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작성자	관리자	작성일	2015-06-30

호주 총리, 토비 애벗(Prime Minister Tony Abbott)이 지난 6월 28일(일) Sims Drive 에 위치한 호주 제임스쿡대학교(James Cook University) 싱가포르 캠퍼스 개관식에 싱가포르 법무교육부 선임장관 Indranee Rajah 과 함께 참석하였다.

JCU싱가포르 캠퍼스는 2003년, 싱가포르 Bukit Merah 지역에서 시작하여 2008년, Upper Thomson으로 이전한 뒤, 지난 2015년 2월, 24,000 평방미터 크기의 현 캠퍼스로 확장 이전하였다.

JCU는 지난 2007년 호주 뉴사우스웨일즈 대학교(University of New South Wales)의 싱가포르 캠퍼스 폐교 이후로 싱가포르 내에 있는 해외대학교들 중 유일하게 대학 그 자체로 싱가포르에 들어와 독립적으로 운영되고 있는 대학이다.

호주 총리 애벗은 “호주가 점점 더 아시아와의 연결을 강화해나가는데 초점을 맞추고 있는 것을 보아 알 수 있듯이 JCU처럼 지리학적으로 위치한 대학들이 그 거점 역할을 하게 될 것이다.” 라고 말했다. 또한 뉴 Colombo Plan(영연방의 동남아 개발 계획)의 착수에 의해 “학생들이 양방향으로 흐르게 될 것이다.” 라고 말했다.

이어 “수 십 년간 싱가포르에서 호주 교육에 힘써 주신 싱가포르 국민 여러분들께 찬사를 보냅니다. “ 라고도 말했다.

JCU는 싱가포르 사립 교육 진흥청(Council for Private Education, CPE)에서 발표한 싱가포르 사립 교육 관련 퀄리티 마크에서 최초이자 유일하게 최고 등급인 에듀트러스트 스타(EduTrust Star)를 획득하였다.

에듀트러스트 스타는 관리 부문 전 영역과 교육 서비스 퀄리티에서 탁월한 성적을 보인 기관에게 주어지는 인증제도로서, 전방위적인 부문에서 일관된 노력과 향상을 보였음을 상징합니다.

1950년대 이 후로 13만명이 넘는 싱가폴인들이 호주 대학교를 졸업했습니다.

Australia PM Abbott officially opens new James Cook University Singapore campus

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has officially opened James Cook University's new Singapore campus on Sims Drive.

By Loke Kok Fai
POSTED: 28 Jun 2015 12:34
UPDATED: 28 Jun 2015 22:38

Tony Abbott unveiling a plaque at the official opening of James Cook University's Singapore campus. (Photo: Loke Kok Fai)

SINGAPORE: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott officially opened James Cook University's (JCU) Singapore campus at Sims Drive on Sunday (Jun 28), as part of his official visit to the Republic.

Also present was Senior Minister of State for Law and Education Indranee Rajah. The university has been in Singapore since 2003, operating out of the Spring Singapore Building in Bukit Merah.

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It then moved to its previous campus on Upper Thomson Road in 2008 before making its way to the current 24,000 square metre premises in February 2015. Students from its Ang Mo Kio campus will also move over, and begin their lessons at the new campus in July.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaking with staff and students at JCU Singapore's new campus. (Photo: Loke Kok Fai)

JCU is the only wholly owned and independently run foreign university in Singapore since the closure of the University of New South Wales' Singapore campus in 2007.

Mr Abbott said that as Australia focuses more and more towards strengthening its links with Asia, universities focused on the tropics like JCU would be very well placed to move boundaries. He also said that through the new Colombo plan initiated by his administration, "the tide of students now flows both ways".

"We are returning the compliment that Singapore has paid to us by learning as much in your country as you have over the decades learning in ours," he said.

JCU Singapore is the first and only private education institution in Singapore to have attained the EduTrust Star quality mark from the Council for Private Education (CPE), the highest attainable for any private education in Singapore.

The EduTrust Star is given to institutions that excel in all key areas of management and the provision of quality education services. This mark is also a symbol of recognition for sustained efforts in organisational improvement.

Since the 1950s, more than 130,000 Singaporeans have graduated from Australian universities.

- CNA/rw

Australia PM Abbott opens new James Cook University campus in Singapore

Published on Jun 28, 2015 12:05 PM

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (right) touring the new James Cook University campus located along Sims Drive. -- ST PHOTO: LINETTE LAI

By Linette Lai

SINGAPORE - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott officially opened the new James Cook University Singapore campus on Sunday morning.

The campus, which sits on 24,000sqm of land along Sims Drive, boasts state-of-the-art facilities such as a financial trading room and classrooms equipped with smart Apple TVs.

It is located on the former premises of Manjusri Secondary School, and is nearly three times larger than the old campus along Upper Thomson Road.

The new campus can house up to 5,000 students. It is a branch of James Cook University, which is based in Queensland, Australia.