NIE PESS Alumni Association

02/10/2025

Sign up now – the SSM/PESS Alumni Reunion is absolutely FREE! 🎉

Reconnect, reminisce, and network with fellow SSM/PESS alumni!

📍 Location: Furama Riverfront Hotel
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

What’s in store:
- Networking mixer with light refreshments 🍹
- Inspiring alumni stories & industry insights 💡
- Exciting prizes & giveaways worth over $1,500 🎁
- FREE dinner buffet – limited slots, first-come, first-served! 🍽️

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Don’t miss a fun evening of reconnecting and celebrating our alumni community!

15/10/2023

We are excited to extend our invitation to the annual Lau Teng Chuan Physical Education and Sports Science Symposium. The symposium, now in its 12th edition, offers valuable insights and networking opportunities to all members of the sports community who share our enthusiasm for the interdisciplinary aspects of sports science and management.

Please reserve your spot and join us for this enriching symposium. For registration and further information, please refer to the image below.

We look forward to your participation and the opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions on the evolving landscape of sports science and management.

Thank you.

06/06/2023

Dear Alumni,

You are invited to the upcoming What’s Up Wednesday (WUW) Alumni Speaker Series happening on 21 June 2023.

The theme for the next WUW is competitive sports, titled “Pushing Limits: The Champion Mindset”. The two alumni speakers are Mr Kevin Goh (NBS/2007) and Mr Sim Kai Xiong (SSM/2022). Dr Cheryl Tay (SSM/2013, NIE/2018) will be the moderator.

Please see below for the event details:

Date: 21 June 2023, Wednesday
Time: 6.30pm – 9pm
Venue: O2Work, Income@Raffles, 16 Collyer Quay, Level 12, Singapore 049318

The Office of Alumni Engagement (OAE, NTU) believe that this would be a great event for the OneNTUCommunity to come together to hear from Kevin, Kai Xiong and Cheryl, as well as to connect with one another.

For more information and registration details, please refer to the event poster attached.

Thank you and hope to see you there!

Regards
PESS

30/08/2022

Dear PESS & SSM Alumni

Greetings from Physical Education & Sports Science (PESS), National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU)! Hope this email finds you well.

To celebrate the legacy of the late Mr E.W. Barker and his contributions to the local sporting scene, PESS will be hosting our next 11th E.W. Barker Visiting Professor, Professor Cliff Mallett from the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia from 10 to 21 October 2022. Professor Mallett’s research domains are in the area of sport psychology and coaching. We have the privilege to invite him to share his expertise in these public lectures as follows:

Public Lecture 1
The Potential of Sport: Coaches as Sculptors
12 October 2022 from 4.00 to 5.00 pm
Training Room 16-17, Level 2, Academy of Singapore Teachers

Public Lecture 2
Coaches as Leaders: The Psychology of 'We’
14 October 2022 from 6.15 to 7.15 pm
Lecture Theatre 2, National Institute of Education

Public Lecture 3
Coaches as Performers
17 October 2022 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm
Auditorium, SportSG

Public Lecture 4
Coaches as Learners
19 October 2022 from 3.00 to 4.00 pm
Block E5, Level 3, Lecture Room E5, Republic Polytechnic

Please refer to the attached publicity poster for more details and we sincerely hope that you will be able to attend if your schedule permits. Please register your attendance by using the QR code on the publicity poster by 28 September 2022.

24/05/2022

Congratulations to PESS and SSM past and present students on their 2021 SEA Games medals!

Current SSM Students:
1. Quek Jun Jie Calvin
400m Hurdles (M) – Bronze
4X400m Relay (M) – Bronze

SSM Alumni:
1. Lim Xiang Qi Amanda
Aquatics – Swimming
50m Freestyle (F) – Silver
4X100m Freestyle Relay (F) – Gold

2. Lim Hui Ying Bernice
Bowling Women’s Team – Gold

Not forgetting the following for their hard work and dedication in qualifying for the 2021 SEA Games:

