Last month, a review of secondary school education recommended that schools strengthen student-teacher bonds in the next few years. YouthInk writers discuss how they want their teachers to get to…
A research project that aims to study the effectiveness of financial education on foreign maids will kick off next month. The project, led by Assistant Professor of Economics Rashmi Barua and funded…
SMU economics professor Augustine Tan argued that a minimum wage would distract from the main issue: raising skills and productivity. On the other side of the fence, businessman and [SMU chairman] Ho…
On Dec 1, Dr Terence Kealey, vice chancellor of the University of Buckingham, suggested the Singapore Government should stop funding universities except for expensive courses such as medicine. Ernest…
As Singapore's economy powers ahead at full steam this year, the income gap between the top and bottom earners continues to widen. Professor Augustine Tan, an economics professor at the SMU comments…
Ernest Tan, a first-year economics student at SMU, suggested using the mass media to raise awareness of anorexia and recommends that the local media educate viewers about the consequences of anorexia…
Like academics as well as prominent citizens such as Professor Tommy Koh and [SMU chairman] Mr Ho Kwon Ping, SMU Professor of Economics (Practice) Augustine Tan is concerned about the widening income…
Israel's success in innovation led 34 undergraduates from Singapore Management University to investigate the socio-cultural factors behind Israeli enterprises' innovation and competitive strategies…
Third-year economics undergraduate Glenn Lim praised SMU for its alumni whose businesses regularly provide internships for those who wish to learn the ropes of starting a new business. He also…
SMU 1st -year economics student Ernest Tan joins a discussion on whether schools should issue guidelines on using the internet to their students.
