Inaugural Temasek Regatta
Date: 2005
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Description: The inaugural Temasek Regatta or Dragon Boat Competition was held on 20 May 2005 at the Bedok Reservoir. It was also the grand finale of the Week Zero Orientation. About 15 secondary schools signed up to compete in the invitational schools' competition in the morning, while TP staff and students competed in the late afternoon. Senior management staff, including Principal & CEO Mr Boo Kheng Hua, also participated in the race.
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Graduation ceremony 2019, day 1
Date: 2019
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Description: The Temasek Polytechnic graduation ceremony spanned over 16 sessions from 3 to 10 May 2019. Guest of honour, Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education, officiated the opening session held on Friday, 3 May 2019 at 9.30am at the Temasek Convention Centre. A total of 5,549 graduates – 4,303 PET graduates and 1,246 CET graduates for MOE-certificated courses. Day 1: Session 1 - Graduands from the School of Humanities & Social Sciences : Diploma in Early Childhood Studies; Diploma in Gerontological Management Studies; Diploma in Psychology Studies; Diploma in Early Childhood Care & Education - Teaching (Part-Time); Advanced Diploma in Early Childhood Leadership (Part-Time); Skills Mastery Awards & Polytechnic-Level Awards. Session 2 - Graduands from School of Design: Diploma in Apparel Design & Merchandising; Diploma in Digital Film & Television; Diploma in Environment Design; Diploma in Interior Architecture & Design and Diploma in Retail & Hospitality Design.
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Temasek Polytechnic Open House 2006, day 1
Date: 2006
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Description: 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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School of Design online bonding during home-based learning in 2020
Date: 2020
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Description: Glimpses of online bonding by School of Design (DES) while on Home-based Learning (HBL) during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
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Study rooms for "O" and "A" level students
Date: 2003
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic opened four classrooms to students studying for their "O" and "A" level examinations. The classrooms were located at Block 25 of Temasek Engineering School and opened daily from 9am to 10pm except on Sundays. Some lecturers even dropped by to help students with their revision. This was the ninth year that TP has offered such a service. [Source of information: Study in peace at these places. (2003, October 18). The New Paper [Singapore], p. 10. Retrieved from https://newslink.sg]
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Temasek Tech2000 Games
Date: 2000
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Description: Temasek Tech2000 Games held on 15 September 2000 was organised by Temasek Engineering School as part of the national Techmonth 2000 and TP's 10th Anniversary celebration. About 500 secondary school students attended the event and participated in the games and competitions organised. Guest-of-Honour for the event was Mr Teo Ming Kian, Chairman of the National Science and Technology Board.
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Temasek Polytechnic Open House 1999
Date: 1999
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Description: The Temasek Polytechnic Open House was held from 4 to 6 February 1999. The theme for the Open House was "Be Yourself, Be the Best and Be at TP. Students were recruited as I-Guides to guide and provide information on the polytechnic to visitors. Beside course and career counselling, celebrities such as Kate Reyes from Perfect 10 and TCS actress Evelyn Tan, were invited to entertain the visitors. Other highlights included in the annual event were a student fashion show, flying fox and abseiling in the Plaza and live performances such as Rhythm & Dance and skit by the Drama Club.
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Graduation ceremony 1997: Day 4, Session 7, School of Business
Date: 1997
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Description: The seventh of the Graduation Ceremony features the first cohort of graduands from the Diploma in Accounting & Finance, School of Business.
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Beyond O Level, Poly/JC seminar 1998
Date: 1998
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Description: The Beyond O Level, a Poly/JC seminar was jointly organised by The New Paper and Temasek Polytechnic on 10 January 1998. It was held at Temasek Polytechnic campus and sponsored by American International Assurance (AIA). O Level holders and their parents attended the seminar to find out what the various educational institutions had to offer. The three guest speakers for the seminar were: Mrs Belinda Charles, principal of St Andrew's Junior College; Mr Moses Wong, registrar of Temasek Polytechnic; and Mr Eugene Wijeysingha, former headmaster of Raffles Institution and columnist on educational matters for The New Paper. One-on-one counselling was also provided after the seminar for students and parents with specific queries. The team of counsellors included those from St Andrew's Junior College, lecturers from Temasek Polytechnic and guidance officers from the Ministry of Education.
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Graduation ceremony 2017: Day 4, Session 12, School of Business
Date: 2017
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Description: The twelfth session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Business - Diploma in Accounting & Finance, Diploma in Communications & Media Management and Diploma in Logistics & Operations Management.
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Graduation ceremony 2017: Day 3, Session 8, School of Design
Date: 2017
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Description: The eighth session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Design - Diploma in Apparel Design & Merchandising, Diploma in Digital Film & Television, Diploma in Environment Design, Diploma in Interior Architecture & Design and Diploma in Product & Industrial Design.
