Joint admissions exercise 2008
Date: 2008
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Description: The Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) 2008 was conducted at the Temasek Polytechnic Auditorium Foyer on Thursday, 24 January 2008 to Monday, 28 January 2008. The objective of the JAE was to allow students who have sat for their O-level exams to apply for admission to courses in the polytechnics of their choice.
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Temasek Polytechnic football mania camp 2006
Date: 2006
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Description: A two-day, one night football mania camp was organised on 30 June to 1 July 2006 by Temasek Polytechnic Outreach Centre and Student & Alumni Affairs Department. Besides taking part in a 7-a-side soccer tournament, the 200 students from 11 secondary schools were treated to soccer clinic sessions as well as a live screening of the World Cup quarter final matches between Germany and Argentina, Italy and Ukraine. The boys from Queensway Secondary School were the champions of the tournament while Shu Qun Secondary and Bowen Secondary settled for second and third place respectively. Ms Collette Wong from ESPN's Sports Centre presented the prizes to the winners. In the evening, more than 1000 staff and students congregated at the Temasek Convention Centre (TCC) to watch performances by various arts groups from the Temasek Arts Centre such as the fast pace performance by TPs Salvo Drums while Bass Fish, one of TP's very own bands from Music Vox performed a total of 5 songs. The highlight of the evening was catching the two scheduled World Cup matches on the projection screen of the TCC.
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Temasek Polytechnic Open House 2006, day 3
Date: 2006
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Description: The Temasek Polytechnic Open House was held from 19 to 21 January 2006. The annual event was held to enable secondary school students to make an informed choice regarding their educational path after they have completed their studies. Visitors were given the opportunity to meet up with the lecturers from the respective schools to find out more on the diploma courses offered. Mr Boo Kheng Hua, Principal & CEO and senior management staff took the opportunity to walk around the different schools to observe the many different activities that were organised to entice the secondary school students to join the polytechnic after their O Level results. I-Guides, a group of volunteer students, were on hand to guide visitors around the campus and brief them about the various schools and activities going on. Some of the highlights of the the 3-day Open House included a couture catwalk featuring works by Apparel Design & Merchandising students, meet & greet Singapore Idol finalists, Olinda Cho and Sylvester Sim, doodle box, Engineering project show -- "experience" 3D computer graphics and visualisation technologies, animal and fish magic, maze of colourings & flavouring, courses & CCA exhibitions, performances by TP students, and water adventures such as dragon boating, canoeing and canoe-polo held at Bedok Reservoir. The finale of the Open House was the Jam and Hop session on 21 January 2006 evening with performances by Leandra and renowned local groups
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Applied Science students attending lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic
Date: 2020
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Description: School of Applied Science (ASC) tutorial class, lecture and laboratory lessons in October 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Graduation ceremony 2017, day 2 session 5
Date: 2017
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic (TP) graduation ceremony spanned over 16 sessions from 3 to 11 May 2017. A total of 5,800 students received their diplomas and post-diploma qualifications from TP's full-time and part-time courses. Day 2 session 5 graduation ceremony was held on Thursday, 4 May 2017 at 2.00pm at the Temasek Convention Centre. Guest of honour for the ceremony was Mr Tony Khoo, Chief Executive Officer, E M Services Pte Ltd and President International Facility Management Association Singapore Chapter. Day 2: Session 5 - Graduands from the School of Engineering: Diploma in Clean Energy, Diploma in Green Building & Sustainability, Diploma in Integrated Facility Management, Diploma in Microelectronics, Specialist Diploma in Energy Management & Sustainable Design and Specialist Diploma in Semiconductor Technology.
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Graduation ceremony 2017, day 1 session 3
Date: 2017
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic (TP) graduation ceremony spanned over 16 sessions from 3 to 11 May 2017. A total of 5,800 students received their diplomas and post-diploma qualifications from TP's full-time and part-time courses. Day 1 session 3 graduation ceremony was held on Wednesday, 3 May 2017 at 6.00pm at the Temasek Convention Centre. Guest of honour for the ceremony was Dr Timo Bretschneider, Head of Airbus Group Innovations Singapore. Day 1: Session 3 - Graduands from the School of Engineering: Diploma in Aerospace Electronics, Diploma in Aerospace Engineering, Diploma in Biomedical Engineering and Diploma in Biomedical Informatics & Engineering.
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School of ITAS orientation 98/99 : T-shirt
Date: 1998
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Description: A T-shirt worn by the School of ITAS freshmen during their orientation.