Current SSM Students:
1. Chai Xin Yu, Keller
Archery Women's Team

SSM Alumni:
1. Beatrice Tan
Football Women's Team

2. Fatin Ridzwan
Football Women's Team

3. Lim Jia Min
Basketball Women's Team

4. Lim Zhi Yan Amanda
Basketball Women's Team

5. Pang Sheng Jun
Aquatics - Swimming
200m Individual Medley (M)

6. Saw Jia Ning Deborah
Canoeing
K4 500m (W)
K4 1000m (W)

7. Soh Sze Ying
Canoeing
K2 500m (W)
K4 500m (W)
K4 1000m (W)

PESS Alumni:
1. Ahmad Arif Bin Ibrahim
Duathlon - Men Individual

2. Chan Chu Yin
Basketball Women's Team

31/01/2022

Dear PESS Alumni,

Tomorrow is the Lunar Chinese New Year. On behalf of PESS, here is wishing you and your family a prosperous Tiger New Year with good luck and good health! For those not celebrating the lunar new year, have a good break and enjoy the holidays! Take care and stay safe!

14/01/2022

Dear Alumni,

Happy New Year! The Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) is a relay event held in 72 countries prior to the Commonwealth Games, which will be in Birmingham in the UK later this year. The QBR will be passing through Singapore next week. The University of Birmingham is a sponsor and an official partner of the QBR. They are hosting a webinar with PESS whilst the QBR is in Singapore on ‘Applied Research to Improve Sports Performance’. This event will be held on 17th January from 4.30 pm – 7.00 pm SG time and feature speakers from the University of Birmingham, PESS, the Singapore Sport Institute and the National Youth Sports Institute. We would like to invite you to register for this open event at the following link:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/qbr-scientific-webinar-applied-research-sports-performance.aspx

We look forward to seeing you there.

Queen's Baton Relay Scientific Webinar on Applied Research to Improve Sports Performance

30/10/2021

Dear PESS & SSM Alumni Members,

You are cordially invited to the 10th Lau Teng Chuan (LTC) PESS Virtual Symposium. In recognition of the late Dr. Lau Teng Chuan’s contribution to Singapore and to NIE, Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS) Academic Group has organised the annual Symposium since 2013. This Symposium showcases Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and NIE students’ educational and research achievements. In addition, students from universities who have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NTU will share their research findings.

The 10th LTC PESS Virtual Symposium is scheduled on Fri, 5 November 2021, from 9.00am to 1.00pm (Singapore time). The theme of this year’s Symposium is “Envisioning Physical Education, Sport Science and Management.” As part of our programme, we have the pleasure to invite Mr Eric Chua, Parlimentary Secretary of Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth as our Guest-of-Honour, Mr Lau Cheng Soon, son of the late Dr Lau Teng Chuan and Associate Professor Liu Woon Chia, Dean of Teacher Education, National Institute of Education Singapore to give us an address.

In addition, there will also be two guest speakers, Mr Lim Teck Yin (CEO, Sport Singapore) and Professor Aaron Russell (Deakin University), to share with us on their expertise from 9:30am to 10:30 am.

The students from the universities who have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NTU were also invited, and there will be a total of 105 student presentations [NTU-Sport Science & Management (70), NTU-PESS (8), Deakin University (9), Korea National Sport University (7), and National Taiwan Normal University (11)]. All students were divided into different sessions based on the topics of the research projects.
We have 9 sessions: (1) Biomechanics, (2) Management, (3) Motor Control, (4) Physical Activity & Health, (5) Pedagogy & Sociology, (6) Physiology & Exercise Science, (7) Sport Psychology (Athlete), (8) Sport Psychology (Coaching), and (9) Strength and Conditioning & Sport Injuries. The students’ presentation will start from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm (two hours).

Kindly refer to the event poster and virtual background as attached and do join us on Friday, 5 November 2021, from 9 a.m. at the livestream of the event on https://www.facebook.com/thePESSofficialpage
Please click here to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmQc57SXkTWzFZZF5i2b_rMvbg0ZWAhQ5DJQrIGnZe9FOL4w/viewform

14/10/2021

14/10/2021

The late minister and long-serving SNOC chief was a talented athlete and dedicated to sport.. Read more at straitstimes.com.