Day 1: Short Term Programmes | Wed, 24 Aug, 4.00pm – 5.45pm Day 2: Student Exchange and Special | Thu, 25 Aug, 10.00am – 11.45am The sessions are an opportunity for past participants to share their experiences and for interested students to explore some of the USP International Programmes available in this academic year. Presentations will take place over two days where Day 1 will be dedicated to Short Term Programmes and Day 2 will be dedicated to Student Exchange Programmes and Special Programmes (Joint Degree/Double Degree Programmes).

The Rector’s Programme (TRP) is a series of personal and professional development talks and networking sessions, which aims at developing USP students’ intellectual aspirations, career directions and social responsibility beyond the University. Through TRP, students will hopefully be encouraged and empowered to lead a purpose-driven, meaningful and impactful life, both in the workplace and in the community at large. Guest speakers from the corporate, non-profit and public sectors will come and share the challenges they face and how they navigate the fast-changing complex world. In this second session of 2016, we have invited Mr Hsieh Fu Hua, Chairman of United Overseas Bank Limited and Tiger Airways Holdings and Director of GIC. We urge USP students to join in this conversation with him. Interested students, please register your attendance here. 

The new concept of USP Mentoring Programme has evolved after integrating our Rector’s idea of life purpose mentoring with career mentoring. The programme goes beyond career mentoring and a new idea of competencies is also added to the programme. The USP alumni mentors will guide the USP student mentees to discover their careers which are aligned with their life purpose, passion and competencies. 

Mr Ho Kwon Ping is Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, Chairman of SMU, and an avid observer of all things Singapore, culminating in his appointment as the inaugural SR Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. In a series of five lectures, Mr Ho spoke on various issues ranging from politics to security to identity, raising questions and giving his own take on the ways we can move forward. These lectures have recently been compiled and published in the book, The Ocean in a Drop - Singapore: The Next Fifty Years. In this dialogue with Mr Ho, come armed with curiosity and questions, and be prepared for an interactive discussion on the present and future of Singapore. Interested students, please register your attendance here.