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iCOOL thermometer
Date: 2009
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Description: Previously known as the Temperature Badge in 2003, the iCOOL oral thermometer features more functionalities than its predecessor. The School of Design was also involved in the aesthetics design. The iCOOL was put to good use during the influenza A(H1N1) outbreak in 2009. See also, the Temperature Badge (2003) and the uScan thermometer (2011).
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Float competition
Date: 1998
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Description: School of Engineering organised a float competition as part of the Freshmen Orientation 1998. Freshmen were given 2 days to design and fabricate their floats based on the themes, "Singapore My Home" or "Technology 2000". They were given only a one-metre wooden pole and a ball of raffia string to start with. Students demonstrated their resourcefulness and creativity by using mainly recycled materials or discarded items to build their floats.
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A Treat to an 8 Course Feast - Launch of Temasek Polytechnic Diploma Roadshow @ Tampines East Community Club
Date: 1995
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Description: On 3 January 1995, Temasek Polytechnic diploma roadshow, A Treat to an 8 Course Feast, was officially launched at Tampines East Community Club by Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister for Communications & the Environment and Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC. The Roadshow travelled to 15 community centres, 5 libraries and Funan Shopping Centre to highlight to the public the variety of courses offered by the Polytechnic with special attention given to the eight new courses commencing in the new academic year. .
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Parental guidance seminar 2017
Date: 2017
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Description: The annual parental guidance seminar was held on Saturday, 17 June 2017. TP hosted the seminar for 1,000 parents and students at the Temasek Convention Centre. They got to find out more about a polytechnic education, TP courses, scholarships, and further education and career opportunities. During the seminar, attendees had a chance to engage with TP's Principal and CEO, Mr Peter Lam, Senior Director and Registar, Mr Daniel Yeow, Director of Academic Affairs, Mr Sng Choon Leng, and Victoria Skull, a third-year student from the Diploma in Digital Film & Television. They were able to get a clearer understanding of the Early Admissions Exercise (EAE) and how Temasek Polytechnic helps build lifelong learners in its students. The seminar also consisted of a school tour where participants got to know more about the courses offered in each school. They also visited facilities such as the labs used by students from the Diploma in Applied Food Science and Nutrition and the MediaBiz Studio used by Communications and Media Management students.
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Recycling and Temasek Polytechnic
Date: 1992
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Description: The Polytechnic's Temasek Green Nature Club organised its first seminar entitled "Recycling and Temasek Polytechnic" to promote "green" consciousness as part of the Orientation programme on 29 June 1992. Key speakers from the Nature Society of Singapore were invited to share their knowledge and experience on the conservation of the environment.
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Joint admissions exercise 1992
Date: 1992
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Description: The Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) was conducted from 29 February to 4 March 1992. It registered a total of 817 first choice applicants for TP's five courses, namely the Diplomas in Business, Tourism Management, Operations Management, Electronics and Mechatronics.
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Joint admissions exercise 2010
Date: 2010
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Description: The Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) 2010 was conducted at Temasek Polytechnic (TP) from Monday 11 January to Friday 15 January 2010. The objective of the JAE was to allow students who sat for their O-level exams to apply for admission to courses in the polytechnics of their choice. TP organised the course preview talks for applicants and parents who wanted more information about the courses offered by TP, or they could seek out course advisors on campus to find out more about the various courses and their eligibility before making their final decision about the polytechnic of their choice. At the JAE 2010, TP introduced a new course in Early Childhood Studies to meet the needs of students who were interested in careers as early childhood professionals, as well as to meet the increased industry demand for pre-school teachers. This new programme brought the total number of courses offered by TP to 51.
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Graduation ceremony 2019: Day 3, Session 6, School of Business
Date: 2019
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Description: The sixth session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Business- Diploma in Culinary and Catering Management, Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management and Diploma in Logistics & Operations Management. Guest of honour for this ceremony is Mr Ng Kim Hung, Managing Director of Yusen Logistics Singapore Pte Ltd.
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Temasek Polytechnic website. 11 May 2022
Date: 2022
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Description: A snapshot of the Temasek Polytechnic corporate website as of 11 May 2022. Youtube videos are not available from the web crawl.
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TP Library website. 19 May 2022
Date: 2022
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Description: A snapshot of the TP Library website as of 19 May 2022. Youtube videos are not available from the web crawl.
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Graduation ceremony 1995: Day 1, Session 2, School of Business (Part 2)
Date: 1995
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Description: The second session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Business - Diploma in Business, Diploma in Operations Management, Diploma in Tourism Management, Management Diploma in Accounting an d Finance and Management Diploma in Sales and Marketing. Guest of honour for this ceremony is Ms Jennie Chua, General Manager of Raffles Hotel.
