5 study habits to make essay writing a breeze
Ah, essays – the bane of all Singapore university students. We tend to associate essay writing with stressing out over what to write, suffering through all-nighters, dragging ourselves through mounds...
View ArticleFrom clinical depression to organizing Singapore’s 1st happiness festival:...
Photo Courtesy of Vincent Ng Diagnosed with clinical depression and almost jumping off the 15th floor nine years ago, Vincent has turned his many entrepreneurial start-stops into a recently-published...
View Article20 MOOCs to make studying great again
Studying is hard After a long and tedious school day, all any tired student wants to do is sink down into their beds and be dead to the world. Enough studying. Enough!! Fluffy feline optional. They say...
View ArticleExchange Cheat Sheet: 3 Tips to Manage Exchange Applications
Note: Some of this information will only be useful for those going on exchange in the USA. To my schoolmates in NTU who have received their allocation after Round 1 in GEM Explorer, congratulations!...
View ArticleAre you ready to adult? A Checklist
University is hard. Piles and piles of readings to do all day errday alongside extracurricular/hall activities. Being confused in lectures. Cramming furiously before finals. Tearing your hair out...
View ArticleAgainst the odds: Interview with ASEAN Para Games medallist Dr Darren Chua
As an inspirational speaker, empowerment coach, ASEAN Para Games medallist,Young Outstanding Singaporean Award and Successful Entrepreneur Award recipient, education and health ambassador, Dr Darren...
View Article10 signs you’ve evolved from poor broke student, to poor broke graduate
The cap has been tossed, the gown kept in storage, the notes thrown. Congratulations on graduation and being done with school! For some of us, this has been a moment eons in the making. The rest of us?...
View ArticleA Self-exploration Journey to the West: an exchange experience at the...
If there’s anything memorable from my undergraduate days, having been on an exchange would be on the top of the list. This probably is a common sentiment among students who have been on one, and many...
View ArticleStaying Sane – How to Balance Mental Health and Study
First semester, second, finals, a year abroad. Whatever stage you’re at in your academic career, one thing remains certain: studying is hard work. The stress of exams, coursework deadlines and two...
View ArticleStrength in Adversity: an interview with Aaron Graham Tay
Dealt one blow after another, he persevered through trying times. Aaron Tay was diagnosed with lupus at nine, kidney failure at 24 and chronic heart failure at 28. Things took a turn for the better...
View ArticleOver 35 thousand read our top article last year – were you one of them?
Dear readers, have you always wondered what your peers are concerned about or are up to? While we’re no mind readers (pun unintended), the Digital Senior team can let you in on what they’ve been doing...
View ArticleExploring SUTD …in a game? Find out why this game is so ‘’SUTD’’ !
When tired and stressed from studying, what’s your go-to way of relaxation? A good book? Netflix? Belting out songs at the top of your lungs at a karaoke outlet? Or time on your favourite game? Can’t...
View Article5 affordable ways to entertain yourself in small sunny Singapore
Students are an interesting lot. We’re either broke, sleep-deprived, or perpetually hungry. Or all three. (Although, to be honest, that sounds a lot like most working folks too.) We tackle the first in...
View ArticleInterview with Ken Chua, Pioneer batch graduate of SUTD
(photo courtesy of Ken Chua) An inclusive designer, social innovation technologist and social impact strategist, Ken is the Director of (these)abilities, an Inclusive Design & Technology Agency...
View Article7 Tips on Writing an Outstanding Job Resume
Image source Studies have shown that recruiters spend as little as six seconds reviewing a resume, before sorting it into the “yes” or “no” piles and moving on. (Doyle, 2018) Whether or not your...
View ArticleSUTD Open House 2018: what went down
f you haven’t been keeping up with the news (although we trust that you have), it’s university admissions period and this means… Open Houses! Various public universities opened their doors to...
View ArticleSMU grad Joshua Lim taking the road less travelled in acting
(photo courtesy of Joshua Lim) As an actor, voiceover artist, musician and host, Joshua is proud to be taking the road less travelled after graduating with a Social Sciences degree from the Singapore...
View Article8 affordable ways to up your hall room game
So you’ve got your hall/residential college allocation for the first time. Or the second, or third, if you’re no longer a freshie. The room that will be your home for the next few months. You want to...
View Article5 tertiary institutions in Singapore as old as your parents (#1 could even be...
Ask anyone on the streets of Singapore what they know about NUS, and they’ll probably recount the school’s top Asian university status in Times’ Higher Education World University Ranking for the 3rd...
View Article3 Lessons You Should Carry to University.
You’ve spent at least the last twelve years of your life preparing for this moment. It finally dawns upon you that you will be embarking on one of your final stages in formal education. Before you...
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