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What Are The External Factors That Influence Academic Excellence?, Singapore Management University

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There are a number of significant social and community-related factors outside of the school system which play an important role in academic excellence

Home-Based Learning Of A Covid-19 Work-From-Home Parent, Singapore Management University

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After three months of managing a seven-year-old’s home-based learning, one parent discovered the secret of making it work: Cut your kid some slack

Chen Yidan: Educating For The Future, Singapore Management University

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Tencent’s co-founder commits to education and calls for increased collaboration between academia, policymakers and industry to tackle future challenges

Brain Drain, Brain Waste And Exporting Talent, Singapore Management University

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Developing countries should remember the purpose of higher education instead of viewing a degree as a tool for career opportunities overseas

Teachers, Education, And Inequality In The Developing World, Singapore Management University

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Investing in teachers is key but incentivising poor parents to keep their kids in school is crucial

Talking To Ceo: Ken Ng, Singapore Management University

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As the proverb says ‘All Roads Lead to Rome’, football is one of the roads that opens the door to university for many students.

Teaching Kids Is Not Child’S Play, Singapore Management University

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Staff retention, a brand culture, and governmental commitment is crucial to success in early childhood education

Fiona Walker appears to have it all. Happily married with two teenage children, Scottish by parentage but Singapore-born Walker is a leader in her chosen field, as the Group Managing Director of the Singapore-based early childhood education chain Julia Gabriel Education. An industry veteran with 27 years of experience, she also oversees the Chiltern House Preschools and Chengzhu (成竹) Mandarin Centre and Kindergarten and enjoys what she does but admits that very often it involves a fine balancing act.

Education As A Catalyst For Socio-Economic Development In South Africa, Singapore Management University

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In order to progress socially and economically, a united South Africa will have to focus on an education sector hindered by apartheid era policies.

Integrating Liberal Arts Into Management Education, Singapore Management University

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Management education is too narrowly focused and should adopt an inter-disciplinary approach…or face an inevitable demise

The Role Of Research University In Higher Education, Singapore Management University

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The former First Lady is ahead in the polls but a Trump loss will not spell the end of the Republican Party

Innovation In Organisations, Singapore Management University

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Inter-team competition activates information coordination and innovative performance of teams; implication of team members’ narcissism

Education For A Second Career, Singapore Management University

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Two former soldiers go from the business of waging war to waging war in business

Education And The Future Of Jobs, Singapore Management University

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Technological advances could soon produce robots so efficient that human labour will effectively be eliminated. Jobs that require skills that are supposedly beyond that of robot - journalism, computer programming, and even medicine - could soon be done by robots.How does that change the role of education?

Working Inclusiveness Into Society, Singapore Management University

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Treating the disabled as no different from able-bodied folks and holding them to the same standards are key

Is The Ability To Speak Multiple Languages Always A Good Thing?, Singapore Management University

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People who speak more than one language are more likely to be smarter, but they might have a smaller vocabulary

The Rise Of The Gen Y Workforce In India, Singapore Management University

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Technology, education, and demographics make the Indian Gen Y a force to be reckoned with

The Case For Case Competitions, Singapore Management University

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Understanding a case company’s problem is the best way of cracking a case

Uniquely Bloomberg, Singapore Management University

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A study conducted at the global media company unveiled the "And factor", which defines leadership qualities in the organisation.

Disruptive Innovation In The Classroom, Singapore Management University

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Disruptive innovation, as described on the website of the man who coined the term, Clayton Christensen, is "a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors". Prominent examples include how the personal computer (disruptor) displaced the mainframe computer (disruptee), cellular phones displacing fixed line telephony, and community colleges eating into the market share of four-year colleges.

The Art Of Turning Work Into Game, Singapore Management University

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There’s a new trend taking over the public and corporate sectors - and it has to do with games.

‘Educating Indonesia’ And The Minister Who’S Making It Happen, Singapore Management University

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Energy and optimism were highlights of the recent speech given by Indonesia’s Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan during the SMU Presidential Distinguished Lecturer Series. While the optimism may be rooted deeply in the potential of Indonesia’s current demographic — more than 30 percent of its population is aged between 19 and 24, and more than 50 percent is under 29, making it one of the youngest productive populations in the world — its economic success story is fact, reflected in its G-20 membership, where it is the second fastest growing economy.Yet much remains to be done to unleash the full potential …

The Worth And Values Of Education, Singapore Management University

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Singapore’s education minister Heng Swee Keat surprised parents and educators when he indicated last September at his first major policy address a desire for education in Singapore – which has come under criticisms for its emphasis on grades- to return to the basics of moulding students’ characters.

What The Future Holds For Higher Education In Singapore, Singapore Management University

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Higher education in Singapore is evolving, and Dr. Tony Tan, the recently elected President of Singapore, shared his vision for the “futures” of higher education at a Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics Public Lecture Series, held at the Singapore Management University in July.