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5 Places All New Students Need to Check Out in NYP

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New to NYP and keen to check out what the campus has in store for you?  These five new facilities will have you covered for work, play, food and much more! 1. Cheers � Singapore�s first unmanned and cashless outlet Taking efficiency to a whole new level, the Cheers outlet at NYP is completely unmanned, with no cashiers and sales assistants. Students can pay for their purchases using Nets, ez-link, credit cards or through mobile payment at three self check-out kiosks. This not only increases productivity for the students managing the store, it also enables student shoppers to check out their items faster. There are also vending machines in the store that provide a variety of warm and chilled food. Let all worries about starving on a cashless day be gone! 2. T-Junction � An entertainment centre, caf� and gym all in one! This place could very well be the most interesting place in NYP with all the entertainment it offers (free of charge as well!). From karaoke rooms to an array of Wi...

A SEMESTER ABROAD

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As the customs officer cleared my entry at London�s Heathrow Airport, I felt a mixture of both excitement and nervousness. I was going to spend an entire semester on NYP�s Overseas Student Exchange Programme far away from home. I knew it was going to be a different lifestyle in the northeast of England where my fellow OSEP participants and I were going to read Mass Communications at Northumbria University. We arrived at the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the wee hours of the morning on Sep 9, 2016. We noticed plenty of graffiti on the walls of the railroads as we checked into Glassworks Student Accommodation (renamed now as true Newcastle), a 20-minute walk to the university campus.  My room at Glassworks Student Accommodation I fully appreciated how my lecturers from NYP who were in constant contact with us, checking in to ensure we were alright, and that we were coping well with our studies.  The general vibe at Northumbria was also very friendly as everyone treated each oth...