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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...

With so many CCAs to choose from, it is certainly hard to decide which CCA you should commit to. But NYP is a warm hearted community, and whichever CCA you join, you are certain to make good friends. If you can�t decide, here are nine interesting CCAs to check out! Nanyang Polytechnic Chinese Orchestra  Two words � Mike Chiang. This talented conductor (formerly with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra) is the driving force behind Nanyang Polytechnic Chinese Orchestra�s (NYPCO) breath-taking, genre-breaking music. For the past 3 years, Nanyang Polytechnic Chinese Orchestra (NYPCO) has staged 4 consecutive sold-out Korean pop and pop music concerts - Theatres on the Bay, K-Attack!, K-Attack! II, K-Attack! III, and Billboard Rockx! - in collaboration with Esplanade, with Mike Chiang at the helm. The orchestra is amazingly versatile at all genres, including K-Pop and Rock, and has even been tweeted about by a member of K-pop band, Big Bang. NYPCO has a unique rendition of modern music play...

For �N� Level graduates who can�t wait to commence on your tertiary education, here�s how Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) lets you get a head start. Gideon Patrick Manik The Nanyang Polytechnic Foundation Programme (NYPFP) allows Secondary 4 Normal (Academic) students to enter NYP a year ahead of their peers. Students under this programme will go through a year of preparation and will secure a spot for themselves in their diploma of choice when they have passed all the modules. Students, Gideon Patrick Manik and Koh Liang Jing, talk about why they chose the NYPFP. For Gideon Patrick Manik, learning more about business operations and setting up his own business has always been his goal. Getting into the Diploma in Engineering with Business allows him to study multi-disciplinary subjects, including the application of business skills to engineering processes. �I was encouraged to join the NYPFP as I would be able to secure a spot in NYP rather than have to compete with all the �O� Level graduat...

Having been in the ornamental fish business at the tender age of 14, entrepreneurship was nothing new to Barnabas Huang, alumnus of NYP�s School of Business Management and now Managing Director of NutriFirst Pte Ltd, but after working in the industry for three years, he realised it wasn�t his true calling so he decided to change his career path. Back when he was a second year Business Management student in NYP, Barnabas met his gym trainer who was selling sports supplements. He seized the opportunity to buy over his sports nutrition business when his gym trainer decided to concentrate on his other business ventures. With $3,800 worth of stock that Barnabas acquired from his gym trainer, NutriFirst.net was born. While studying for his diploma in NYP, he took on many modules like Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Statistics and Finance which helped sharpen his vision and hone his analytical skills. Barnabas also underwent work attachments over a span of nine months, on-campus as well as with ...

Juggling with busy school life and a burgeoning interest in running, Nabin Parajuli, a Year 3 student in Diploma in Hospitality & Tourism Management, School of Business Management, explores his path beyond to fulfil his full potential. Nabin is an anomaly in the world of sports. A librarian in secondary school, his talent for running was accidentally discovered when he joined the first race in his life, in NYP, and came in fourth place. His coach, Mr Tho Yow Kin, said that it was rare for someone without any running experience to finish so close to the Athletic team members, who had been training consistently. Initially refusing to train regularly, Nabin changed his mind after taking part in the Institute-Varsity Polytechnic (IVP) Games. �Representing the school gave me a sense of pride and motivated me to train hard.� Nabin also revealed his other motivation, �I like the NYP Athletic Team�s t-shirt (laughs).� In the short space of two years, Nabin has come a long way. Not only has...