIT programme.

About 350 trainees placed with over 50 host organisations under graduate traineeship scheme

Placements come amid resilient labour market, with entry-level PMET roles and expected employment on the rise

Schools say international students form the bulk of full-time MBA applicants, while Singaporeans make up a significant share of the part-time cohort.

Singapore MBAs draw stronger interest amid global visa tightening and career shifts

HR firms say such degrees are most valuable for those in senior leadership roles, even as more mid-career professionals explore them to future-proof their careers

Universities foster a culture of experimentation and idea exchange, driven by in-house accelerators, competitions, and incubators. This creates a fertile breeeding ground for AI startups.
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Student arrivals to the US dropped 19 per cent in August year on year to just over 313,000.

US student visa arrivals fall to four-year low, led by Asia drop

The education industry is expecting to see further declines in September

NUS Enterprise's renovated i3 building is a centre for deep-tech innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration.

NUS Enterprise expands venture capital programme, collaborates with Stanford

Two new co-investment partnerships will focus on funding and connecting startups originating from Singapore university to global networks and expertise

The Trump administration said in the proposed regulation that the change was needed to better “monitor and oversee” the visa holders while they were in the US.

Trump administration moves to tighten duration of visas for students and media

The latest move would create new hurdles for international students, exchange workers and foreign journalists

Earlier this year, the US planned to start “aggressively” revoking visas for Chinese students over links to the ruling Communist Party or if they were in critical fields.

China says Trump’s student welcome preferable to harassment

Trump says that the US would allow 600,000 Chinese students into the country

The 32-storey building is expected to offer rooms of different sizes, from single-bedders to five-bedder units.

Mapletree enters Australia student housing market with Perth acquisition

The student accommodation market in the country remains significantly undersupplied

US universities have already warned that first-time foreign student enrolment on campuses are projected to fall by about 30 per cent this fall, potentially costing the education sector US$2.6 billion in tuition revenue.

Student arrivals to US continue to plummet, led by Asia decline

Total arrivals on student visas decreased 28% to just under 79,000, the biggest monthly drop so far this year