Educational Qualifications

2013

DPhil (Learning: Pedagogy, Learning and Knowledge), University of Oxford, UK

2008

MSc (Education), University of Oxford, UK

2001

PGDE (Chinese Language and Chinese Literature), Nanyang Technological University

2000

B.A. (majored in Chinese Studies and Mathematics), National University of Singapore


Academic and Professional Experience

2025

Senior Lecturer and Head of Programme, Master in Boundary-Crossing Learning and Leadership, Institute for Adult Learning (IAL), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) 

2023 – 2024

First Vice President, Learning & Development, Group Talent & Development, UOB

2019 – 2023

Vice President, Head of Research and Content Development, Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI), Temasek Management Services

2017 – 2019

Head of Co-Curriculum Development, Office of Dean of Students, Singapore Management University

2016 – 2017

Head of Research, Institute of Societal Leadership, Singapore Management University

2014 – 2016

Education Technology Officer, Education Technology Division (ETD), Ministry of Education, Singapore

2012 – 2014

Teaching Fellow, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University

2006 – 2011

Head of Teaching and Curriculum, Easy Access Mandarin Pte. Ltd., Oxford, UK

2001 – 2005

General Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Singapore

Selected Publications

  • Azhar, N., Pan, G., Seow, P. S., Koh, A., & Tay, W. Y. (2019). Text Analytics Approach to Examining Corporate Social Responsibility, Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance, 11, pp. 85-96.
  • Straughan, P., Tay, W. Y., Song, E. K. E., and Koh, L. B. A. (2018). Assessing student learning in sport event management through reflective practice: Measure of success in co-curricular learning in higher education. (2018). Research and Development in Higher Education: (Re)Valuing Higher Education, pp. 123-142. Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School of Business.
  • Lee, D., H. L., Hong, H., Tay, W. Y., & Lee, W. O. (2014). Professional Learning Communities in Singapore Schools. Journal of Co-operative Studies, Special Issue: Transformative Power of Co-operation in Education, 46(2), pp. 53-56.
  • Ng, Z. Y., Tay, W. Y., & Cho, Y. H. (2014). Usefulness of peer comments for English language writing through web-based peer assessment. In Chen, G., Kumar, V., Kinshuk, Huang, R., & Kong, S. C. (Eds.), Emerging issues in smart learning. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 385-392.
  • Tay, W. Y. & Ng, Z. Y. (2014). Paradoxical tensions of online peer assessment: A case study of a secondary school in Singapore. In Chen, G., Kumar, V., Kinshuk, Huang, R., & Kong, S. C. (Eds.), Emerging issues in smart learning. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 259-266.

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