Singapore’s 4th public university
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Singapore’s 4th public university will be medium—sized
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s fourth government—funded university will be a medium—sized institution, taking in not more than 3,000 students a year. For a start, it will take in about 500 students.
Minister of State for Education, Rear Admiral Lui Tuck Yew, said this in Parliament on Tuesday.
Rear—Adm Lui also said that the new university will be independent of the existing ones in Singapore and could offer integrated courses centred on Design, Engineering and Business. Engineering students could be required to study design to make user—friendly products and learn how to market them by taking business modules.
He said: "The new university could encourage this entrepreneurial spirit by offering students the flexibility to disrupt their studies for a year or two to start up their own businesses. Should they choose to, they can then come back to the university to complete their degrees."
As for the proposed Liberal Arts College, the National University of Singapore (NUS) has submitted a proposal to establish a Liberal Arts College as a self—contained autonomous entity, similar to the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory or the NUS—Duke Graduate Medical School.
The Singapore Management University (SMU) is also looking at offering a liberal arts education as it expands its programmes.
Rear—Adm Lui said the government will study their proposals further before making its recommendation.
Rear—Adm Lui said the calibre of the students admitted to the proposed Liberal Arts College will be comparable to the best in the American Ivy League universities.
Professor Lily Kong, NUS vice—president (University & Global Relations), said: "One of the key advantages of situating a Liberal Arts College within a larger entity is that it can leverage on the reputation and resources of a university....
"NUS proper might be interested to offer a course in Russian history, and maybe five students are interested to do it. The Liberal Arts College is interested to do it and another five students are interested to do it. You may not offer it if you were two stand—alone institutions, but as one (institution), the 5 plus 5 could come together and have a very lively, small class."
NUS agrees that the Liberal Arts College education will cost slightly more than current degree programmes offered in Singapore.
Prof Kong explains: "A lot of liberal arts colleges will rely on various things, one of which would be higher fees. Two, would be endowment. That’s a very critical part of it. In Singapore, the government does a great deal, so hopefully through a combination of the three sources, we might be able to manage an affordable education."
The government has not provided any details on when the new university will be built.
With the new university, the government hopes to achieve its target of having enough university places for up to a third or 30% of each student cohort by 2015. This would require an additional 2,400 university places per year.
Meantime, the three universities will increase their student intakes so that from this year, a quarter of each cohort can enter university. That’s an increase from 23.5% in 2007.
Out of the new 25% target, the Ministry of Education said that 19% were projected to come from A—Level students and 6% from polytechnic students.
Rear—Adm Lui said that currently about one in six polytechnic graduates proceeds to one of the three public universities in Singapore. But he hopes this can improve to one in five. That works out to 14,700 places this year, with 900 more to be added next year. — CNA/ir
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I am quite disappointed with the decision.
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Proposed fourth university to take in students by 2011
By Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 12 April 2008 1743 hrs
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Proposed fourth university to take in students by 2011 SINGAPORE: The proposed fourth university will take in its first batch of students by 2011, said Senior Minister of State for Education Lui Tuck Yew, who chairs the committee on the expansion of the university sector in Singapore.
Mr Lui revealed on Saturday that after the recent Cabinet reshuffle, he is now also overseeing the polytechnics and institutes of technical education (ITEs).
Top students can soon look forward to a new choice of publicly funded university in 2011.
Mr Lui said his committee aims to submit its final report to the government by the third quarter of this year.
"We have the International Advisory Panel that is meeting in Singapore at the end of June. So we are putting together a draft report that we hope they will consider, and give us their inputs and suggestions, then we will submit to the government," he said.
With his promotion announced in the Cabinet reshuffle on 29 March, Mr Lui, who has been in charge of the teaching of the English language, will now also oversee the post-secondary sector, as well as the Private Education Bill which will be introduced later this year.
Mr Lui is meeting the principals of the various polytechnics and ITEs on Monday to hear their plans.
He said: "Our technical education and vocational education are really of very high standards. The institutions do a very good job in preparing students for the workplace. In terms of numbers, those who are able to find work within six months are well above the 90 percent mark, and that's discounting those who go on to further education.
"Starting salaries for polytechnic graduates are now about S$1,700 or S$1,800 for those who have served National Service. It's also gone up for the ITE students. That's one of the reasons why our students now see the polytechnic avenue and the junior college avenue on equal basis."
As for his new portfolio as Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts, Mr Lui said his immediate priority is to familiarise himself with key areas of work.
"The start is to make sure that I am at least familiar with all the major areas that MICA (Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts) is looking at. Minister Lee Boon Yang has asked me to try and make sure that I'm familiar with all the different areas that the ministry is looking at. He's already lost two very good doctors and he's gotten me – a rookie – in place of the two doctors," he said.
But there is no doubt Mr Lui will ease comfortably into his new posting at MICA.
He said: "All these are different but very exciting things that add colour not only to my life but also to my work!" -
dunno... I did heard abt the change in engineering landscape
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Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:
I am quite disappointed with the decision.
why?
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"Starting salaries for polytechnic graduates are now about S$1,700 or S$1,800 for those who have served National Service. It's also gone up for the ITE students. That's one of the reasons why our students now see the polytechnic avenue and the junior college avenue on equal basis."
this fellow was smoking something good ? ..... or he's only seen the exceptions ? .....
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but aiyah, for me, can go in den say. lol.
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another thing abt JC & Poly student ratio... if it can be said tat it's equal basis for entering JC or Poly, why isn't e uni intake ratio dun state so?
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Originally posted by Fatum:
"Starting salaries for polytechnic graduates are now about S$1,700 or S$1,800 for those who have served National Service. It's also gone up for the ITE students. That's one of the reasons why our students now see the polytechnic avenue and the junior college avenue on equal basis."
this fellow was smoking something good ? ..... or he's only seen the exceptions ? .....
1700 and 1800 isnt much. -
Originally posted by weewee:
1700 and 1800 isnt much.exactly ...... and people are getting less than that nowadays actually ......
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Originally posted by sbst275:
another thing abt JC & Poly student ratio... if it can be said tat it's equal basis for entering JC or Poly, why isn't e uni intake ratio dun state so?
lets just say that the stupid minister was wrong.. there is no equal basis for entering JC and Poly.. ppl who wants to go uni still dread going to poly, they KNOW that the chances are damn limited.. especially with the influx of FTs.. that guy is freaking just lying thru his teeth to make himself sleep better at nite.. -
only 1 in 6 poly student gets to go uni.. tsk tsk tsk.. while 10 out of 10 china kids get into ntu/nus.. fuck..
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Originally posted by sbst275:
another thing abt JC & Poly student ratio... if it can be said tat it's equal basis for entering JC or Poly, why isn't e uni intake ratio dun state so?
Since when did they say its equal?Anyway a quote from the article
Out of the new 25% target, the Ministry of Education said that 19% were projected to come from A—Level students and 6% from polytechnic students.
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Originally posted by FirePig:
Since when did they say its equal?Anyway a quote from the article
take a look at entire speech abt post secondary choice of path -
Originally posted by sbst275:
take a look at entire speech abt post secondary choice of path
is the speech written over here? or do i have to go somewhere to source for it? -
dunid to know whether the bloody sinister got say or not la.. we know what's happening and nothing that sinister say is gonna brainwash ppl.. ppl can see whats going on..