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Graduation ceremony 2017: Day 1, Session 2, School of Applied Science
Date: 2017
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Description: The second session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Applied Science - Diploma in Biotechnology, Diploma in Chemical Engineering, Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science, Specialist Diploma in Environment & Water Technology, Specialist Diploma in Laboratory Management & Instrumentation and Specialist Diploma One Health.
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Freshmen Orientation Camp 1991
Date: 1991
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Description: The Students' Union took over the organisation of the orientation for new students in June 1991. They organised a residential camp which was attended by about 140 students. For the day activities, the average attendance per day was between 250 and 300 students.
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Parental guidance seminar 2010
Date: 2010
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic's Parental guidance seminar (PGS) is an annual event specially put together to help parents understand the options that students have after their O levels. On 3 July 2010, TP hosted the seminar for more than 700 parents and students, who got to find out more about a polytechnic education, TP courses, scholarships, and further education and career opportunities. They heard from alumni members about life in TP, and took the chance to ask questions during the Q&A session with the Registrar, Ms Sharon Soh and senior staff members from the academic schools. The visitors were taken on a tour of the academic schools where they had the opportunity to see for themselves TP's excellent learning facilities first hand. They aslo benefited from interacting with the lecturers, which helped them understand better the courses available at TP.
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Graduation ceremony 2019: Day 2, Session 3, School of Design and School of Applied Science
Date: 2019
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Description: The third session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Design and School of Applied Science- Diploma in Communication Design, Diploma in Product & Industrial Design, Diploma in Applied Food Science & Nutrition, Diploma in Baking & Culinary Science and Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science. Guest of honour for this ceremony is Associate Professor Lita Chew, Head of pharmacy department at National Cancer Singapore.
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Graduation ceremony 2019: Day 3, Session 7, School of Business
Date: 2019
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Description: The seventh session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Business- Diploma in Business and Diploma in Communications and Media Management. Guest of honour for this ceremony is Ms Tham Loke Kheng, Chief Executive Officer and board director of Mediacorp Pte Ltd.
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Graduation ceremony 2019: Day 4, Session 11, School of Engineering
Date: 2019
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Description: The eleventh session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Engineering- Diploma in 3D Interactive Media Technology, Diploma in Clean Energy,Diploma in Green Building and Sustainability,Diploma in lnfocomm and Network Engineering,Diploma in Integrated Facility Management and Diploma in Media and Communication Technology. Guest of honour for this ceremony is Mr Ng Lam, Chief Executive Officer at JTC Corporation.
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Library Grange Road stamp
Date: 1990
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Description: Library stamp used at Grange Road Campus in the early nineties.
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Library Highlights. 15 Apr. 2019. Ask Library chatbot
Date: 2019
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Description: Catchline: Staff and students from Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic can now get answers to frequently asked questions about their library instantly,...
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Temasek Polytechnic School of Design, Visual Communication graduation show "The Release" : poster
Date: 1996
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Description: A poster promoting School of Design, Visual Communication graduation show held on 2-5 May 1996 at Temasek Polytechnic Auditoria 1 & 2 exhibition area.
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Terrarium
Date: 2016
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Description: A miniature garden in a glass container creatively designed and made by the students from the Environment Design, School of Design. The terrarium was put up for sale and sold to raise fund for CCN. 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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Cooking up a dream
Date: 2002
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Description: "Cooking Up a Dream" is a special project of the Division of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Temasek Business School. It received an award for the Best Innovative book in English at the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2003, a first for a locally published and written cookbook.
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Freshmen Orientation 1990
Date: 1990
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Description: TP inaugural freshmen orientation was held on 12 to 14 July 1990 at the Grange Road campus for 540 first-year students from the School of Business and Design. Dr N Varaprasad, Principal and CEO of Temasek Polytechnic gave the welcome address.
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Press release. 24 Feb 2015. No more packing, laundry or check-in queues for frequent travellers
Date: 2015
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic's Meeting Young Minds @ BIT Project Show was organised on Thursday, 26 February 2015. Among the projects showcased were: a mobile application for "Packnada", a local start-up co-founded by TP alumni Johnbosco Ng that helped frequent travellers to Singapore skip packing, and travel without their luggage; customised resumes from your mobile device - a simple, mobile-friendly, one-stop job matching portal that focused on part-time work which catered to job seekers in the service industry; bump and scan for supplements on the go - a fuss-free online shopping at your fingertips with the NutriFirst mobile application featuring a refer-and-reward system via "bumping" or sharing offers with friends. Approximately 30 final-year projects by Business Information Technology diploma students were showcased
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