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Nanyang Polytechnic Library

Learn life skills

Understand yourself better, build personal resilience.

Last updated 4 April 2026

You may have heard about many new job opportunities in today’s rapidly changing business environment, and it’s never too early to look ahead and pick up life skills to better prepare yourself for that dream job!

These bite-sized e-learning modules are designed to help you understand yourself better, build personal resilience and support your learning journey.

Critical thinking skills

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Identifying the usefulness of computational thinking

Introduce you to the basic concepts of computational thinking, and how they can be applied to solve complex problems.

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Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking

Use different techniques of computational thinking to answer or solve a range of real-world questions and problem.

Communication

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Feedback & questioning techniques

Understand more about the different questioning techniques, as well as pick up skills on how to give and receive feedback.

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Where your seat matters

Learn more about the different seating layouts in which you can arrange, so as to better optimize your discussions between you and your fellow peers.

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Improve your communication & presence

Learn and improve your communication skills, which will come in handy for group presentations among your peers and to your lecturers.

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Up! your communication through structured learning activities

Increase the effectiveness of your communications.

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Digital skills: what is visual communication & why it matters

Develop visual literacy skills that is essential for your personal and professional development.

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Presentation tools: powerpoint & photoshop for effective designs

Produce higher quality visuals and deliver more impactful contents to your readers.

Mental wellness

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Growth mindset & you

Aims to create awareness of the growth mindset, and to inculcate this positive mindset into you.

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Your personal learning style matters

Help you understand more about your own style of learning.

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Time management for students

You may find yourself overwhelmed by plenty of assignments. Learning how to manage time effectively is an important skill for students seeking to achieve academic success.

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Toughening your mental resilience

Basic knowledge of mental resilience and some practical skillsets on how to condition yourself for a better, mentally resilient you.

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Mindfulness

Self-care allows us to handle whatever stands in our way. Take some time to pause and learn how we can build resilience.

Future-ready skills

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Nurturing your curiosity & lifelong learning

A broad overview of curiosity and independent learning.

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Guiding your career via LinkedIn

Better equip and prepare yourself in boosting your chances of landing your dream job via the usage of LinkedIn platform.

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Starting a professional portfolio

Keep track of your own achievements during your working career, answer tough questions from potential employers in case of a job change.