Our People

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Changing the world, one dive at a time
Educator, researcher, volunteer, environmental warrior – Dr Toh Tai Chong wears many hats but they are all unified by one thing: his love for the sea.
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OETU Retreat: All the fun and twice the learning!
Some 28 Organisational Excellence Transformation Unit (OETU) secondees across two batches spent the day at the Bukit Timah Campus learning new skills relevant to their work areas besides getting to know each other better at the OETU Retreat on 12 December 2019. It was a retreat which had all the fun and twice the learning!
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OE heroes: Paying It Forward with GIRO
With a student population of more than 40,000 and the growing trend of NUS students paying for their fees with credit cards, the University incurred over $1 million in credit card transaction fees in 2018.
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Docent for animals
Weiren Loh, Programme Manager at the NUS Overseas Colleges, has always loved animals, having spent much of his childhood growing up with his grandparent’s menagerie of Pomeranians, Shih Tzus, German Schnauzers and Maltese. That was also the time, however, when Weiren discovered he had an allergy to animal fur.
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The fine art of scientific glassblowing
As far as Mr R Dhasaratha Raman is concerned, glassblowing “saved his life”. Not only did it give him a sense of purpose, it also fueled a passion he never thought he had and brought some excitement into his life.
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OE heroes: Real-time benefits with LMPRS
At a research intensive university like NUS, the management and purchase of lab materials is fundamental to the work productivity of research staff throughout campus.
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Empowering staff to be future-ready
The University has embarked on an ambitious, farsighted initiative to equip staff with the necessary skills to be digitally ready for the workplace of the future.
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A walk on NUS’ wild side
How many plants can you identify on Kent Ridge Campus? Perhaps the ubiquitous raintree, tembusu or Bird of Paradise flower?
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OE heroes: Digital worker that works for U
Executive and Administrative (E&A) staff at NUS would have encountered processes at work that require manual and repetitive efforts, which consume much time and efforts.
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Fast Times in a New York Minute
Leong Kah-Yan has been with NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) office since August 2016. She managed NUS Overseas College Silicon Valley from October 2016 to December 2018, and subsequently NUS Overseas College New York from January 2019.
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OE heroes: Changing UPP Procurement Procedures for Lifelong Learning
NUS’ approach to place greater emphasis on lifelong learning has enabled some positive change to existing procurement policies. Just recently, the School of Continuing and Lifelong Education (SCALE), which regularly engages external instructors for short-term project-based engagements, championed an Organisational Excellence (OE) initiative to revise a University Procurement Policy (UPP) on Direct Contracting which will enable Faculties and Schools to reap considerable benefits.
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NUS recognised for excellence in Learning and Development strategy
It was a proud moment for NUS at the HR Excellence Awards 2019 when it was presented with the Silver award for the Learning & Development Category on 11 October 2019. The University emerged second place in this category amid intense competition from 30 other companies such as Marriott International, SAP and OCBC Bank.
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OE heroes: Success of the OSHE Safety Programme Review
The spirit of continuous improvement has always been part of the work culture at University Campus Infrastructure (UCI).
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Krunch time with “Keropokman”
IT specialist Philip Lim, like most Singaporeans, is passionate about food. He took his passion one step further, starting a blog in 2006 and today, he is an influencer with over 20,000 followers on his Instagram.
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OE heroes: Talent development and growth
A cultural shift in mindset was among the successful outcomes of the NUS IT Shared Services (ITSS) initiative.
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OE heroes: Pushing the Frontiers of Recruitment Technology
Samuel Lee, Manager from the Office of Human Resources (OHR) always had an interest in programming. When he joined OHR’s Digitisation Office, he was excited to find that part of his tasks involved exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence technology for human resource processes.
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Steadfastly committed to campus security
Maintaining a safe and secure educational environment that is conducive to learning and research for the campus community remains the University’s top priority.
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OE heroes: Driving change through collaboration
The positive effect of Organisational Excellence (OE) on work culture was highlighted through a recent policy change to verify physical assets over three years instead of annually.
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The film experimenter
Physicist Dagomir Kaszlikowski pursues science and film-making with equal passion as he sees both as creative but precise endeavours.
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OE heroes: Transforming fixed asset management with technology
Fixed asset verification is a manual and labour-intensive process. For the Dean’s Office at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine), this involved on-site verification of over 2,000 assets located within NUS and island-wide, in hospitals and research institutes.