Foster Resilient Communities
Our goals
- Promote a holistic approach towards the wellbeing of the SMU community
- Promote a diverse and inclusive community on campus
What we have done
- Established Gender Equity Taskforce, led by the Vice Provost, to review policies and practices for faculty.
- Established a Resilience Communities Committee, co-charied by the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, the Vice President of Human Resources, and the Director of the Office of Dean of Students, to guide policy implementation.
- Launched an online module on 'Supporting Students' Mental Wellbeing'.
- Developed the Student Care Officer programme and trained Student Care Officers.
- Enhanced leave and benefits - equalised length of annual leave regardless of job level; equalised childcare leave days regardless of nationality; doubled length of paternity leave for all; extended shared parental leave to male employees with non-Singaporean child; tripled length of child adoption leave for all.
- Developed and published an inclusive language guide.
- Training hiring managers and people managers on how to manage a respectful workplace and incorporated wellbeing and DEI topics into the new leadership programme.
- Piloted a CSR programme with 2 local non-profit organisations focused addressing food insecurity.