Mention ginger leaves and Sunway, and his eyes just brighten up. One which he has spent several years researching on, leading to his PhD in October last year, while the other is where he still feels nostalgic about. Eric Chan Wei Chiang, who obtained the Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Sunway University College after his Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) in 2000, says he still feels nostalgic when walking the corridors of Sunway.
Chan shares one-year stint at Sunway: “Doing my CIMP was an important…
Xandria Ooi, 26, graduated from the Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) in 2001. She returned recently to give a talk to students on her newly-launched book, ‘Xandria Ooi – Love, Work and Everything in Between’.
Why did you choose to do CIMP?
CIMP was the perfect choice as the structure of the course resembles the ones at University, with a focus on course work, presentations and group assignments as well as examinations.
Why did you choose Sunway?
Because of the ample carpark…
Five Sunway academic staff are keeping on par with their colleagues in the United Kingdom.
They received their Certificate in Academic Practice (CAP) Module One, which makes them eligible to become Associate Fellows of Higher Education Academy in the U.K.
According to Dr Tony Luxon, who presented the certificates, it was an impressive achievement considering that the staff achieved this while teaching and carrying out research, simultaneously.
In his capacity as Continuing Professional Development Advisor, Dr. Luxon and his colleagues from the Centre Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) of Lancaster University recently conducted the workshops at Sunway….
Smiling warmly and dressed in a dark suit with her mane of long hair tamed neatly into place, her successful demeanour masks the bitter roots of life that Candy Lee Pik Shin once tasted as a child.
Coming from a poor family with her grandma as her closest relative, Lee never dreamt of going to university. “My initial plan was to work while studying part time,” she said.
After she learnt about the Tun Omar Ong Yoke Lin Community scholarship through Malaysian Care, the rest was history. She joined Sunway in 2003…
The pioneer intake of the 66 students in the Foundation in Arts (FIA) pre-university programme at Sunway took their first steps in December last year as proud bearers of the Foundation in Arts certificates. The FIA is the academic stepping stone to Sunway’s own honours degree programmes validated by Lancaster University.
The Sunway-developed FIA programme lays a strong academic foundation in literacy and numeracy enhanced by enrichment subjects that broaden a student’s understanding of the world.
Out of the 66,…
Two Sunway University College Australian Matriculation (AUSMAT) students shined as they were awarded Certificates of Distinction by the Curriculum Council, Western Australia recently. AUSMAT is the Year 12 curriculum of Western Australia. Manisharaj Kaur Pannu was awarded the Certificate of Distinction for Chemistry with a scaled score of 100 and Sudharsan Thiruvengadam received the Certificate of Distinction for English (Advanced Paper). Manisharaj and Sudharsan were among those who had the highest scores for their subjects in the whole state of…
