Temasek Polytechnic's new campus to be an architectural landmark in Tampines : press release
Date: 1991
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Description: A press release with information about the Temasek Polytechnic's new Tampines campus. James Stirling and Michael Wilford & Associates of London was appointed its principal architect to undertake the masterplan and design of the campus.
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Press release. 07 Jan. 2015. TP students develop an anti-riot shield that captures video footage
Date: 2015
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic's Engineering Project Show was held on Friday 9 January 2015 at the Temasek Convention Centre. Some 80 final-year projects were showcased. Among them were: an anti-riot shield with a miniature wireless camera and LED strobe lights to capture video footage of the goings-on in front of the shield, and monitored remotely and real-time at a police command centre; an enhanced ground operations safety manual that is on par with international standards; a device to deter cash card thefts from a car's In-Vehicle Unit; a remote controlled drone to save a drowning person at sea.
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Press release. 15 Nov. 2016. TP gets serious about games development
Date: 2016
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic (TP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Serious Games Association (Singapore), and kicked started their collaboration by hosting the inaugural Gamification Day on Thursday, 17 November 2016. Under the MOU, students from TP's Diploma in Game Design & Development would engage with the Serious Games Association on collaborative projects, internships and involvement in industry led events co-hosted by the Serious Games Association and TP. Mrs Lee-Lim Sok Keow, Director, School of Informatics & IT, Temasek Polytechnic and Mr Ivan Lim, Chairperson, Serious Games Association (Singapore) signed the MOU.
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Press release. 04 Nov. 2015. It's Crunch time!
Date: 2015
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic (TP) commemorated its 25th anniversary with a home-grown musical called "Crunch Time!" -- a comedy musical with a serious message about the importance of family relationships over material success. TP's 4th musical was held from 4-7 November 2015 at Auditorium 1, Temasek Polytechnic. Sonny Lim was the artistic director and the show was co-produced with local playwright, director and actress Aidli Mosbit. Among the talented cast was 2014 Project Superstar female category winner, Abigail Yeo, who took on the lead role of Xena.
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Press release. 08 Nov. 2017. Temasek Polytechnic offers 1,500 free training places for alumni
Date: 2017
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Description: In its continuing effort to promote lifelong learning, Temasek Polytechnic (TP) would offer its alumni over 100 courses as part of the SkillsFuture Series to support working adults with industry-relevant training, making it the first polytechnic to offer free training places to its alumni. This would take place from January 2018 and some 1,500 TP graduates would have an opportunity to benefit from one free SkillsFuture Series course. Temasek Polyrechnic co-leads the cybersecurity area under the SkillsFuture Series, and would progressively roll out more courses to support the training needs of working adults. These courses are tiered across three proficiency levels to cater to Singaporeans at different stages of learning -- basic, intermediate and advance.
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Press release. 13 Sept. 2013. Five Polytechnics & ITE join hands in showcasing social innovation research projects which benefit the community
Date: 2013
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic (TP) hosted the annual Poly-ITE Social Innovation Research (SIR) Forum on Tuesday, 30 July 2013 in TP's Auditorium 2. The Forum featured 21 projects related to healthcare, special needs, the elderly, and the environment, undertaken by staff and students from the Institute of Technical Education, Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic. Presentations were made by representatives from each polytechnic and ITE. The event included a sharing session by Mrs June Tham, Executive Director, Rainbow Centre, Singapore and Mrs Eunice Tay, CEO, National Kidney Foundation.
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Press release. 06 Mar 2012. A showcase of the best research works by Polytechnic student
Date: 2012
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Description: The 15th Polytechnic Student Research Programme (PSRP) award presentation ceremony was held on Thursday, 8 March 2012 at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. A total of 80 final-year PSRP projects were undertaken by the five polytechnics and the team with the best PSRP project from each polytechnic received a cash award at the ceremony. Prof Jackie Y. Ying, the Executive Director at A*STAR Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology was the guest-of-honour. The winning projects from Temasek Polytechic were "Isolation of circulating tumour cells using a novel microsieve cartridge" and "Realising Internet of things (IoT) through service oriented dynamic sensor network". Mr Chia Mia Chiang, Principal, Ngee Ann Polytechnic gave the welcome address.
