The College's partnerships with Singapore were the topic of discussion at an event hosted by the British High Commissioner, Antony Phillipson.
Imperial College's commitment to developing partnerships with Singapore was praised by the British High Commissioner for the city state, His Excellency Antony Phillipson, during an event at his residence on 5 November.
Addressing 110 guests of the College including Singaporean alumni and staff from the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine he said: “Imperial has set the gold standard in building strong collaborations here over many years”.
His Excellency was speaking at a reception also hosted by President & Rector Sir Keith O’Nions and the Imperial College Alumni Association of Singapore. Professor Martyn Partridge, Senior Vice Dean of LKC Medicine, opened the evening with a briefing on the vision for Singapore’s newest medical school, a partnership between Imperial and Nanyang Technological University. With less than nine months until the first cohort arrives in August 2013, Professor Partridge set out the process underway to select the brightest students and described the School’s innovative curriculum.
The event formed part of celebrations in 2012 for the 35th anniversary of the Alumni Association of Singapore which the President & Rector described as one of Imperial’s most active alumni networks. There are over 2,000 Imperial alumni in Singapore and Sir Keith thanked them for being among the College’s greatest ambassadors.
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