SEEKING OUT NEW PARTNERSHIP

TP strives to collaborate with new partners for mutually-beneficial goals. With the support from our industry partners, we are able to deliver a market-relevant curriculum.

An outcome of this agreement was the establishment of the TP-Avaya IP Telephony Competency Unit at the Temasek Information Technology School.

One of the partnerships that has resulted in our ability to deliver a more market-driven curriculum this year was with
Avaya. A leading global provider of business communications applications, Avaya signed a Collaboration Agreement with TP in June 2006. The agreement has allowed for students and staff to get hands-on experience in developing intelligent communications applications for enterprises; a global market estimated to be worth US$30 billion in 2006.

The MOU was sealed with a handshake between TP's Deputy Principal, Mr Edmond Khoo (left) and customer service guru, Mr Ron Kaufman.

In support of the national call to improve service standards, TP signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ron Kaufman Pte Ltd for our students to undergo the customer service guru’s UP Your Service! Programme. Having a service-oriented mindset is a life skill that will give them a competitive edge and enhance their future career prospects.

Another agreement signed this year was with Business Objects, the world’s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. The partnership focuses on the development of BI research programmes and training courses for academic staff and students. Business Objects will provide TP with US$300,000 worth of their BI enterprise software for research, development and academic purposes. They will also assist in developing a core curriculum module for TP’s Financial Business Informatics students.

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