Singapore's fourth public-funded university, which is scheduled to open its doors in 2011, has been named the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SU). Its founding president is Thomas Magnanti, who is an institute professor with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was also the former dean of the Engineering School there. Prof Magnanti's appointment was announced by the new...
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A new international school offering a US-based curriculum will open its doors at the former Upper Serangoon Secondary School in September 2009. Cognita, a leading education group from the United Kingdom, plans to set up the Stamford American International School at the vacant school building after the Singapore Economic Development Board and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) gave its proposal the...
Kaplan will set up a second city campus in the Orchard Road area by the end of 2009. The school said the 20,000 square-foot campus will cater to some 5,000 students. It expects 40 per cent of the intake to be international students. Kaplan opened eight campuses in mainland China in 2008. The new campus in Singapore will cater to students who are expected to complete their final year of study here. In a...
Tennis, futsal, yoga, dance and space for visiting parents too IT MAY not be publicly funded, but the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) is shaping up to offer some students a varsity experience not unlike that of the three local universities. Hostel living will now become part of the SIM education, after the tertiary institution officially opened its new campus yesterday. Formerly an army camp, the...
Australia's James Cook University opened its US$3.5 million campus at Upper Thompson on Thursday. It has plans to double its student enrolment in Singapore to more than 2,500 students by the end of next year. When James Cook University first opened in Singapore in 2003, it had 50 students. Now, it has 1,200, of whom about 60 per cent are foreign. This stands as a stark contrast to the University of New...
Former UNSW Asia site next to business parkwill help new varsitybuild industry links WHEN Singapore’s fourth publicly-funded university goes fully operational in Changi in five years’ time, it should feature a Silicon Valley-type buzz. Plans are underway to use its permanent location next to Changi Business Park - home to high-tech enterprises and knowledge intensive facilities, as well as industry...
A new international school - NPS (National Public School) International - has officially opened in Singapore. While classes began less than 6 months ago, the school already has plans to expand. NPS has 212 students from kindergarten to Grade 9. It will extend its curriculum to include early childhood programmes in the near future. NPS is the third Indian school to set up in Singapore. The other two are...
The shortage of places at international schools in Singapore shows little sign of easing, even as many have announced expansion plans. The latest is Tanglin Trust School which says it will add another 700 places from next year. The situation is of concern among business groups and even the Singapore government. For many foreign companies, doing business in Singapore is getting more costly. Amidst rising...
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore will continue to develop the financial sector as more activities are being moved to the city-state. Mr Lee, who was speaking to 120 bankers at the hour-long Thomson Reuters Dialogue on Tuesday, added that more would be done to ease capacity constraints, such as the crunch in office space and accommodation. The financial sector in Singapore grew by some 17.5...
THE United Kingdom’s first offshore campus in Singapore has moved into its new $38-million premises. The Queen Margaret University (QMU) Asia Campus has been operating at its Balestier site since May 2. The enhanced facilities of the new, self-contained campus at Ah Hood Road will help the university to “widen and deepen” its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, according to QMU Asia and its...