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Press release. 10 May 2012. 2 inaugural awards at Temasek Poly's Graduation -- 11 award winners to be presented to media
Date: 2012
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic presented the recipients of the five top poly awards to the media in the "Presentation of top graduates' event on Monday, 14 May 2012. For the first time, two new top awards were presented at its Graduation ceremony -- the Lee Kong Chian Award and the Lee Kong Chian Award for All-Round Excellence in addition to the Lee Kuan Yew Award, the Tay Eng Soon Gold Medal Award and the CapitaLand Award for All-Round Excellence. Winners of the Lee Kuan Yew Award: Ang Yan Ee , Dominic Koh, Teh Kaiwen ; winners of the Tay Eng Soon Gold Medal Award: Christina Lee, Lim Wei Zhong; winners of the Lee Kong Chian Award: Kevin Chiam, Zerah Goh, Jennifer Wee; winners of the CapitaLand Award for All-Round Excellence: Keith Lim; winners of the Lee Kong Chian Award for All-Round Excellence: Divyashree Balakrishnan, Mitchelle Elaine Jauw Shian Fern.
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Press release. 02 Feb. 2012. Higher pay for poly grads in 2011
Date: 2012
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Description: The joint polytechnic press release on higher pay for poly grads in 2011 was released on 6 February 2012. It revealed the findings of the Graduate employment survey conducted between October and November 2011 by the five polytechnics. This annual Graduate employment survey was jointly conducted by Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic to ascertain the employment status of polytechnic graduates. The results of the survey showed that polytechnic graduates were in great demand by employers and earned more with higher remuneration, compared to the previous year.
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Press release. 29 Mar. 2012. Huawei partners with Temasek Polytechnic to establish Cloud Technology & Innovation Center
Date: 2012
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic (TP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. The partnership allowed for the sharing of knowledge and skills in cloud computing technology and enabled TP's students to respond to growing demands in this area and the establishment of the Cloud Technology & Innovation Center, a joint laboratory dedicated to the research, development, and teaching of cloud computing technology. Present at the event were Mr Boo Kheng Hua, Principal & CEO, Temasek Polytechnic, Tony Zhang, South Pacific Regional VP of Huawei Enterprise and Jayson Goh, Executive Director, Infocomms and Media, Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).
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Press release. 24 Jul. 2012. Temasek Poly and IPRS start 1st PR Student Chapter in Singapore
Date: 2012
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic (TP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 24 July 2012 with the Institute of Public Relations Singapore (IPRS) to launch the 1st PR student chapter at TP's School of Business. The chapter was the first of its kind in Singapore between a Polytechnic and the PR industry to foster greater awareness of public relations. With this initiative, TP students in the Diploma in Communications and Media Management (CMM), Diploma in Business (BUS) and Diploma in Marketing (MKG) could leverage on the many networking and mentorship programmes offered by IPRS. The MOU was signed by Mr Daniel Yeow , Director, TP's School of Business and Mr Ng Wei Joo, IPRS President.
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Press release. 20 Feb. 2013. Temasek Polytechnic and Lufthansa Technical Training enhance collaboration to benefit Singapore's aviation sector
Date: 2013
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and Lufthansa Technical Training GmbH (LTT) signed an agreement on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 to extend their partnership for another 5 years. With this partnership both parties continued to make improvements to the training programmes for professionals in the growing aviation industry in Singapore and the region. Mr Ong Yong Ming, winner of the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Award 2010, credited his training at the TP-LTT Centre for his achievements. Temasek Polytechnic was represented by Mrs Lay-Tan Siok Lie, Deputy Principal and Director, School of Engineering, while Lufthansa Technical Training was represented by its Managing Director, Mr Andreas Kaden.
