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.

Why do workplace accidents keep repeating themselves in Singapore?

Why do workplace accidents keep repeating themselves in Singapore?

Goh Yang Miang 20 Jun 2022

Associate Professor Goh Yang Miang, from the Department of Built Environment at the NUS College of Design and Engineering, highlights that many preventable workplace accidents keep re-occurring because companies tend to implement only superficial improvements and lack a broader safety culture. Aside from holding companies and their management directly accountable for upkeeping safety standards, Associate Prof Goh suggests that other societal stakeholders can do more to ensure that workers are adequately protected.

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Many seriously ill patients end up living for treatment

Many seriously ill patients end up living for treatment

Speakers: Assoc Prof Alethea Yee, Asst Prof Shirlyn Neo and Asst Prof Gillian Phua from the Lien Centre for Palliative Care at Duke-NUS Medical School 18 Jul 2024

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