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Monday, May 24, 2010 at
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Study in Australia Open Day
Saturday, 29 May and Sunday, 30 May, 11 am – 5 pm, Orchard Hotel Grand Ballroom Level 3
A number of Australian universities will be represented at this fair and will also run seminars relating to specific programmes and courses of study. More details will be available next week and at http://www.singapore.idp.com/.
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Tuesday, 1 June, 6pm, Glass Hall
If you plan to attend the talk please sign up with Ms. Middleton or email her at lynda.middleton@sji-international.com.sg.
About SUTD
SUTD is the fourth autonomous university in Singapore and is being established in collaboration with MIT in the US and Zhejiang University in China.
SUTD will admit its first intake of students in April 2012. The university’s programmes are based on four focus areas leading to separate degree programmes, with design as an academic discipline cutting across all programmes.
Architecture and Sustainable Design – leading to positions in architectural design, construction, and real-estate management and development.
Engineering Product Design – leading to industrial positions in engineering and product development.
Engineering Systems and System Design - preparing you for positions as system analysts or project leaders in a wide range of private and public sectors, careers in consulting.
Information Engineering and Design - preparing you for positions in software development and as IT engineers, careers in consulting.
Students will not be required to choose their focus area until after 1.5 years of a common curriculum.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at
2:31 AM
NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Open House
Saturday, 22 May, 11am – 6pm, Shaw Foundation Building, Blk AS7, 5 Arts Link.
The Open House will give you an opportunity to learn about what the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS has to offer. The day includes a series of socially relevant talks as well as exhibits that showcase the departments and programmes. Faculty members, students and alumni will also be present to answer questions. For more information see the posters on the noticeboard or go to www.fas.nus.edu.sg/prospective.
Study in Australia Open Day
Saturday, 29 May and Sunday, 30 May, 11 am – 5 pm, Orchard Hotel Grand Ballroom Level 3
A number of Australian universities will be represented at this fair and will also run seminars relating to specific programmes and courses of study. More details will be available next week and at http://www.singapore.idp.com/.
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Tuesday, 1 June, 6pm, Glass Hall
SUTD will admit its first intake of students in April 2012. The university’s programmes are based on four pillars leading to separate degree programmes: Architecture and Sustainable Design, Engineering Product Design, Engineering Systems and System Design, and Information Engineering and Design. Design as an academic discipline cuts across all programmes. Associate Provost, Professor Pey Kin Leong, from SUTD (www.sutd.edu.sg) will speak about SUTD’s objectives, curriculum and admissions criteria. This is open to students and parents in Grades 9 – 12.
SUTD has requested approximate numbers they can expect. If you and/or your parents plan to attend please let Ms. Middleton know or email her at lynda.middleton@sji-international.com.sg, with your name, grade and number attending.
Grade 12 – US/UK Applicants
If you were absent for the meetings last week, did not get a handout or did not sign the attendance list please see Ms. Middleton as soon as possible.
Grade 11 and 12 - Jakarta Medicine Internship
All students interested in finding out about the Jakarta medicine internship programme initiated by a group of our students last year please meet in my office in the Grade Centre on Friday, 21 May at 1:15.
www.i-studentenquiry.com
The i-student group that run the useful i-student advisor website (http://www.i-studentadvisor.com/) have launched a new free search service to help students find institutions and courses for further study.
Go to www.i-studentenquiry.com, select “undergraduate”. You are required to fill out a registration form detailing your academic results, the countries you would like to study in and the courses that interest you. i-studentequiry will then begin a search and the institutions that match your requirements will contact you directly. That means you must be prepared to get a lot of emails from the institutions.
This is a new service and there is no way of knowing the quality of the service until you try it. Please give me any feedback. Many students have found their other website (i-studentadvisor.com) useful.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at
1:19 AM
DATE CHANGE – Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Tuesday, 1 June, 6pm in the Glass Hall
To allow more time for the Blood Donation Drive SUTD have agreed to change their presentation to June 1. Please note the new date and let your parents know.
SUTD will admit its first intake of students in April 2012. The university’s programmes are based on four pillars leading to separate degree programmes: Architecture and Sustainable Design, Engineering Product Design, Engineering Systems and System Design, and Information Engineering and Design. Design as an academic discipline cuts across all programmes. Associate Provost, Professor Pey Kin Leong, from SUTD (www.sutd.edu.sg) will speak about SUTD’s objectives, curriculum and admissions criteria. This is open to students and parents in Grades 9 – 12.
SUTD has requested approximate numbers they can expect. If you and/or your parents plan to attend please let Ms. Middleton know or email her at lynda.middleton@sji-international.com.sg, with your name, grade and number attending.
Grade 12 – US Applicants
• If you did not get a handout at the meeting yesterday please collect one from Ms. Middleton.
• If you were at the meeting but did not sign the attendance list please see Ms. Middleton to register.
