USP will host 34 students from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. The students will take part in a community development and social entrepreneurship study trip planned by Associate Professor Albert Teo. The visit is the reciprocal component of the ‘Forgotten Communities’ study trip held in Malaysia last December.

Buddhism in Asia (BIA) was launched in 2009, initiated by a group of USP students who were inspired by classes on religion and religiosity. Since 2009, students have travelled to Taiwan, India, Thailand, Japan, Laos, Vietnam and China to explore various aspects of Buddhism, from its roots to contemporary social practices. Now in its 9th year, the 2018 iteration of BIA will take place in Singapore for the first time and will explore ‘syncretism’, the merging of different beliefs and practices from various traditions and schools of thought.