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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.
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Black belt don
Karate, or “empty-handed” self-defence, advocates blocking an attack, rather than striking an opponent, black belt don explained.
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OE heroes: Creating value in procurement management
Category Management was introduced to drive greater value, reduce cost from NUS’ supply base and mitigate risk from the supply chain.
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Cultivating a safety culture
Ravindran Sockalingam’s close brush with death has reinforced his determination to persuade more people to learn CPR.
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Transformative expeditions
Dr John van Wyhe, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biological Sciences at NUS Faculty of Science and Fellow of Tembusu College at NUS, probably knows more about the wilder side of Singapore than most residents of the island.
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OE heroes: Change ambassadors
Even though the NUS Organisational Excellence (OE) Accounts Receivable initiative has completed its first phase, the team members are still carrying the momentum forward and embracing lessons learnt in their daily work and outlook.
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Writing right
Dr Mark Dean Brantner, who teaches Writing and Critical Thinking (WCT), as well as Humanities and Social Sciences at the University Scholars Programme (USP) ...
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A lady on the go
Besides driving, Swaran Kaur also enjoys her wide-ranging jobs which provide variety and keep her on the go.
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OE heroes: Towards paperless payment
The Accounts Payable team is digitising the University’s payment processes to achieve a zero paper target.
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A Thai less ordinary
Dr Titima’s interest in languages and teaching brought her to NUS in 1998. As the University did not have a Thai language programme then, she made a bid to introduce it—and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Health ambassadors
The University Health Centre is increasing the number of free health screenings this year by having an additional site at the Shaw Foundation Alumni Building and extending the screening by another week.