In 2015 the international community, under UNESCO, adopted a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A key SDG is the global education agenda (SDG4
At the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN in May, the youngest speaker was still in college. Twenty-one-year-old Kamolnan Chearavanont gave us hope, breaking the
For decades, we have grown accustomed to the notion of major system reform, typically involving changes to the national curriculum, followed by changes to assessment,
As Singapore transforms into a Smart Nation and prepares its current and future workforce for the digital economy, can ICT (information and communications technology) be
The HEAD Foundation, in partnership with National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore and Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia recently conducted an ICT professional development workshop, entitled
In recent years, educators and administrators in countries like China, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore are recognising the value in strengthening their own higher education
Pakistan was one of the first countries to implement the recommendations of the “Higher Education in Developing Countries, Perils and Promise” report through the formation
THink is a compilation of thought pieces from local and regional contributors from public, private and academic sectors, intended to contribute a voice that focuses on
"Generations" is a three-part study conducted by the INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute, Universum, the MIT Leadership Center and The HEAD Foundation. Click here to view
The Higher Education Finance and Accessibility in Southeast Asia website is produced in partnership with the International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project (ICHEFA)
THF's Principal Researcher, Dr Uma Natarajan, was invited to observe and give her feedback and comments on the DL4D projects during the Digital Learning for
History suggests that radical economic and social transformations are often accompanied by intellectual ferment and cultural effervescence. Can the current economic rise of Asia be
THF's Managing Director, Mr Lim Yu Book, Academic Director, Prof S. Gopinathan and Principal Researcher, Dr Uma Natarajan attended the Jakarta Basic Education Conference 2017:
A talk titled “Cultural-Intellectual Reinvigoration: Big Challenges for Asian Modernisation” by Prof Michael S H Heng was organised by the Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre
The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) notes that Thailand and Indonesia continue to remain in the bottom ranks for their PISA scores. I
Future employees expect a seamless virtual office and new levels of flexibility. Click here to view original article. Only three percent of working professionals currently use
“Change is the only constant in life” – Heraclitus Heraclitus’s famous quote, stated nearly three millennia ago, rings truer than ever. When I began my
Singapore faces the immense challenge of finding balance between the pursuit of economic growth and environmental sustainability, given the small city state’s dense population and
With Singapore experiencing a new “normal”, marked by slower economic growth, changing demographic patterns, global volatility and the emergence of disruptive technologies are forcing us
All three generations share an increasing enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, but differ globally in their fears about the future of work. Click here to read original
A delegation from Indonesia’s Ministry of Education and Culture, led by Dr Awaluddin Tjalla, Head of Center of Curriculum and Literatur, and Dr Scott G.
In the first 50 years of its independent history, Singapore’s transformation to a first-world developed economy is often lauded as an audacious success, overcoming odds
