This visit to UTown will reveal the concepts behind this exciting development in the higher education landscape of Singapore, a bold approach towards undergraduate education which promotes innovative learning technologies and creative teaching pedagogies.
Programme
17.30 – walking tour of UTown
18.15 – tour of College of Alice and Peter Tan (CAPT)
18.30 – presentation at CAPT Master’s Commons on concept and development of NUS UTown and Residential Colleges
18.45 – refreshments and discussion with CAPT faculties and students
Location
NUS UTown Plaza drop-off point (beside CREATE Tower)
Registration
Please RSVP by email to Mr Charles Lim, Honorary Secretary, with your name, contact number, designation and organisation by 31 January 2015.
About NUS UTown
Designed for the entire NUS community, UTown is strategically integrated with the Kent Ridge Campus via a vehicle and pedestrian bridge. An educational hub complete with residential spaces, teaching facilities and study clusters, UTown has created a lively intellectual, social and cultural environment that distinguishes the university through excellence in learning and student engagement.
Leading the charge towards environmental sustainability, UTown is one of the latest green building projects undertaken by NUS. Specially built around existing trees, the state-of-the-art Education Resource Centre was awarded the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore’s Green Mark Platinum. Similarly, the Stephen Riady Centre was awarded the Green Mark Platinum. The UTown Residence received the Green Mark Gold Plus while the first two residential colleges, Cinnamon College (USP) and Tembusu College, were awarded the Green Mark Gold.
Alumnus Mr J Y Pillay
Mr J Y Pillay held the position of Chairman, Singapore Exchange Limited, from November 1999 till his retirement in December 2011. He is a member of various councils and advisory panels such as the Investment Committee of the United Nations Pension Fund since 1997 as well as the Council of Presidential Advisers of the Republic of Singapore of which he is the current chairman. Mr Pillay served in the Administrative service of the Government of Singapore and was Permanent Secretary of various key ministries, including finance, defence and national development.
In the course of his career, Mr Pillay has been Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, and has held the chairmanship of several government companies including Singapore Airlines, Development Bank of Singapore and Temasek Holdings. As Rector, Mr Pillay’s belief is that the impact on students of being part of the College will be “the ability to be useful citizens, to function effectively in organisations, to be able to recognise the need for them to develop their minds and their skills after they leave university.