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- SIM Professional Development offers training courses to prepare sponsors and companies for the transition to new SGX listing platform, Catalist (10 Dec 2007)
Training aims to equip Sponsors, CEOs, CFOs, COOs and finance professionals with the necessary knowledge to smoothly transition from the SESDAQ regime to SGX Catalist. - UniSIM and SIM confer diplomas to 530 students (30 Nov 2007)
What have a driving instructor, a Burmese student, a housewife, and a special education teacher got to do with one another? - UniSIM forms Alumni Network to foster a lifelong intellectual and emotional connection between the University and its graduates (30 Oct 2007)
SIM University (UniSIM) has formed the UniSIM Alumni Network to promote connectedness between alumni and their alma mater, to promote lifelong learning amongst alumni, foster personal and professional development, as well as encourage alumni involvement in contributing to the university’s progress. - 24 graduates receive master degree in human resource development through partnership between SIM Global Education and The George Washington University (GWU) (25 Oct 2007)
On 26 October 2007, SIM Global Education (SIM GE) and The George Washington University (GWU) will graduate 24 professionals from the Master of Arts in Education and Human Resource Development programme at the SIM Headquarters on Clementi Road. The exclusive SIM-GWU programme runs biennially in Singapore. Since its introduction in 1986, more than 200 professionals have graduated from the Masters of Arts in Education and Human Resource Development programme. SIM GE receives a steady enrolment of about 20 students per intake. This indicates the importance of skills upgrading for many of our HR professionals. This year, one of the graduates, 40 year-old Ng Choon Seng, has also been awarded the Len Nadler Award in recognition of his stellar leadership and academic excellence in the programme. The Award honours Dr Len Nadler, who initiated the world’s first HRD programme at The George Washington University in 1964, and is recognised as the Father of HRD. The award is given to an outstanding student from each GWU programme in Asia. Professors from each country where the MAHRD programme is being taught will meet to discuss the list of deserving students who will receive the award. Three Singapore graduates have been conferred this eminent honour of excellence since it was introduced here in 2002. - SIM Group offers attractive courses at JobsCentral Career Fair (19 Oct 2007)
Singapore Institute of Management (SIM Group) is offering a wide-range of academic programmes at its booth at the JobsCentral Career Fair to be held on 20 and 21 October 2007 at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hall 404. At the SIM booth, visitors can find out more about the wide variety of full-time and part-time programmes catering to ‘O’ level, ‘A’ Level, Diploma and Degree holders offered by SIM Global Education. Working adults may also enquire about various part-time degree/ Master degree programmes offered by SIM University (UniSIM) through its four faculties. They may learn more about the unique and modular General Studies Programme launched in Singapore. This marks the second year that the SIM Group is participating in the Fair. Interested visitors can sign up for SIM’s full-time and part-time programmes on-the-spot at the SIM booth. Course counsellors will be present at the booth to share about SIM’s programmes and answer queries relating to these higher education courses. With its booth strategically located near the main entrance, the SIM Group targets to reach out to students and fresh graduates from the universities, polytechnics, private institutions, ITE and Junior Colleges. SIM hopes that its wide variety of offerings will provide visitors with more opportunities of finding their ideal future educational path. Dr. Amy Khor Lean Suan, Mayor of South West District and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources will be the Guest of Honour at the JobsCentral Career Fair 2007. - SIM-University at Buffalo Executive MBA produces 290 business professionals over 12 years (27 Sep 2007)
SIM and University at Buffalo (UB), the State University of New York, will graduate 25 professionals from the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) programme on 29 September 2007 at the Shangri-La Hotel. A total of 290 have graduated from this programme over the 12 years of the SIM-University at Buffalo partnership. - SIM-University of Sydney plays pivotal role in the academic training of quality healthcare professionals (21 Sep 2007)
232 to graduate with healthcare-related masters and basic degrees in education, gerontology, management, medical radiation technology,physiotherapy and nursing - SIM University holds Convocation for 2nd batch of graduands since it was granted licence by MOE in 2005 (03 Sep 2007)
Singapore’s University catering to the higher learning needs of adult learners and meeting industry needs for skilled professionals - SIM and RMIT University Celebrate 20 Years of Successful Partnership (30 Aug 2007)
Over 1000 graduating from SIM-RMIT University on 30 & 31 August, ready to join the workforce - UniSIM and Council for Third Age promote UniSIM’s “Learning for Life” General Studies Programme to the silver generation (27 Aug 2007)
Senior citizens will get to design their own programme of study, decide their pace and time of learning and enjoy intellectual interactions in a varsity environment. - UniSIM launches Singapore’s first General Studies Programme promoting flexible, lifelong learning to meet varied interests of adult learners (21 Aug 2007)
Students can design their own programme of study, acquire knowledge and skills in one or more areas, and decide their pace of varsity education to suit their individual lifestyles. To encourage “Learning for Life”, SIM University (UniSIM) has launched the General Studies Programme today, that allows adult learners of all ages to design their own programme of study at tertiary level, to satisfy and develop their personal academic and intellectual interests, and at their own pace and time. Through this programme, adult learners can choose to specialise in one discipline or combine courses from as many fields of study as they desire, including arts and social sciences, languages, mathematics, engineering, business, IT, counselling and culinary arts. UniSIM will offer students over 150 courses from more than 40 programmes through its four schools. Students chalk up either 5 or 10 credit units (cu) for each course that will last 6-12 weeks. A Certificate is awarded for each course successfully completed. A student may choose to take as many Certificates as he/she wishes. A student will be awarded a Diploma in General Studies when he/ she has accumulated 80 cu, of which 10 cu should be drawn from UniSIM’s University Core subjects. A student who accumulates 130 cu at appropriate combinations of 1st, 2nd and 3rd level courses can qualify for a Bachelor’s degree in General Studies. It is also possible for credits for appropriate courses chalked up in the programme to be transferred to other discipline-specific degree programmes offered by UniSIM. Professor Cheong Hee Kiat, UniSIM’s President said, “We are pleased to be the first local university to launch the General Studies Programme, a creative educational approach to self-actualisation. This unique, multi-track programme will appeal to a wide cross-section of adult Singaporeans as it allows learning to be individually customised to meet a variety of learning objectives, be it for self-enrichment, upgrading, acquiring new skills or for mental stimulation and recreation. This is yet another initiative by UniSIM to serve as a university for the people.” Those who may find the General Studies Programme particularly suitable for their learning needs will include the busy self-employed, students pursuing other degrees at the same time, degree-holders who wish to enrich their knowledge in areas outside their initial tertiary education, retirees who wish to learn at their own pace, and those whose job entail frequent overseas travel. Students can take as long as they like to acquire certificates in General Studies, a diploma or a degree in General Studies. Students will