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| Chynna Ang Wan Ting and Abdul Rahman who have been awarded placements on the prestigious UPSTARTS programme |
Two GSA Singapore Communication Design
graduates have been awarded prestigious UPSTARTS placements it was confirmed
today, 6 July 2017. The programme which is run by the
Economic Development Board (EDB) and Institute of Advertising, Singapore (IAS) offers the
selected graduates a one year placement with a leading advertising agency
with work experience in at least three different departments.
graduates have been awarded prestigious UPSTARTS placements it was confirmed
today, 6 July 2017. The programme which is run by the
Economic Development Board (EDB) and Institute of Advertising, Singapore (IAS) offers the
selected graduates a one year placement with a leading advertising agency
with work experience in at least three different departments.
UPSTARTS was introduced both to improve the talent recruitment and
development practices of advertising agencies by establishing structured
training programmes for fresh graduates and help the graduates accelerate their
career growth potential.
development practices of advertising agencies by establishing structured
training programmes for fresh graduates and help the graduates accelerate their
career growth potential.
Abdul
Rahman will work with the global advertising and marketing agency, Ogilvy &
Mather, and Chynna Ang Wan Ting will have a placement with Dentsu
Singapore, one of Singapore’s top ten
creative agencies.
Rahman will work with the global advertising and marketing agency, Ogilvy &
Mather, and Chynna Ang Wan Ting will have a placement with Dentsu
Singapore, one of Singapore’s top ten
creative agencies.
“We are delighted that Abdul Rahman and Chynna Ang Wan Ting, two of our
outstanding Communication Design graduates, have be
accepted on to this prestigious programme,” says Chris Hand, Programme
Director The Glasgow School of Art, Singapore.
“I am sure that they will benefit enormously from the experience that working
with Ogilvy & Mather and Dentsu Singapore will offer, and it will help them to develop successful careers
in the creative industries.”
outstanding Communication Design graduates, have be
accepted on to this prestigious programme,” says Chris Hand, Programme
Director The Glasgow School of Art, Singapore.
“I am sure that they will benefit enormously from the experience that working
with Ogilvy & Mather and Dentsu Singapore will offer, and it will help them to develop successful careers
in the creative industries.”
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GSA Singapore
From September 2012, the GSA has
delivered years 3 and 4 of its Bachelor of Art (Hons) Programmes in
Communication Design and Interior Design in Singapore, in partnership with the
Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Temasek Polytechnic (TP). The
programmes enable Diploma students from one of Singapore’s Polytechnics to
progress from a Diploma to a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree.
delivered years 3 and 4 of its Bachelor of Art (Hons) Programmes in
Communication Design and Interior Design in Singapore, in partnership with the
Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Temasek Polytechnic (TP). The
programmes enable Diploma students from one of Singapore’s Polytechnics to
progress from a Diploma to a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree.
Students studying in Singapore benefit
from not only the same programme of study and award as in the home institution,
and resources and equipment according to GSA specifications, but also access to
the additional specialist resources, equipment and workshops of TP.
from not only the same programme of study and award as in the home institution,
and resources and equipment according to GSA specifications, but also access to
the additional specialist resources, equipment and workshops of TP.
Every student studying in Singapore also
has the opportunity to spend 3 weeks in Scotland at the GSA, working directly
with their counterparts in the same programmes based in Glasgow. This extra
credit-bearing component provides a chance to see the GSA Degree Show,
experience the history of Glasgow and the GSA, of the local cultural and
industrial context, and location-specific projects drawing on all of these.
has the opportunity to spend 3 weeks in Scotland at the GSA, working directly
with their counterparts in the same programmes based in Glasgow. This extra
credit-bearing component provides a chance to see the GSA Degree Show,
experience the history of Glasgow and the GSA, of the local cultural and
industrial context, and location-specific projects drawing on all of these.