It's not just the National University of Singapore (NUS) that is expected to have a new president by next year.

The strategy of getting workers to acquire deep skills is the way forward, but they need to look beyond this to learning to master "competencies", says an expert on the future of work.

Ask 27-year-old Arron Li to give you his job description and he hesitates. "I don't really have one," he says with a laugh.

Students from eight institutes of higher learning will soon be able to work with government agencies on actual tech-related problems.

A 1979 glass mosaic mural at the former Braddell-Westlake Secondary School depicting about 15 landmarks of Singapore will get a new lease of life next year.

SINGAPORE: About 300 students in Singapore will get the opportunity to work on tech problems faced by public agencies after the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) signed agreements with eight schools on Monday (Feb 13).

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It was a remarkable building back in 1965 - it was the first high-rise building in Orchard Road, the first multi-storey office space for international companies and the first fully air-conditioned building here.

Researchers have developed a family of highly stretchable and UV curable (SUV) elastomers that can be stretched by up to 1100%, and are suitable for UV curing based 3-D printing techniques.