(MENAFNEditorial) PSB Academy launches city campus and scholarships to gear up Singapore's future workforce PSB Academy unveils a 100,000+ square foot campus in the city and launches over 100 scholarships to help prepare workers for the Future Economy
SINGAPORE
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24
May 2017 -
PSB
Academy, Singapore's Best Private Education Institution*,
marked an expansion from their campus at Delta, Tiong Bahru to a City
Campus at Marina Square spanning over 100,000 square feet today.
Derrick Chang, CEO of PSB Academy, Viva Sinniah, Executive Chairman of PSB Academy, Chan Chun Sing, Joanne Chua, President of SISEU, Philip Lee, General Secretary of SISEU, Sylvia Choo, Executive Secretary of SISEU.
The
new campus was launched by Guest of Honour, National Trades Union
Congress (NTUC) Secretary-General Chan Chun Sing, along with PSB
Academy's university and industry partners.
The
launch of the new campus in Singapore, the heart of Asia's
innovation capital, signals the Academy's mission to make the idea
of productivity relevant again, with a future-oriented brand of
education to prepare students for a disrupted age.
On
that premise, the institution plans to introduce new programmes that
focus on skills needed to enable graduates to contribute to
Singapore's industry transformation maps, while letting its
students experience new teaching techniques and blended learning
journeys, for learning to take place anywhere, on any device. Some
features in the new campus include industry-standard film and radio
studios and an "innovation sandbox" to help lecturers experiment
with new learning approaches.
Launch
of scholarship for SISEU members
At
the launch of the new campus, guests also celebrated the signing of a
Memorandum of Understanding for a first-ever scholarship with the
Singapore Industrial and Services Employees' Union (SISEU). The
union has been partners with PSB Academy for over 10 years. The
agreement will support over 100 workers over three years as they
pursue their higher education with PSB Academy and their seven
university partners from the UK and Australia.
"Like
public universities and polytechnics, quality private education
institutions have an important role in Singapore's
development of human capital, and accountability and transparency
will augur well for our sector as we face the age of disruption. The
Future Academy is not only a slogan but
a strategic initiative that would extend beyond the physical campus
or quality teaching and maintaining academic standards.
"Students
will remain at the heart of our operations, and the investment of a
modern city campus, along with our agreement with SISEU today, shows
our commitment to enabling anyone who is willing to make the effort,
to afford quality education in his/her area of interest. Our aim is
to inspire our students who wish to upskill or re-skill themselves
for the future. We want to provide them with fresh pedagogies and
ample avenues for collaboration and co-creation with our valued
partners from academia and the industry," says
Viva Sinniah, Executive Chairman, PSB Academy.
The
scholarships offered are part of PSB Academy's
Accessable Initiative, an in-house social programme, which has
provided more than $2 million in aid through self-help groups like
SINDA and MENDAKI over the last two years. This year, the institution
renewed its support for members in SINDA and MENDAKI, and for the
first time, welcomed members from the Eurasian Association to enjoy
scholarships from PSB Academy.
Sylvia
Choo, Executive Secretary, SISEU, said: "SISEU recognises that our
workforce needs to evolve to stay relevant. We are constantly
exploring opportunities with employers and industry partners to make
skills training and upgrading more accessible to our members. We
believe that industry partnerships can help to facilitate and
encourage workers to take up training. We hope that, through such
collaborations, we can provide more avenues to help our workers
prepare for the future economy.
PSB
Academy's City Campus, which will cater
up to 7,000 students each week, will open its doors to a public
showcase during their Open House on 10 June. CollabX Sports --
part of the Academy's
series of industry talks--will headline the event, with speakers
from the Singapore Sports Institute, Singapore Sports School and
SportsPsych Consulting, who will discuss the future of the sports
coaching and science industry in developing sporting talent in
Singapore.
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