‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Ir. Salome Bentinck (Senior Researcher, Delft University of Technology) – “The Digital Campus and Other Dilemmas”
Face to face communication is still important in the development of knowledge and innovation.
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Professor Quek Tong Boon (Chief Defence Scientist, MINDEF) – “A Secure Singapore: By default or by design?”
Singapore has harnessed technology to overcome its constraints and maintain its competitive edge since its independence.
CAPT Community Engagement Festival 2014
NUS College of Alice & Peter Tan’s (CAPT) inaugural Community Engagement Festival, which was held on 14 March 2014, was organised with the understanding that everyone has something to teach each other, regardless of whether they are volunteers or beneficiaries.
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Dr Diarra Boubacar (Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor & community development worker) – “Understanding Acupuncture”
Dr Diarra will share from his personal journey as an African doctor trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
CAPT Open Mic 2014
Organised by students for students, CAPT Open Mic is a platform for CAPTains to showcase their hidden talents and skills to their friends in college – be it singing, poetry reciting, playing an instrument, stand-up comedy or any other creativity that they possess.
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Dr Victor Tang (Chairman, I3NSIGHT & former VP of IBM China) – “On Leaders and Leadership: What and How”
The goal of this session is to teach aspiring leaders three core competencies. ...
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Dr Bella Galil (Senior Scientist, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Nafa) – “Fish and Ships: Marine Bioinvasions”
Records of alien marine species have increased by orders of magnitude over the past decades, with some regions recording several new species per ...
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Dr Padman Nagenthiram (CEO of Padman Enterprises) – “Who Took it Out? Putting Systems Thinking Back into Systems Engineering”
Systems thinking has been practiced in some form or another since the time of the pyramids. ...
CAPTISS 2014
September 2014 marked the inaugural edition of the College of Alice & Peter Tan's International Student Symposium (CAPTISS). More than 300 university students from Singapore and the region attended our symposium. CAPTISS aims to be an interdisciplinary platform that allows free exchange of ideas...
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Dr Susan Ang – “Teaching the Young Idea How to Shoot: Children’s Books and the Question of What They Teach”
Dr Susan Ang teaches Literature at the Department of English Language and Literature. She completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge, joined ...
Wong Zhi Heng & Mr Rajan Raju
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Wong Zhi Heng – “In Face of Adversities” and ‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Mr Rajan Raju – “Dealing with Disability” ...
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Ashik Ashokan – “Heart2Climb: The Journey of 2 Men”
In the summer of 2014, Ashik and Ashok, both undergraduate students, went on a journey of 220km across a Himalayan Range on foot to raise funds ...
Mr Eric Ting & Dr Tan Swee Kheng
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Mr Eric Ting – “Against All Odds” and ‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Dr Tan Swee Kheng – “Privileged” ...
Heart2Climb Vertical Marathon
Initiated and organised by our students, CAPT raised a total of S$19,458.25 for SPD (formerly Society for the Physically Disabled) through a vertical ...
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Dr Park Yuhyun – “iZ Hero: Online Initiative for Children, Parents and Schools to Teach Digital Citizenship”
Whenever Dr Park Yuhyun heard a terrifying story about cyber bullying, or a gaming addiction, or all other sorts of cyber risks, she constantly asked ...
Community Engagement Festival 2015
CAPT’s second annual Community Engagement Festival (CE Fest) was held on Saturday, 21st March 2015 ...
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Dr Siew Tuck Wah– “Big Hands Little Paws: Together We Walk Towards a Better Community”
Save Our Street Dogs (SOSD) is unified by the common passion and conviction to be the voice of the homeless strays, to champion their cause and to ...
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with A/P Matteo Fumagalli – “Reconnecting Myanmar: A Case Study of Outreach and Innovation in Higher Education”
Rangoon (now Yangon) University was the most prestigious university in SE Asia into the 1950s, but was closed for about twenty-five years, until its ...
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with A/P Vernon Lee– “Living with Infectious Diseases: Preparing and Responding to Threats to Our Society”
Infectious diseases is a global health security threat, and pose a public health challenge to Singapore due to the substantial travel and trade in our ...
‘IN CONVERSATION’ with Ms Holly Painter– “The Obsolete Jobs Project”
Many once-common occupations (e.g., milkman, blacksmith, sign-painter) are now becoming obsolete as a result of automation, technology ...