Knowledge

Access to the best skills and talent is critical for business success and helps companies strive for innovation, creativity and excellence to stay ahead of the competition. The UK has a renowned reputation for producing talent and nurturing its skills base.

Besides, we are proud to offer Singaporeans the prestigious Chevening Scholarships. These are unbonded scholarships for one year post-graduate courses in any discipline at any UK university. The application deadline is on 10 Feb 2012.

Five-star education at the UK’s first hotel school: Wivenhoe House in England will open in 2012 as the UK’s first hotel school – based entirely in a fully operational hotel. It will combine a luxurious country house hotel and innovative hotel school for student hoteliers across the board. “The practical and vocational learning, gained entirely within the hotel, will lead to work-based fast-track degree-level qualifications in hotel management and culinary arts,” said a spokesperson.

Facts

• The UK is home to 4 of the world's top 10 universities.
  
  
• The University of Oxford has educated more world leaders than any other university.
  
  
• The University of Cambridge was recently ranked the number one university in the world.
  
  
• Britain has the highest number of leading MBA courses in Europe.
  
  
• The British government has protected our investments in science and research, developing Technology and Innovation Centres to encourage links between our universities and enterprise, helping to turn great research into commercial opportunities.
  
  
• The UK is a leading innovator in distance and e-learning material and programmes. The University of London was the first university to offer distance-learning degrees, establishing its External Programme in 1858. The Open University is the world’s largest distance learning university.
  
  
• The UK is a world leader in the provision of training and equipment in the field of Special Educational Needs.
  
  
• The UK’s professional qualifications are recognised internationally and are in huge demand by those seeking to improve their career prospects.
  
  
• The UK holds key exhibitions and conferences across all parts of the sector, from educational supplies, software and ICT to e-learning and corporate training. They include BETT (educational ICT) every January and The Education Show (teaching and learning goods and services) every March.
  
  
• The UK is a pioneer in developing sustainable solutions in education, from the design and build of new environmentally friendly schools to ‘green’ learning and teaching resources.