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Press release. 27 June 2013. Menlo Worldwide Logistics and Temasek Polytechnic establish scholarship programme, announce 2013 winners
Date: 2013
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Description: Menlo Worldwide Logistics (Menlo) and Temasek Polytechnic signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 27 June 2013 to establish a new scholarship programme for students pursuing careers in logistics and supply chain management. Under the programme, Menlo established four annual scholarships of S$2,500 each. These scholarships were awarded to selected students in their third and final year of study pursuing the Diploma in Operations and Logistics Managementat at TP's School of Business. The recipients of Menlo's four scholarships for 2013 were Ong Si Ru Sharon, Lim KeWei Daryl James, Goh Jia Xian and Shen Zhi Kai Darrell. The MOU was signed by Mr Daniel Yeow, Director, School of Business, Temasek Polytechnic and Mr Desmond Chan, Managing Director, South Asia for Menlo.
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Press release. 18 July 2016. Temasek Polytechnic and Cloudera form academic partnership to empower students with big data analytics skills
Date: 2016
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and Cloudera established a partnership to work together to cultivate the next generation of data professionals through the Cloudera Academic Partnership (CAP) program. Through this program, students from TP's School of Informatics & IT (IIT) would be able to have access to the latest Apache Hadoop curriculum, software and skills training for the Hadoop platform. Mrs Lee-Lim Sok Keow, Deputy Principal, Temasek Polytechnic and Director, School of Informatics & IT and Mr Daniel Ng, Senior Director for APAC, Cloudera shared their comments on the training of students with deep skills in managing big data.
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Press release. 02 Dec. 2014. Student entrepreneurs share the gift of design with children this holiday season
Date: 2014
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Description: Over two weekends in December, on 6 and 7, 13 and 14 December, 40 talented students, alumni and staff from Temasek Polytechnic's (TP) School of Design, in partnership with Sentosa, organised two workshops on silk-screening and card-making for children whose parents were working full-time or incarcerated in prison. The TP designers also set up shop called "Merry Makers Market" to sell unique, hand-crafted limited edition gift items that were both functional and beautiful, with some 15 stalls located at the Sentosa Boardwalk. In the spirit of inclusivity and giving during the holiday season, the children of the Fei Yue Student Care Centre and Salvation Army Prison Support Services - Kids In Play (KIP) received hand-crafted gifts from the TP design students.
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Press release. 27 Apr. 2015. Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong launches Temasek Polytechnic's 25th anniversary celebrations
Date: 2015
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Description: The official launch of Temasek Polytechnic's 25th anniversary celebrations by Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) Mr Goh Chok Tong was held on Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 10am at Auditorium 1. TP was established in 1990 with five satellite campuses, and became a beautiful 30-hectare campus by the scenic Bedok Reservoir in 1995. The year long celebrations included events like the TP 25 hour challenge in May, an International Conference on Learning & Teaching in October and a home-grown musical "Crunch time" in November. Apart from launching TP's 25th anniversary microsite, ESM Mr Goh was presented with a copy of TP's 25th anniversary commemorative book, "From silver to gold".
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t's. June 2018
Date: 2017
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Description: Library has 1995-
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Press release. 20 Feb. 2017. Grandma's fractured hip after fall leads to invention of a non-intrusive fall detection system
Date: 2017
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic's Meeting Young Minds @ BIT Project Show was held on Wednesday, 22 February 2017. Some 30 final-year projects developed by the graduating students of TP's Business Information Technology (BIT) course were on show to the public. One of the projects showcased was FALL-D -- a fall-detecting monitoring system that used a combination of motion detection, motion acceleration and voice recognition devices to trigger alerts to the caregiver via mobile application, if an emergency was suspected. Other student projects included the following: Enabling healthier meal choices from food photos and Facilities incident report system (FIRS) -- discussions were initiated with TP's Estates and Facilities Management Department to test-bed the system within campus. Also present were representatives from industry partners like FOMO Pay Private Ltd and Onelyst. Co-founder and CEO of Onelyst, Hizam Ismail, is a BIT alumnus and a graduate from TP in 2010.
