Thought Leadership

Some of the world’s leaders, and leading thinkers from NUS and overseas, regularly gather and add to the rich diversity of thoughts and ideas on our campuses, in Singapore and across the globe.
Here’s what they had to share.

Declining literacy skills among younger adults has implications for Singapore’s workforce

Declining literacy skills among younger adults has implications for Singapore’s workforce

Speaker: Assoc Prof (Practice) Terence Ho 20 Dec 2024

According to the Survey of Adult Skills, an international study under the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), there is a decline in the literacy scores for both lower-educated and more highly-educated adults in the recent Cycle 2 survey. Assoc Prof (Practice) Terence Ho from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS remarked that this has implications for the competitiveness of Singapore’s workforce and economy, particularly given the importance of human capital to Singapore’s economy.

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Preparing for rising sea levels before it’s too late: Singapore looking into strengthening and adding coastline protection structures

Preparing for rising sea levels before it’s too late: Singapore looking into strengthening and adding coastline protection structures

Speaker: Assistant Professor Chew Soon Hoe 19 Dec 2024

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