The Temasek Student Excellence Awards (TSEA) are presented annually to recognise the inspiring achievements and outstanding contributions of students in non-academic areas, such as arts, sports, leadership, service, entrepreneurship and character excellence.
2020 has been an unprecedented year for our students and CCA groups. However, despite the curveballs that the pandemic has thrown, they have remained resilient and positive, made significant efforts to keep their CCA groups alive, and devised creative workarounds in ways previously unimaginable. In the process, they were also engaged and exposed to new skills and learning opportunities.
In view of the COVID-19 situation, the TSEA Secretariat has modified some of our usual award categories to facilitate your nominations. Nonetheless, the spirit of TSEA remains in celebrating excellent student contributions.
Announcements
Nominations for the TSEA are now closed. Thank you for your active support in nominating deserving students who have made a difference despite all the odds! Results will be released by September 2021, so do watch this space for more updates.
If you have any enquiries on the TSEA, please contact: tsea@tp.edu.sg.
See you next year!
Conditions
The Award
Criteria
This is a new award to recognise students who have been actively involved in their respective CCAs over the past academic year (AY2020/2021), and who have risen above the circumstances to make outstanding contributions in their CCAs. Nominees should meet the following requirements:
Celebrating Efforts Despite COVID-19
In view of the extraordinary circumstances in AY2020/2021, please also describe/include contributions from the students in one or more of the following areas:
(*Projects/activities need not be extensive in magnitude/scale/reach, but should be meaningful or impactful to the team, TP and/or the community. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, those conducted via digital means will also be considered.)
(Note: Shortlisted nominees may be required to attend a selection interview.)
The Award
Criteria
This is only applicable to final-year students (AY2020/2021) who have been actively involved in their CCAs, and have consistently met the following requirements throughout their three years in the Polytechnic:
(*We recognise that the achievements/contributions of students in their final year may have been affected due to COVID-19. In view of the constraints, the TSEA Secretariat will consider the students’ achievements/contributions during their first two years in TP.)
Celebrating Efforts Despite COVID-19
In view of the extraordinary circumstances in AY2020/2021, please consider describing/including contributions from the students’ final year in TP (AY2020/2021) of the following nature (if any), on top of their first two years’ of achievements:
(*Projects/activities need not be extensive in magnitude/scale/reach, but should be meaningful or impactful to the team, TP and/or the community. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, those conducted via digital means will also be considered.)
(Note: Shortlisted nominees may be required to attend a selection interview.)
The Award
Criteria
This is awarded to students of outstanding character, who exemplify key values such as integrity, respect, responsibility, resilience, compassion and meet the following requirements:
(Note: Shortlisted nominees may be required to attend a selection interview.)
The Award
Criteria
This is awarded to entrepreneurial students and fresh graduates* whose businesses exhibit excellent growth or high potential for growth and scalability. Nominees should also meet the following requirements:
* “Fresh graduates” refer to graduates who graduated not more than 1 year ago
(Note: Shortlisted nominees may be required to attend a selection interview.)
The Award
Criteria
This is awarded to students who have demonstrated commitment to advance the welfare of their community at large, and/or who have made significant contributions to this community over the past academic year (AY2020/2021). (N/B: Beneficiaries may be within or external to TP). Nominees should also meet the following requirements:
(Note: Shortlisted nominees may be required to attend a selection interview.)
The Award
Criteria
This is awarded to students who have demonstrated a high level of commitment to supporting TP activities, and who have made significant contributions to the wider TP community over the past academic year (AY2020/2021). Nominees should also meet the following requirements:
(Note: Shortlisted nominees may be required to attend a selection interview.)
The Award
Criteria
This is awarded to groups of entrepreneurial students and fresh graduates* whose businesses exhibit excellent growth or high potential for growth and scalability. Nominees should also meet the following requirements:
* “Fresh graduates” refer to graduates who graduated not more than 1 year ago
(Note: Shortlisted nominees may be required to attend a selection interview.)
The Award
Criteria
This is awarded to groups of students who have demonstrated commitment to advance the welfare of their community at large, and/or who have made significant contributions to this community over the past academic year (AY2020/2021). (N/B: Beneficiaries may be within or external to TP) Nominees should also meet the following requirements:
(Note: Shortlisted nominees may be required to attend a selection interview.)
The Award
Criteria
This is awarded to groups of students who have demonstrated a high level of commitment to supporting TP activities, and who have made significant contributions to the wider TP community over the past academic year (AY2020/2021). Nominees should also have met meet the following requirements:
(Note: Shortlisted nominees may be required to attend a selection interview.)
The Award
Criteria
This is awarded to an officially-appointed TP coach or instructor who has demonstrated all of the following over the past academic year (AY2020/2021):
Some considerations in judging the scale of events include the number of participants, the profile of the invited guests, the impact of the event and the magnitude of the event, i.e. poly-wide, nation-wide, diploma-wide, class.
No, only CCA advisors can submit the nominations via the prescribed nomination forms. Those submitted directly by the nominees are deemed as not supported by TP staff, and will hence not be accepted.
No, this award is only applicable to an external, officially-appointed TP coach or instructor.
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