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.