Dear students
Many of you will make forays into aspects of real-world learning as data-collection season eases in for pw. A gentle but firm reminder once again that as young adults, you are responsible for your personal safety at all times especially when you work outside college. Apart from basic safety issues, this also includes how you go about maintaining a general regard and care for each other's psychological and emotional welfare. The following advisory are to be adhered at all times-
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1. Members who are unwell that day are not to take part in survey or data-collection. Parents have expressed serious concern for this. I leave it to the discretion of the group leader and fellow members to ensure that this advice is followed. I do not wish to receive complaints.
2. Some of your fieldtrips are outdoor in nature and require you to cycle or trek to visit certain landmarks. I am aware that 2 students covering Pulau Ubin have already sustained mild sprains during their first forays. Ubin's terrain is marked by steep slopes and infrequent skirmish with the occasional reckless cyclist or driver. Fatal accidents have happened before. Short of nagging further, I think you know what my real concerns are about. Research ethics and basic common sense for personal / group safety go hand-in-hand. There is no integrity to be gained from going at a passionate pace that lands you in mental distress or on clutch.
3. Students who are visiting sacred or personal sites like residents' homes, temples, mosques or cemeteries are to be attired in a respectable manner. Spagetti-straps are not apt while in some cases berms are fine (except in mosques). Remove your footwear if you are invited into someone's home. First impressions count. You live in Asia. You get the drift.
Ask if unsure.
Be it emergency or conservation, every group holds an action plan developed from a proposal. This, in turn is shaped by lessons learnt and applied from a comparative approach to 2 topical areas. How do you ensure that your written report will stand out from others during strict assessment procedures?
Something interesting for PW groups attempting conservation and architecture. There is a talk on "SINGAPORE HOUSES: epitomising, cutting-edge, residential architecture" by Robert Powell & Albert Lim KS. Details as follows: 11 June 2009, Thursday, 5 – 6pm, National Library Building, 100 Victoria Street, The Pod, Level 16 (access by private lift at level 1,opposite reception)
Dear students 
