Orient - The Official Magazine of the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore - Issue 72 June 2019
The Last Overland Expedition to Commence on 25th August
On 25th August, The Last Overland expedition will set off on an epic journey to London, re-tracing the pioneering 1955 Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition. One of the original drivers, Tim Slessor (87) and one of the original Land Rovers will start their journey from the Singapore F1 grid, accompanied through the Singapore streets to the border by a record-breaking caravan of Land Rovers. Visit lastoverland.com for more information or email [email protected] about sponsorship opportunities.
Top Ranked UK School Launches First Singapore Campus
The North London Collegiate School (NLCS) a top ranked UK private educational institution, formally announced the launch of its campus in Singapore at a launch event on 25 April 2019, held at the British High Commissioner’s Residence, Eden Hall.
NLCS was awarded a prime location at Depot Road after a competitive bidding process in 2015. The Singapore location will be the first Southeast Asian campus for NLCS, adding to its sister campuses in the UK, South Korea and Dubai. NLCS has been consistently ranked the top IB Diploma School in the UK for the last 14 years and is among the very best International Baccalaureate (IB) Schools in the World. It also has a record of placing over a third of its graduates in Ivy League and Oxbridge Universities each year. The curriculum will be a coeducational IB continuum.
“This is an exciting time for the NLCS family of schools. The Singapore campus is part of our international vision of bringing the NLCS ethos of ambitious education, scholarship and love of subjects to students in this region,” said Paul Friend, Founding Principal of NLCS (Singapore). “We have a 165-year-old heritage, but also a feeling that we are the pioneers and ground breakers who are always going to be slightly disruptive and constantly in search of improvement. In that sense, it feels that Singapore is a natural home for the NLCS ethos.”
The launch event was hosted by His Excellency Mr Scott Wightman, British High Commissioner to Singapore, and was attended by numerous distinguished guests including:
• Mr Kim Jong Moon, Deputy Chief of Mission & Consul General of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea • Marcus Dass, Director of Human Capital, Economic Development Board, Singapore • Ajay Rajendran, Chairman, SOBHA Group – Education Division • Bernard West, Managing Director, SOBHA Group – Education Division • Rohan Bhaskar, Director, SOBHA Group – Education Division • Ian Callender, Chief Operating Officer, NLCS (UK) • Paul Friend, Principal Designate, NLCS (Singapore)
The SOBHA Group is the sponsor and investor in the NLCS Campuses in Dubai and Singapore. The evening’s master of ceremony was renowned BBC newscaster Sharanjit Leyl, guests were treated to a series of musical performances by students from NLCS’s campuses in Dubai and Jeju who travelled to Singapore to support the opening of the campus here. NLCS (Singapore) opens to students in August 2020 subject to obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals. For more information please visit: nlcssingapore.sg or contact [email protected]