Health and Social Sciences

BROWSE NEWS

2020

The Voice Finders: 10 Questions with Speech Therapist Dr Valerie Lim

There is an increasing demand for Speech Therapists (STs) in Singapore due to our rapidly ageing population, increasing trend of chronic diseases, as well as increased awareness of ...

SIT Offers Singapore's First Undergraduate Degree Programmes in Speech and Language Therapy and Digital Communications and Integrated Media in AY2020

SIT Offers Singapore's First Undergraduate Degree Programmes

2019

One Click Away from a Safer and Better Internet

The Internet is a double-edged sword. With a high-level of digital connectedness cutting across all demographics, how can we get people to be more aware of the real consequences of their choices online?

New Accelerated Professional Conversion Programme in Physiotherapy

The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Workforce Singapore (WSG) are expanding the Healthcare Professional Conversion Programmes (PCPs) with the introduction of a new degree-entry ...

2018

SIT celebrates the graduation of pioneer Engineering and InfoComm Technology Cohorts

– The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) kicked off three days of graduation celebration for the Class of 2018 today.

SIT Nurses’ Day 2018 Celebration centres on community healthcare

Cutting the cake at the Nurses’ Day celebration at SIT@Dover (from left to right): Associate Professor Genedine Lim, Programme Director (Nursing), Health and Social Sciences, SIT ...

Answering to a higher calling

Three years of hard work and perseverance has paid off for Esther Chua and Faith Yee, newly-minted valedictorians of the last cohort of the Wheelock College-Singapore Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education.

2017

The pursuit of excellence

Scoring a meagre 141 for his Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), Lai Ping Wu, 29, often had to face the echoes of “You are going to end up at an Institute of Technical ...

Nurses Have Much to Celebrate

SIT celebrated Nurses’ Day 2017 on 4 August by recognising the hard work and contributions of nurses with renewed dedication and high career aspirations. Guest-of-Honour, Ms Tan ...

Bracing for the 'Silver Tsunami'

Attendees at the ‘Caring for Older People with Dementia’ symposium at SIT@Dover on 17 July, 2017. As Singapore's ageing population continues to grow, care for the elderly is ...