From students to changemakers: 15 years of nurturing community leaders at CTPCLC
Having shaped generations of NUS students into community-minded leaders, the Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre reflects on its impact as it seeks new ways for learning and engaging in community development.
From knowing to doing: NUS academics and students drive impact through community research
From documenting the lives of vulnerable workers at Waterloo Street to helping a youth organisation understand the experiences of its scholars, research at NUS’ Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre is giving communities a voice while equipping students to turn knowledge into action.
CTPCLC Symposium 2025: Building a sense of home and belonging through community action
With Singapore marking its 60th year of independence, the annual symposium organised by the NUS Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre (CTPCLC) brought together over 130 students, alumni, faculty and community partners to reflect on the theme of home.
CTPCLC Symposium 2024: Fostering inclusive communities for sustainable social development
CTPCLC Annual Symposium held its 12th iteration on 21 September 2024, taking the theme ‘Inclusive Communities’ and underscoring the importance of fostering environments where all individuals, regardless of their background, can thrive and be full-fledged members of our community.
NUS Alumni Awards 2023
Hearty congratulations to CTPCLC Alumnus, Khoo Yi Feng (NUS Southeast Asian Studies and Psychology '17, Social Work (postgraduate diploma) '20), who was one of 12 young alumni to receive the NUS Outstanding Young Alumni Award on 2 November 2023!
CTPCLC Symposium 2023: Coming together in a whole-of-society approach to address Singapore’s ageing population challenges
Coming together in a whole-of-society approach to address Singapore’s ageing population challenges How can the whole of society be mobilised to tackle the challenges of an ageing population in Singapore? As the Singapore population demographic greys progressively, this question was at the centre of discussion at the annual symposium of the NUS Chua Thian Poh Community...
Visit from SPD Thammasat University
Thammasat University Students Visit Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre, National University of Singapore On 11 May 2023, Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre (CTPCLC) from the National University of Singapore hosted Dr Sorasich Swangsilp, Director of the Social Policy and Development (SPD) International Programme (Thammasat University, Thailand), and his colleague Ajarn Pred Evans during...
Three batches of graduates from Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre reunite at first physical graduation event in three years
Three batches of alumni and graduating fellows from the Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre (CTPCLC) celebrated the completion of their community development and leadership programme on a Saturday morning at the Centre’s first in-person graduation event since 2019. An event held annually since the first batch of fellows graduated in 2013, it welcomed the...