Sunway’s 2nd Pre-University Conference, education beyond the classroom

Back for the second time, Sunway Education Group’s 2nd Pre-University Conference was bigger and better. The conference themed “Learning within and beyond the classroom,” saw the participation of many internal as well as external institutions in conjunction with Sunway’s Silver Jubilee celebration.

Professor Dr. Morshidi Sirat, Deputy Director-General, Department of Higher Education (Public Sector) Ministry of Higher Education presented the keynote address and officiated the conference while the plenary address was presented by Prof. Dr. Moses Samuel, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya.

Cheng Mien Wee,Mr Lee Weng Keng; CEO of the Education and Healthcare Division, Professor Dr. Morshidi Sirat, Elizabeth Lee, Senior Executive Director, Sunway Education Group and Dr. Khatijah Khalid, Chief Executive,Sunway College

Sunway’s eWaste campaign gets you thinking green

The widespread use of electronic gadgets and gear without a corresponding channel developed for their proper disposal is an issue that the Sunway Education Group (SE Group) is concerned with. As its IT Services department has pressed forward to deploy better technology to all the Sunway education institutions, they are also conscious of the dumping of used electronic items (eWaste).

Staff member placing his e-waste into the e-waste bin on Sunway campus

Understanding the Cambridge Experience

Sunway College received tremendous response from pre-university students and parents as they attended a talk on the Cambridge Experience held at its campus recently. The talk was presented by Professor David A. Cardwell from the University of Cambridge and Associate Professor Dr George Lee from the Oxford and Cambridge Society Malaysia. 

Professor Cardwell giving a talk on the Cambridge experience to students and parents.

Sunway’s AUSMAT students explore career paths

Sunway College’s Australian Matriculation Programme (AUSMAT) recently hosted a Career Exploration Week where its students from the AUSMAT pre-university programme visited various universities and organisations to get a bigger picture and a better idea of courses and career paths. The students visited International Medical University (IMU), Melaka Manipal College, Monash University and organisations such as MEASAT Satellite Systems (Cyberjaya), Sunway Medical Centre, Deloitte Malaysia and Westport.

Dr Shah Yasin presenting his speech during the career forum.

Sunway’s MUFY shines again

Shum Pey Ling, a student of the Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY) at Sunway College made the institution proud when she bagged the Monash Excellence Award with an impressive average score of 98.75%. The Monash Excellence Award is presented to the student who achieves the highest overall score among all MUFY providers worldwide. This cohort of students also won 19 out of the 22 MUFY Subject Awards, for emerging top in their respective subjects among all providers of MUFY globally. On top of that, this year marked the largest number of MUFY students at Sunway College who qualified for a Monash Entrance Scholarship with 51 students obtaining an average score of 91.25% and above. According to Lee Thye Cheong, Director of MUFY at Sunway College, these are the best results ever achieved since Sunway College began offering MUFY in 1999.

Valedictorian Samuel Sii presenting his speech

Bringing technology to a needy school

A group of students currently pursuing their ACCA and CAT at Sunway College, showed that they cared. They helped to transport 15 personal computers from Sunway Education Group and set up the computer laboratory at SRJK Ulu Yam Baharu.

This was part of the students’ community enrichment project under their Moral Studies class to reach out to the less–privileged communities. The computers were donated by Sunway Education Group.

Sunway AUSMAT Students Acquire the ‘Slight Edge’

Deadlines, exams and constant mugging are familiar routines for all students. To assist students in staying focused and becoming high achievers, Sunway College’s Australian Matriculation Programme (AUSMAT) put together a mini-workshop called S.O.S, an acronym that stands for Strategise, Organise and Soar!

The dedicated team of AUSMAT lecturers recognised the needs of these students and identified students to participate in a series of motivational and inspirational workshops that will make up S.O.S. According to Mrs Ruma, Director of the AUSMAT programme, “A series of talks by specialists in the fields have been organised for our students to inspire them. These special sessions are designed to make our students believe in themselves to achieve the best they can be.”

Ms. Mien Cheng inspiring the students with principles found in Jeff Olson’s book entitled The Slight Edge.