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TP celebrates 30 years.
Date: 2020
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Description: The TP 30th anniversary website was crawled on 27 October 2020. The Well Wishes section could not be harvested.
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Campus Care Network Day 2014
Date: 2014
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Description: Twice a year, Temasek Polytechnic holds its Campus Care Network (CCN) Day, a long-held tradition where staff and students put up a campus-wide bazaar and online sale to raise funds for students in need of financial assistance. The first CCN Day for 2014 was held on Friday 16 May. There were many stalls selling an assortment of items ranging from food, pastries, drinks, costume jewellery, jade accessories, etc. For the first time in the history of CCN Day, Temasek Polytechnic Staff Association offered fun rides on the Segway machine. Also on hand to raise funds was an artist who sketched portraits of staff and students, and children from PLAY@TP Kindergarten who did their part raising funds for needy students too.
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Campus Care Network Day 2013
Date: 2013
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Description: The second Campus Care Network (CCN) Day for 2013 was held on Friday 15 November 2013 from 12 noon to 5.00 pm. A biannual event, the main objective of CCN Day was to help needy students in TP and provide a meaningful bonding time for Care Groups and Care Persons. Students from School of Applied Sciences, School of Design and School of Engineering and some Admin depts participated in the CCN fundraising for needy students. For the 1st time, students from the Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP) also participated. More than 120 stalls were set up at the plaza and along all the Schools' concourse areas selling everything and anything sweet and delicious like popcorn, cookies, cupcakes, candy floss, brownies, and smoothies, potted plants and trinkets. On sale also were framed landscape photography prints taken by TP resident photographer Juffry Joihani on his recent trip to New Zealand. Staff from School of Design set up Jadeite, a stall selling an assortment of jade and semi-precious stones. Mr Boo Kheng Hua, Principal & CEO accompanied by Mr Teo Sze Cheng, Chair of the CCN Committee toured the CCN stalls and interacted with the participants of CCN Day carnival.
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WOW shopping experience : inaugural National Retailing Competition 2013
Date: 2013
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Description: The inaugural National Retailing Competition 2013 which served as both a competition and exhibition, was organised by the Temasek Polytechnic School of Business Diploma in Retail Management. Having started in June 2013 and culminating with an exhibition in September, the competition saw individuals from secondary schools and ITEs pit their retail ideas against each other. Finalists were eventually shortlisted and invited to put up exhibits at the WOW shopping experience. The competition had a two fold objective, which was aimed at raising awareness about the retail industry whilst tapping into and attracting bright young minds to the retail industry. The competition also aimed to be enriching for its participants. Participants were required to attend an informative mini workshop which had industry professionals giving various talks. Through these workshops, students learnt the other facets of the retail industry such as branding and the importance of local and overseas fashion trends. Participants also toured 1st Avenue, TP's on-campus retail training store run by Year 2 students from the Diploma in Retail Management.
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Design Seminar for Singapore Manufacturers : programme
Date: 1993
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Description: Programme of Design Seminar for Singapore Manufacturers held on 29 October 1993 at the Design Technology Transfer Centre (DTTC) in Temasek Polytechnic. The seminar was held in association with the Economic Development Board.
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TPRAWKS 2006
Date: 2006
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Description: For the first time, some 1,500 students from 82 secondary schools were given the opportunity to experience life as a student in Temasek Polytechnic (TP), first hand. TPRAWKS is a new initiative by Temasek Polytechnic and was held from Nov 29 to Dec 1 2006. The five schools in TP - Applied Science, Information Technology, Business, Design and Engineering planned three days of fun and informative activities for the participants. These students were taken on tours of each school and learnt more about the courses from the lecturers who were on hand to explain the types of diploma courses available, and under their expert guidance, students had a sneak peek into the courses that were of interest to them. Besides the cultural performance by TP Salvo drum group, TPRAWKS 2006 also served up a delightful treat in the form of an exclusive performance by Singapore Idol and TP alumnus Hady Mirza at the Temasek Convention Centre.
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Queenstown washout : landscape photography
Date: 2013
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Description: A landscape photography of subtle waves washed over the rocky coastline of Frankton Arm, New Zealand. Covered in snow, Cecil Peak can be seen laying on the other side. The photographer, Juffry Joihani, was a former Temasek Polytechnic staff of Corporate Communications Department. This landscape photograph was put up for sale and sold to raise fund for CCN 2013. It was on loan to TP Archive for display in the Library foyer on Level 2 from 19 May 2017 to 16 June 2017 during CCN exhibition, the 1st curated exhibition to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the TP Archives.
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