CAPTISS 2018 saw over 400 attendees throughout the day with over 60 presenters at our nine panels and poster sessions. We welcomed people from CAPT, the wider NUS community, other tertiary institutions, NGOs, government agencies and various community-based organisations from both Singapore and overseas.
In its third run, the CAPT Student Leader Action Mentorship (CAPTSLAM) saw 25 CAPTains mentoring 44 students from Tanglin Secondary School (TSS) as part of the three-month mentorship programme.
The Asian University Alliance (AUA) Forum 2018 was held in Bali from 13-16 November 2018, and was themed “Life Under Water”.
In its third run, the CAPT Student Leader Action Mentorship (CAPTSLAM) saw 25 CAPTains mentoring 44 students from Tanglin Secondary School (TSS) as part of the three-month mentorship programme.
“Super-Moon” – you may have read about that in the media. Super moons ie the moon being geographically closer to our planet Earth as it orbits means that we see a huge moon and also we get stronger tides.
During the recent recess week, 38 CAPTains were privileged to spend an afternoon at the Kim Chuan SMRT Depot. This is the largest underground train depot in the region.
On 16 March 2019, four of us from the Deaf Exploratory Committee went down to the 47th National Athletics Championships 2019 to support the participating deaf students from Beatty Secondary School.
Community Engagement Festival (CE Fest) is CAPT's annual flagship event which aims to celebrate the uniqueness of different communities, through community engagement and relationships forged with our partners. On 22-23 March 2019, over 200 CAPTains and 160 community partners took part in 12 trails focusing on meeting, engaging and learning from the communities on the ground.
This is the 4th year that CAPT is visiting, in the 4th iteration of CAPT Kamal to Bangalore, India. From the 12 to 26 of May, a team of 23 students spent two weeks working with an NGO and a charity organisation based in Bangalore.
CAPTsmile is started by CAPT Social Innovation Wing in 2018. This overseas trip has continued into its second iteration in 2019. With the Impactful Community Development framework as a guide, CAPTsmile prioritized a ground-up approach to change that begins with understanding community’s needs and assets.
CAPT ran two STEER BOTSWANA trips, one in 2017 and another in 2018. The trips have allowed CAPTains to learn about the people and culture of Botswana with particular focus on education, employment and the environment.
CAPT Student Leader Action Mentorship (CAPTSLAM) was first pioneered by CAPT in collaboration with Tanglin Secondary School. In this fourth iteration, CAPTSLAM 4.0 sparked a new partnership with Queensway Secondary School (QSS).
The second College of Alice & Peter Tan (CAPT) Research Forum on the theme of "Contextualising Vulnerability & Well-being: Building Inclusive Communities in Research & Practice" was held on 14 September 2019. The research forum centred around two panels - "Youth, Body Image & Stigma" and "Migrant Health & Employment", and had more than 100 […]
The Hidden Communities in Singapore module invited three Deafblind speakers to class on 15 Oct 2019. The speakers shared their lived experiences and some of the challenges of the Deafblind community.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented upheaval to the world, and to Singapore, forcing the nation into a period of Circuit Breaker in efforts to curb the spread of the virus.
SGappreciatesFDWs was an initiative started by Ang Tian Tian (Year 3), Juliano Prastyo (Year 3,) and Risa Marielle (Year 3).
The HawkerJio initiative was the brainchild of CAPTains Donovan Liew (Year 4) and Benjamin Fong (Year 4,), both of whom had chosen to stay in CAPT during the Circuit Breaker period.
Esther Teo and Siew Meng Ren (both CAPT alumni) have been engaging migrant workers at the Sungei Tengah Lodge for the past two years.
One of the most prominent needs of our contemporary Singaporean society is that of mental health services. The pandemic has brought much instability and change to our lives.
In light of the enhanced social distancing measures in place, many Singaporeans have been innovating novel and creative ways of engaging with the communities in our midst.