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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Christmas tree ornament
Date: 2016
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Description: A laser cut green Christmas tree ornament made of acrylic. Designed and crafted by Product and Industrial Design students of the School of Design, the ornament was put up for sale and sold to raise fund for CCN 2016. It was on loan to the TP Archives 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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Pocket tote bag
Date: 2014
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Description: All purpose black canvas tote bag with a decorative patch pocket, creatively designed and made by the students from the School of Design. The bag was put up for sale and sold to raise fund for CCN 2014. It was on loan to TP Archive for display in the Library foyer on Level 2 from 19 May to 16 June 2017 during CCN exhibition, the 1st curated exhibition to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the TP Archives.
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Press release. 04 Oct. 2017. Global terrorism : impact on Singapore : experts from Israel & Singapore to share best practices in security & anti-terrorism
Date: 2017
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Description: In conjunction with the 16th Safety and Security Asia ((SSA) 2017, Temasek Polytechnic's Security Industry Institute organised the Security Industry Conference 017 (SIC) and Security Industry Masterclass 2017 on 5 & 6 October respectively, at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre. Themed "Global terrorism: impact on Singapore" the two events showcased the very best of state-of-the-art smart security solutions. SIC 2017 featured speeches by Mr Yaniv Peretz from Israel, Dr. Graham Gerard Ong-Webb, Mr Danny Chan, Mr. Raj Joshua Thomas, Mr. Kerran Campbell and Mr. Benjamin Ang. The guest-of-honour for SIC 2017 was Mr Patrick Tay, Chairman, Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Manpower, Member of Parliament, West Coast GRC & Assistant Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).
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Graduation ceremony 2021: Day 1, Session 2, School of Informatics & IT
Date: 2021
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Description: The second session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Informatics & IT - Diploma in Business Intelligence & Analytics and Diploma in Game Design & Development.
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Graduation ceremony 2021: Day 2, Session 6, School of Applied Science
Date: 2021
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Description: The sixth session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Applied Science - Diploma in Applied Food Science & Nutrition and Diploma in Biotechnology.
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Graduation ceremony 2021: Day 2, Session 7, School of Applied Science
Date: 2021
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Description: The seventh session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Applied Science - Diploma in Baking & Culinary Science, Diploma in Biomedical Science and Diploma in Veterinary Technology.
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Graduation ceremony 2021: Day 3, Session 14, School of Engineering
Date: 2021
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Description: The fourteenth session of the Graduation Ceremony features graduands from School of Engineering - Diploma in Aviation Management and Services and Diploma in Mechatronics.
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