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Fewer new graduates in full-time work, 1 in 5 in temporary employment and traineeships
Close to seven in 10 of those who graduated from four local universities last year found permanent employment, down from 81.7 per cent in 2019, according to an annual joint graduate employment survey released on Friday (Feb 19).
Unis must offer industry-required skills and deepen tie-ups with firms
Universities must continue to provide industry-required skills and deepen collaboration with companies, or risk disruption, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong yesterday.
Covid-19 may be Big Tech's gateway to higher education
Marketing professor Scott Galloway teaches brand strategy at the much sought-after Stern School of Business at New York University (NYU), but the American does not pull any punches on elite institutions.
NTU introduces new core curriculum for 6,000 freshmen starting August
Freshmen joining the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in the new academic year in August will take up a new common curriculum that spans a variety of subjects. These are among the initiatives that NTU laid out on Monday (Jan 25), as part of its plans for the next five years, to better prepare students for a changing workforce.
