Entrepreneurship & Employability
Entrepreneurship & Employability
Empowering Dreams: How Financial Literacy is Transforming Women Entrepreneurs
In the late ’90s, when I ran an e-learning company in Singapore, I felt an intense drive to bridge the digital divide through education. We operated on a cross-subsidy model, channelling profits earned from corporate clients into initiatives targeting emerging markets. My background in law and policy and a passion for international development from my […]
Kerinci to Kuala Lumpur – A Malaysian Migration
There are many reasons Indonesians migrate to Malaysia. In recent decades it has generally been motivated by economic motives. If traced further, there are other…
From Mechanical to Biomedical Engineering
As someone who has been teaching undergraduates and supervising research students for the last 50 years, first in Mechanical Engineering and latterly in Biomedical Engineering,…
Singapore
The city-state of Singapore is both the smallest and most economically developed ASEAN member. Its almost entirely urbanised population of 5.6 million has a 97.5%…
Thailand
Thailand is a constitutional monarchy of 66.5 million people as of 2019 and is the only ASEAN member that is not a former European colony.…
Building Back Better – The Gig Economy in a Post-COVID-19 World
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour market has been devastating. Global working-hour losses have escalated, equivalent to an increase from 160 million…
Walking the Talk
Learn Education’s work, growth, philosophy, and the mission that started it all. “‘What is a social enterprise?’ I had to ask that back when we…
Transforming Lives, One Scarf at a Time
The lives of master weavers in rural Bhutan are forever changed through ANA by Karma. “Gyelmo,” she says softly, pointing to herself. I look…
Sowing the Seeds of Change
Siam Organic Takes on Poverty Among Thai Farmers A blend of fragrant jasmine rice and black rice, our Jasberry rice has extremely high levels of…
Essential Resources for Successful Employment of International Students in Australia
In Australia, international students account for more than 20% of tertiary education students – the highest proportion of international students in all OECD countries. With most overseas…