Grade 12 – Meeting for UK applicants
A reminder of the meeting this Friday, May 14 at 12.50 in Science Lab 6. Bring your lunch with you and something to write with.
Grade 11 - University Briefing and Challenge Week Evening
A reminder of the presentations on Tuesday, 18 May at 6pm in the Glass Hall.
NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Open House
Saturday, 22 May, 11am – 6pm, Shaw Foundation Building, Blk AS7, 5 Arts Link.
The Open House will give you an opportunity to learn about what the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS has to offer. The day includes a series of socially relevant talks as well as exhibits that showcase the departments and programmes. Faculty members, students and alumni will also be present to answer questions. For more information see the posters on the noticeboard or go to www.fas.nus.edu.sg/prospective.
US College Visits
College Visits runs tours to US universities in June, July and August. There schedule is now out – see the noticeboard for details or www.college-visits.com. Remember that you should not miss any school to attend something like this.
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Monday, May 3, 2010 at
10:40 PM
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Tuesday, 25 May, 6pm in the Glass Hall
Associate Provost, Professor Pey Kin Leong, from SUTD (www.sutd.edu.sg) will speak about SUTD’s objectives, curriculum and admissions criteria. Students and parents in Grades 9 – 12 are invited to hear his presentation.
SUTD will admit its first intake of students in April 2012. The university’s programmes will be based on four pillars leading to separate degree programmes: Architecture and Sustainable Design, Engineering Product Design, Engineering Systems and System Design, and Information Engineering and Design. Design as an academic discipline cuts across all four pillars and will be the framework for the research and educational programmes.
SUTD has requested approximate numbers they can expect. Register with Ms. Lynda Middleton at lynda.middleton@sji-international.com.sg, with the student’s name, grade and number attending.
Grade 12 - Meetings for US and UK applicants
A reminder of the meetings next week. Both meetings are at 12.50 in Science Lab 6. Bring your lunch with you and something to write with. These are not optional! If you cannot make them let me know as soon as possible.
• US applicants – Tuesday, May 11
• UK applicants – Friday, May 14
Grade 11 - University Briefing and Challenge Week Evening
A reminder of the presentations on Tuesday, 18 May at 6pm in the Glass Hall.
Grades 11 and 12 - Internships/Work Experience
There was a lot of information on internships and work experience in last week’s University Information. See the information on the Senior School website or on the noticeboard if you missed it last week.
Science in the Café
The Science Centre Singapore organizes talks and presentations with universities at regular intervals. These are open to the public but registration is required. There are two presentations this month:
• Thursday, 6 May, 7pm in Hall B at the Science Centre – “Reading Rocks: Uncovering the Secrets of the Past” by Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich, Director of the Monash Science Centre, Monash University, Australia.
• Thursday, 13 May, 7pm in the Newton Room at the Science Centre – “Decoding Reality: The Universe as Quantum Information” by Dr. Vlatko Verdal, Principal Investigator at the Centre for Quantum Technologies at NUS.
More information on both talks is on the noticeboard.
SAT Dates for 2010-11
SAT dates for 2010-2011 have been confirmed: 9 October, 6 November, 4 December, 22 January, 7 May and 4 June.
Article on university rankings
See the article from the Straits Times on the noticeboard on proposed changes to the Times Higher Education university rankings. It discusses some of the many questions and concerns about rankings and possible ways to address these.
ProjectFUN Video Game Programming: Level One Workshop
DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore will be conducting ProjectFUN Video Game Programming: Level One Workshop (for students in grade 8 and above) during the June school holidays. This introductory workshop is for students aspiring to software engineering careers in the game industry and aims to help students develop problem-solving skills and enhance their thinking processes. In addition, students discover the roles of mathematics, physics, and art, and realize the importance of integration of these academic topics into the field of software engineering.
The course runs from 14 June to 25 June, Monday through Friday, 1pm – 6pm, (note- session 1 is not during our holidays) and costs $425. The workshop will be held at the DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore, Pixel Building, 10 Central Exchange Green #01-01. Register at https://singapore.digipen.edu/projectfun-workshops/ and for more information email projectfun.sg@digipen.edu or call 65771900.
Off Campus
Hospitality Education Fair
Saturday, 8 May, Suntec Convention Centre, Level 3, MR308, 2pm – 6pm
Representatives from six institutions in Switzerland and Australia that specialize in hospitality management will be available to talk about the programs at their institutions. See the poster on the notice board for more information.
Flinders University, Australia
Saturday, 8 May, Overseas Education Resource Library, Ministry of National Development Complex Annex B, #02-100, 11am – 5pm
Representatives from Flinders will talk about the law courses they offer. Note that the LL.B and LL.B (Honours) degrees from Flinders are recognized in Singapore. Registration is required for this presentation – call 62270380 or email singapore@aused-unied.com.