Master’s Tea Series – AY2015/2016 Semester 1
This semester, the exciting line-up of Master's Tea sessions covered an extremely diverse range of topics; these included the inequalities of multilingualism, the mathematics of code-breaking, Singapore's Family Justice Courts and the myths and methods behind traditional acupuncture.
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Professor May Wang – “Community-based Interventions: What are they? Why are they important? How are they developed?”
Involving the community to address its needs for addressing public health and social issue is critical in designing interventions ...
‘In Conversation’ with Professor Peter Ng – “The Good Wicked – 25 Years of Juggling in NUS”
In this Master’s Tea, Prof Peter Ng shared his experience in NUS and the need to balance ‘thinking out of the box’ with ‘walking the straight and ...
‘In Conversation’ with Professor Rod Downey – “Code Breaking at Bletchley Park”
Many sources said that the code breaking at Bletchley Park shortened the World War II by as much as two years and saved several million lives ...
‘In Conversation’ with Dr. Diarra – “Acupuncture: Myths & Methods”
In this session, Dr. Diarra discussed about how and why acupuncture works, the uses and abuses of acupuncture ...
‘In Conversation’ with Dr. Spyros Economides – “The Greek Crisis: Implications for the European Union & SE Asia”
The Greek financial and economic crisis of the last few years has figured highly on the EU’s recent internal policy agenda ...
‘In Conversation’ with Dr. Tam Wai Jia – “Effective Cross-Cultural Service in Global Health: My Time in the Pearl of Africa”
In a time where global humanitarianism is growing, are our good intentions enough? ...
‘In Conversation’ with Dr. Ruanni Tupas – “Inequalities of Multilingualism”
This talk focused on a recent case of English linguistic imperialism in the Philippines where three high school students were expelled from school for ...
‘In Conversation’ with District Judge Mr. Wong Sheng Kwai – “Supporting Families in Singapore”
In the past, even family disputes handled by our courts tend to be adversarial ...
‘In Conversation’ with Dr. Diarra – “Acupuncture: Myths & Methods”
In this session, Dr. Diarra discussed about how and why acupuncture works, the uses and abuses of acupuncture ...
Artist-in-Residence Programme 2016
This year, sculptor and arts worker, Mr Chris Gilmour, spent a live-in semester in CAPT under the auspices of the Artist-in-Residence (AiR) programme. AiR provides an avenue for distinguished and talented artists to share their expertise and creative work with members of the college community, and in doing so, enrich the College's residential life and learning.
Master’s Tea Series – AY2015/2016 Semester 2
In this semester, CAPTains benefitted from a wide range of topics, introduced to them by distinguished speakers who were invited to the Master’s Tea series. Highlights include personal sharing sessions by Ms Rohini Nilekani, Founder-Chairperson of Arghyam (a foundation which funds initiatives in water sustainability in India), philanthropist and author;
In Conversation with Dr Liu Thai Ker – Towards Intelligent Planning – The Singapore Experience
City Planning is often associated with bricks and mortar. In fact, for a city to be liveable and sustainable, there is a great deal of software import ...
In Conversation with Prof Ananth Tambyah – Inequality & Infectious Diseases
There are huge disparities in life expectancy and general health both within countries and communities and between the different countries and ...
In Conversation with Mr Chris Gilmour – Talking Art Outside The Box
This talk looked at the work of Chris Gilmour and explored the ways to combine fine art practice and the social potential of art ...
In Conversation with Prof Paulin Straughan – Deconstructing Successful Ageing
In this session, Prof Straughan discussed the notion of ageing as a social construct, and why it is important that we strive towards an appreciation of what ...
In Conversation with Mr Huy Nguyen – Perspectives on the Rise of Disability Inclusion in Singapore and Australia
In this session, Mr Huy discussed about some of the communities in the world that are adopting and applying different innovative solutions to promote ...
In Conversation with Mr Chua Chong Kheng – Walk Cycle Ride Singapore
In this session, Mr Chua shared some insights on how the Land Transport Authority (LTA) works towards achieving sustainable mobility and creating ...
In Conversation with Dr Tam Wai Jia – Savouring a Life of Purpose
In this session, Dr Tam shared some precious lessons gleaned from discovering a life of purpose ...
Fellow’s Forum with Dr Alberto Corrias – Engineer and Mythbuster: A Light Hearted Self-Introduction
As the first Fellow’s Forum for the semester, Dr Alberto Corrias shared about his growing up years in Milan, Italy, as well as his interests within the sphere of technology and the medical sciences ...