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Press release. 21 Mar. 2018. Designing community spaces to turn plastic trash into treasure
Date: 2018
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Description: The graduating class of Temasek Polytechnic's School of Design showcased some four hundred innovative and meaningful projects from across fashion, architecture, film, product design and communication design disciplines. The Design Show was held from 9 - 12 March 2018. Design Show 2018 also saw the launch of the inaugural Sustainability Awards. The top three projects that addressed bigger issues of the world through their designs such as reducing poverty, resolving hunger and responsible consumption, would each receive a $1,000 prize.
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Graduation ceremony 2005, day 4 session 12
Date: 2005
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Description: TP Graduation Ceremony 2005 was held at the Temasek Convention Centre and Auditorium 1 from 12 to 15 July 2005. The ceremonies spanned over 13 sessions. Day 4: Session 12: The twelfth session of the Graduation Ceremony featured graduands from Temasek Business School - Diploma in Business Information Technology, Diploma in Communications & Media Management and Diploma in Law & Management. Guest of honour for the session was Mr Chan Seng Onn, Solicitor General, Attorney-General's Chambers.
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Graduation ceremony 2005, day 2 session 4
Date: 2005
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Description: TP Graduation Ceremony 2005 was held at the Temasek Convention Centre and Auditorium 1 from 12 to 15 July 2005. The ceremonies spanned over 13 sessions. Day 2: Session 4: The fourth session of the Graduation Ceremony featured graduands from Temasek Engineering School - Diploma in Computer Engineering and Diploma in Info-Communications. Guest of honour for the session was Mr Mourad Mankarios, Chairman and CEO, Philip Electronics Singapore.
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Graduation ceremony for part-time students 2011
Date: 2011
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Description: The Temasek Polytechnic graduation ceremony for part-time courses was held on Friday, 30 September 2011 at Auditorium 1. Mrs Lay-Tan Siok Lie, Deputy Principal, gave the opening address. A total of 196 working adults graduated from the following six part-time courses: Advanced Diploma in Police Studies; Diploma in Management and Police Studies; Diploma in Police Studies & Security Management; Diploma in Security & Fire Safety Management; Diploma in Para-Legal Studies; Specialist Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Senior Assistant Commissioner Jerry See, Director, Manpower, Singapore Police Force, gave the graduation address.
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Young leaders series 2012
Date: 2012
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Description: Temasek Polytechnic hosted the Young leaders series on 31 October to 1 November 2012 for students from different secondary schools. Organised by the Corporate Communications Department, this series of events invited outstanding students with good academic and CCA records to come to TP and get a taste of some of the opportunities they would be able to enjoy as TP scholars and student leaders. This outreach programme, which imparted essential life skills while showcasing the benefits of a TP education was conducted by the Centre for Character & Leadership Education and the Entrepreneurship Centre. Besides students learning about building self-confidence, the series of indoor and outdoor programmes enabled the students not only to focus on achieving strong leadership and teamwork skills, but also looked to the needs of the team members and developed their potential. The theme for this Young leaders series was "Discover the person you want to be".
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Road safety campaign exhibition
Date: 1999
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Description: The Temasek Polytechnic Library organised a road safety campaign exhibition in conjunction with the Road Safety Unit, Traffic Police. The exhibition entitled "We want you alive" was held at the TP Plaza area outside the Library. The objective was to create awareness of the danger of speed driving and the consequences of road traffic accidents.
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KoolWerkz, this is her story
Date: 2007
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Description: The video introduces the beginnings of KoolWerkz, which starts out with green tea frozen dessert formulated at the Temasek Applied Science School. Overtime, it evolves into a dynamic partnership involving the four TP schools and the Entrepreneurship Centre. KoolWerkz is a learning enterprise located in Bedok North at the Gourmet East Kitchen. It is a fully equipped HACCP certified ice-cream making plant and A-grade food establishment. KoolWerkz produces healthier version of ice-cream and frozen desserts and in various flavours too. Chemical & biological tests are conducted to ensure food safety & quality at the ice cream plant, and it provides students with sales & marketing learning opportunities. KoolWerkz products are now sold through contract manufacturing, during community evens, in secondary schools and at Temasek Polytechnic.
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