Industry-varsity co-op schemes set to kick off

A closer synergy between industry and two of Singapore's universities, which will see undergraduates study and then move to firms for practical experience, is set to kick off as early as next year. This was revealed by Acting Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung during his keynote speech at The Straits Times Education Forum 2016 at SMU. These pilot "cooperative programmes" will be led by the Singapore Institute of Technology and SIM University, and they will partner organisations including Singtel, Singapore Power, The Ascott, CapitaLand and Standard Chartered, in addition to government agencies like the Defence Science and Technology Agency and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore.