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Diploma in Real Estate Business

Module: Property Management 2

The topics in this module cover broadly the issues involved in managing service contracts following the contract award and a study of the management of public housing. It will equip students with the supervisory skills and knowledge required for entry-level in property management and train them to manage service contracts to give value for money and improve performance.

Partners: South West Community Development Council & Yuhua Senior Activity Centre

Project: Sprucing up a centre for seniors

Students were introduced to South West Community Development Council and Yuhua Senior Activity Centre (SAC). They also did background research on the SAC and the Town Council under which it falls. They then spruced up the SAC, and organised a Chinese New Year event for the seniors.

Diploma in Hotel and Leisure Facilities Management

Module: Event Management

This module focuses on the whole event management process, to give students an overview of facilities events management. It covers topics such as types of events, MICE management, proposals and contracts, event planning and logistics, stakeholders and partnerships, negotiations, staging and managing events, and follow-ups. Students will learn the appropriate tools to collate information and co-ordinate with the various departments. Arrangements will also be made for students to be exposed to events management within the hospitality industry.

Partner: Lakeside Family Services (LFS)

Project: Organising an event for primary school children at LFS

Students worked with Lakeside Family Services (LFS) where they helped to guide the children with their homework and observed LFS' events and activities. They obtained data on stakeholders through research, interviews, surveys and observations. This helped them to find out about the needs of the primary school children at LFS to design, plan, and execute an event, applying what they had learnt in their modules – event planning, risk analysis and assessment, gantt chart, logistics management, and more.

Diploma in Sustainable Urban Design & Engineering

Module: Design Studio 1

The studio enhances the Year 1 foundation of conceptual methodologies, techniques and critical thinking, with the inclusion of the user, spatial planning, narrative, circulation flow and tectonics. Students investigate, experiment and explore conceptual designs through a series of small scale design projects. Through conceptual and analytical thinking, students develop their architectural translations into spatial articulations.

Partner: National Parks Board

Project: Design solutions to improve Pulau Ubin residents' lives

Students built relationships with Pulau Ubin residents via a service project that assisted in cleaning residents’ households. Thereafter, they used the process of participatory design research to better understand residents’ needs and aspirations. The findings provided insights that enabled them to co-create design solutions to improve the residents’ lives. These were presented to various stakeholders including Minister Desmond Lee. The structures of the two projects selected for implementation were built by the students, together with the Ubin residents.

Diploma in Product Design & Innovation

Module: Furniture & Lifestyle Product Development

This module provides students with the valuable insights into designing furniture that is both aesthetically pleasing and functional for both domestic and commercial settings. Topics include trends, technologies, materials and production processes in the furniture industry. Students will learn through lectures and projects that require students to design and make furniture in the workshop. Designing of lifestyle products such as lighting, bathroom products and accessories will also be covered in this module.

Partner: HCSA Community Services

Project: Creating a play space for children from single parent families

Students conducted participatory design research with single parents and their families. They then co-designed and co-created proposals for a play space for the children of these families, that would act as a waiting area while the parents went to work. The designs included recycled playground equipment and fabricated upcycled crates for use as fencing for vertical farming. Students collected these items but unfortunately, due to Covid-19, they could not complete the installation.

Research

Diploma in Real Estate Business

Module: Property Management 2

Partner: Tampines Town Council

Project: Township management

Students were given a project challenge linked to Tampines Town Council for which they had to assess a site problem and propose solutions. They learnt more about Township Management and did background research on the development of HDB and Town Councils. The four project challenges covered areas such as pigeon feeding, cleanliness standards and maintenance in HDB blocks.

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