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NAFA bags prestigious honour at
British Business Awards |
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The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) was
honoured with the inaugural ¡°Education & Training¡± award at the recent
British Business Awards 2005. |
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At the Awards Ceremony held on 18 November
2005 at the Regent Singapore, four other finalists apart from NAFA,
namely LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Tanglin Trust School, Think 8
Pte Ltd and Centre Stage School of the Arts Pte Ltd, were shortlisted in
the newly-introduced ¡°Education & Training¡± category. |
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This annual event was organised by the
British Chamber of Commerce. NAFA¡¯s entry was nominated by the British
Council. |
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The award for NAFA is to recognise the
Academy¡¯s support for British businesses and its efforts in fostering
closer cultural ties with British educational counterparts. |
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Over the last decade, NAFA has established
many rewarding partnerships and collaborations with a number of British
institutions, including cultural and academic exchanges, as well as the
running of franchised degree and postgraduate programmes in diverse
creative disciplines. |
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Training of NAFA¡¯s Students |
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The collaboration with UK educational
institutions, renowned for their high academic standards, has provided
immense opportunities for NAFA students to pursue higher education
beyond their diploma studies through franchised degree programmes,
thereby contributing to the training of Singapore¡¯s manpower resources
to meet the needs of the Republic¡¯s creative art and design industry. |
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Their immersion in the British education
system through practical attachments under the training programmes
exposes them to the latest trends and ideas in Britain and the West, and
refines their skills to meet industry needs in Singapore. |
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(Please refer to the Annex for the list of
UK partner universities and the respective undergraduate and
post-graduate courses, as well as other areas of cooperation.) |
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Other Benefits to Singapore and UK under
Current Educational Collaboration Programmes |
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NAFA¡¯s close links with the British
universities have also resulted in the following mutual benefits: |
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¡¤ Promote
closer people-to-people contacts, especially between the academia and
students of NAFA and the British institutions, leading to better
understanding of the history, culture and the arts education systems of
the two countries
¡¤ Promote
a greater exchange of information, knowledge and ideas and better
understanding of the learning infrastructures of higher education,
system and processes as well as curriculum changes for the betterment of
NAFA courses
¡¤ Promote
joint-teaching and assessments, joint-exhibitions, research
collaboration, conferences, continuous professional practice and staff
development that contributed to the transfer of knowledge and skills for
mutual benefit
¡¤ Contribute
to the creation of a diverse international profile of students admitted
into joint-programmes, including the recent admission of the first MA
student from UK under the Isle of Man Government grants award to pursue
a full-time research in ¡°Comparing Western Contemporary Arts to Oriental
Contemporary Arts¡± at NAFA
¡¤ Promote
recognition of product values and designs that have led to a further
3-tier collaborative engagement (Singapore/UK/Netherlands) in 2005 with
Philip Design and the proposed development of ¡°Research Lab¡± at NAFA
¡¤ Expose
NAFA music students to the more established music and theatre practice
and learning systems in
Britain through the BA (Hons) in Music conducted at NAFA and validated
by University of Wales in 2001, and the new BA (Hons) in Theatre Arts
offered in Oct 2005
¡¤ Strengthen
NAFA¡¯s training programme in theatre and stage management through the
introduction of the franchised degree programme in BA (Hons) Arts
Management in Jul 2005, conferred by
University of Huddersfield
¡¤ Enhance
the image and reputation of NAFA¡¯s fashion design/fashion merchandising
degree programmes delivered in collaboration with
University of Huddersfield |
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Cultural Exchanges in the Performing Arts |
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Cultural exchanges in the performing arts
between NAFA¡¯s student artists and British artists/art practitioners
form another visible aspect of this meaningful cooperation, with regular
staging of concerts by British musicians in NAFA for the appreciation of
NAFA students, who also benefit from their masterclasses and workshops,
e.g. Prof James Watson¡¯s trumpet performance with NAFA Symphonic Wind
Ensemble in Oct 2005; and piano masterclasses with concert pianist, Mr
Steven Osborne and Mr Mark Ray, Head of Keyboard Studies at the Royal
Northern College of Music on 22 Apr 2004 and 11 Aug 2004 respectively,
among others. |
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Gifted music students from NAFA¡¯s School of
Young Talents also enjoy regular exchanges with the music
schools/colleges by performing and attending masterclasses. |
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NAFA will continue with the policy of
cultivating a closer relationship and initiating more collaborative
projects with UK universities to enhance its present successful
educational partnerships with British tertiary institutions in the
visual and performing arts, as well as in fashion studies. |
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