Led by the VTC Deputy Executive Director, Ir Dr Eric Liu and the Academic Director (Engineering), Ir CY Shiu, a total of 13 engineering discipline staff attended the 11th International Symposium on Advances in Technology Education (ISATE 2017) from 19 – 22 September 2017 in Singapore. On the theme of ‘Shaping competencies for the future: practice-oriented education in the 21st century’, eight papers from IVE Engineering Discipline on various topics were presented at the international platform. Being honoured by being the host of next ISATE, Dr Liu was invited to give a welcome address while Mr Jonthan Lee, Senior Project Manager of the Engineering Discipline Planning Office gave a brief introduction to ISATE 2018 at the closing ceremony.
The trip was fruitful for the Discipline as staff leveraged the platform to deepen their relationships with overseas partners, including Turku University from Finland, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Singapore Polytechnic and the National Institute of Technology from Japan.