The University’s LifeLab project and the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) are both in the running for this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2015 – the higher education ‘Oscars’ – to be announced tonight (Thursday 26 November), at a gala ceremony in London.

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Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community

LifeLab, is a unique, state-of-the-art teaching laboratory dedicated to improving adolescent health by giving school students opportunities to learn first-hand the science behind health messages.

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Since opening in October 2013, almost 2,800 students have participated with 93% rating the programme as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ and 100% of teachers would recommend the programme to others.

International Collaboration of the Year

The next generation of ultra-fast Internet or ground-breaking electronic circuits powered by light could very well be built on research carried out at The Photonics Institute, established as a joint venture between the ORC at the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 and Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

As a result of the 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 collaboration, the ?40 million Institute, based at NTU and supported by industry partners and national agencies, is set to make Singapore a powerhouse in photonics research and enterprise.

You can follow news of next week’s awards ceremony live via Twitter. The presentation of awards starts at 21:30.