Tertiary education

China’s tech giants dangle annual pay packages from $200k to woo S’pore-trained AI grads

A pop-up career fair by Chinese online travel giant Trip.com on the NTU campus in Boon Lay on April 16, where roles for AI engineers and data analysts were highlighted.

From 2027, all university, poly and ITE students will learn AI skills as part of their studies

Minister for Education Desmond Lee speaking to attendees of the NUS120 Distinguished Speaker Series at the National University of Singapore on May 21, 2026. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

The AI risk of losing the skills you’ve mastered over the years

Clearly, AI has accelerated learning – but has it sharpened critical thinking, or is this precious ability that sets humans apart now at the risk of atrophy?

Sarawak is betting millions on free tertiary education. Will it keep its brightest from leaving?

Students reading at the library of Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak

Can food actually be medicine? These doctors in the US say yes

University of Indonesia suspends 16 male law students over viral lewd chat

The university said in a statement on April 16 that it had suspended the young men for two weeks pending an investigation.

Graduates in an AI world must be problem solvers, not armchair thinkers

A world where humans work alongside AI can accomplish far superior outcomes compared to a purely human workforce.

Singapore universities produce top students. Why don’t more of them become entrepreneurs?

ST20231011_202366618531/etsit11/Elisha/Jason Quah A Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) graduates pose for a photo following the SIT graduation ceremony on Oct 11, 2023. Tertiary education, manpower, employment, salary, wages, graduate, degree, jobs

Once Taiwan’s top source of foreign students, Malaysia has slipped in recent years as Vietnam surged

whtaiwan - National Taiwan University.
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Lecturers at four Singapore universities use AI to grade students’ work

Associate Professor Wong Shin Yee, programme leader for SIT’s Bachelor of Food Technology with Honours programme (centre) with her students Lief Chng Han Wei, 26 (right) and Jason Goh Jie Sheng, 24, as they do their assessment with the chat bots.

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