Reuters TP Financial Laboratory
Students can explore the exciting financial markets and a real trading environment with online share prices, interest rates, bond, currency and derivative prices worldwide using Reuters. Information and news from diverse sources can be gleaned from Factiva, a state-of-the-art research tool widely used in the finance industry. A computerised accounting software, ACCPAC for windows, is also on hand for the accounts enthusiasts.
Simultaneous Interpretation for Meetings (SIM) Lab
The SIM Lab is used for training in simultaneous interpretation. Equipped with four simultaneous interpretation booths and other supporting facilities, this classroom simulates international conferences that require simultaneous interpretation services.
Kelly Services Career Centre
The centre operates as a branch of one of Singapore’s leading staffing agencies, Kelly Services (a Fortune 500 company and listed on NASDAQ). It gives students hands-on training in international recruiting and staffing practices.
Centre for Logistics & Operations Management
This centre houses laboratories that simulate the entire logistics chain. It includes a warehouse management system, operations management subsystem and transport and distribution subsystem. It is also equipped with logistics simulation games that teach the concepts used in logistics and operations management.
The Communication Hub
The Communication Hub is specially designed to support communication learning. It is well equipped with facilities to help students experience various aspects of corporate communication work, especially in the areas of corporate journalism and publications, media relations and news dissemination. Facilities include digital cameras and desktop publishing equipment. The layout of the Hub is also specially designed for Problem-based Learning discussions.
1st Avenue
An on-campus retail training store managed by students, 1st Avenue helps to develop students’ entrepreneurial acumen through hands-on retailing store management. The facility will be used by students to develop skills and expertise in managing all aspects of retail operations.
Focus Group Room
This is a multi-purpose marketing research training room. Fully-equipped as with a real commercial focus group room, it allows observation of group discussions and sales presentations.
E-Business Centre
The Centre offers a training platform for students to learn the complexity of using state-of-the-art technology in electronic business development. It aims to provide a real-life project development environment for students and staff to work on electronic business projects. It can also be used as a launch pad for ecommerce projects or as proof-of-concept for industry partners.
The Brand Hub
Understanding the world of branding is a key competitive advantage for our marketing graduates. The Brand Hub was set up with this in mind. Subjects such as Brand Management and Integrated Marketing Communications are conducted in this state-of-the-art facility. It also provides the perfect setting for students to meet their real-life clients and develop and produce marketing strategies to build their clients’ brand image.
Business Technology Labs
The Labs are designed to support the teaching of the latest information technologies to students. They allow staff and students to explore application software, programming languages, and emerging technologies in a structured manner. These labs are used for student research, projects and presentations.
Silicon Studios
The twin Silicon Studios are equipped with state-of-the-art multimedia facilities to enable students to do project research, make presentations and engage in collaborative learning. Besides workstations and an intelligent classroom management system, there are network points for students to access the network and other IT facilities using notebooks. Wireless access to the network is also possible in the Silicon Studios.
Temasek Culinary Academy
The training complex houses our new and modern kitchens as well as two attractive and contemporary dining outlets. The kitchens comprise the skills kitchen, asian and western kitchens, and a garde manger (cold kitchen). These training facilities will allow students to hone their skills in food preparation and serve as a platform to train them in the art of providing excellent service.
Travel Planners at Temasek Polytechnic
Travel Planners is a collaborative venture between TP and Safe2Travel Pte Ltd that provides a real-life travel agency within the campus. This agency exposes students to the diverse and critical roles they will play in the travel business, and equips them with the required operational and managerial skills that will enhance the development of a customercentric working attitude.
Newsroom & Publishing Room
These facilities replicate the real print-journalism environment. The newsroom represents the frontend of the news production process involving reporters and editors, while the Publishing Room involves the back-end subediting process where page layout is done. Journalism students use the facilities to produce a regular student newspaper and gain valuable hands-on experience working in a newsroom set-up.
iLaw Chambers
The ILaw Chambers is a simulated law office training facility set up with the intention of exposing final-year students to the full workflow involved in running a legal matter. It is used to train students in the day to day running of a typical law firm, from the moment a client brings in a new matter to the time the case is closed and the client billed.
Television Studio
This 200-square-metre Studio comes fully-equipped with the latest in broadcast technology equipment that allows students to learn how to produce their own television programmes and news bulletins. This studio is also equipped with state-of-the-art post-production facilities for online and off-line editing.
LegaLab
The Lab offers students training and practice in a wide range of software as well as electronic filing and information retrieval systems used in the courts and the legal profession.
Radio Studio
This Studio provides students with practical training in using industry-standard equipment. The radio facility comprises a training studio, an on-air studio and several production suites. Students also “broadcast” live on campus from the on-air radio studio.
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