Academic

On 8th April RVRC’s music interest group – Jukebox, brought the audience on a journey through time with their enthralling performances of some of the greatest hits across different eras. TIMELESS: A Voyage Through Time, was the theme for this year’s Jukebox annual concert. It was inspired by a simple idea that songs evoke different memories and […]

Students and staff from RVRC participated in the day-long Project Home Haven Community Service along with Mdm. Rahayu Mahzam, MP for Bukit Batok East. This event was organised by RVRC in joint collaboration with People’s Association Youth Movement, Bukit Batok East Community Club Management Committee and the Health Promotion Board on 07 April 2018. 84 student volunteers from RVRC joined staff to assist underprivileged households through

RVRC hosted Mr. Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, to witness its 10-hour water rationing exercise in conjunction with the Singapore World Water Day 2018 on 22 March 2018. It was part of the series of events for NUS Save Our Water campaign. Water supply for all six residential blocks of RVRC was shut down for 10 hours,

RVRC Module WR1401 Workplace Readiness expanded its use of the active learning pedagogy during semester 2 of AY 2017/18. Instructors facilitated a three-part sport climbing session, to enable students to map their individual experiences to classroom concepts of personal effectiveness. Sport climbing is a form of rock climbing that relies on permanent anchors fixed to the

Year 1 students at Ridge View Residential College learn about sustainability challenges in the module GEQ1917 Understanding and Critiquing Sustainability and undertake group projects where they identify and research sustainability issues in a realistic manner – through quantification of observations, dialogues with industry mentors and deliberations with their academic advisors. In response to their initial findings, they

Ms. Kia Jie Hui, Senior Sustainability Advisor at Forum for the Future, was the invited speaker for a dialogue session with year one RVRC students on March 12th. Ms. Kia is responsible for driving sustainability developments for Forum at their APAC office in Singapore, helping businesses across the region to use future trends, visions and scenarios to truly embed

RVRC organised an industry visit for to Comcrop vertical farm at 2 Orchard Link on 6 February 2018 as part of its DIV series for Year One students. The objective was to understand Comcrop’s unique sustainability vision while getting the opportunity to understand the operations of an Aquaponics farm. The visit also included a detailed

RVRC organised an industry visit for 30 students to Sodexo Offices at 223 Mountbatten Road on 26 January 2018 as part of its DIV series for Year One students. The objective was to understand about Sodexo’s range of services and corporate work culture. The visit also included a detailed insight into how Sodexo incorporates CSR

RVRC organised an industry visit to Baba House at 157 Neil Road on 22 February 2018 as part of its DIV series for Year One students. The objective was to understand the threat to architectural heritage in urbanised Singapore while getting the opportunity to learn more about the Peranakan culture and traditional shophouse design. The visit also

RVRC organized an industry visit with the Building Construction Authority (Singapore) on 10th November 2017 as part of its DIV series for Year One students. The focus was to observe the BCA’s work for Shoreline Restoration at East Coast Park. The outdoor visit began with a short explanation of the need for shoreline protection in Singapore