UWCSEA opens new East Campus

UWCSEA opens new East Campus
Posted: 08 December 2011 2054 hrs

SINGAPORE : The United World College South East Asia (UWCSEA) has opened the doors to its new East Campus.

Its first campus in Dover opened in 1971.

Located in Tampines, the new campus also hosts the newly-established Centre for International Education (CIE).

It will host educational conferences and workshops, which aim to make Singapore a regional hub for international educators and thinkers.

The number of scholarships awarded to international students will also increase from nearly 70 to 100.

The campus has also been presented the Singapore Building and Construction Authority's highest award - the Green Mark Platinum award - in recognition of its sustainable approach to construction.

The school has installed the world's largest solar air conditioning and hot water system, worth some 5 million euros.

Charles Ormiston, Chair of the Board of Governors of UWCSEA, said: "With the opening of the East Campus, the third strand of our organisation, we now have the scale, resources and diversity to multiply our impact on students, on the local community, on the world of education and on the thousands of people every year who we support through our global concerns projects."


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