SIM Global Education

SIM Global Education student Teddy Ho Pei Xi has been applying the skills he picked up in school even before graduating.

The second-year student is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Business (Management) degree, which is awarded by Australia's RMIT University (RMIT).

As vice-president of the SIM-RMIT student council, Mr Ho, 22, gets to use the management skills learnt in school. He is also part of the council's marketing and promotions team, and had put his skills to the test by helping to organise the school's annual bash at Zouk.

The former Temasek Polytechnic student had graduated with a Diploma in Information and Technology (majoring in Enterprise).

He said he was attracted to the SIM-RMIT programme as it allowed him to study a broad range of management topics while giving him room to specialise with a major in Business Finance.

The other specialisations that students can choose from are Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Human Resource Management.

Mr Ho will also be able to do a minor in Human Resources in his final year.

He said: "My course teaches management theories while providing financial grounding, which other courses do not."

He said he now has a better understanding of financial news. He is also better at managing people in the student council, having taken modules like management theories and organisational behaviour.

A team player, Mr Ho said he was drawn to the SIM-RMIT course after hearing about its emphasis on group projects from his friends in the programme.

He recalled how his team encountered some difficulties in one of their group projects for a Marketing module, which required them to produce a marketing plan for a well-known clothing brand.

When the company refused to provide the group with the necessary information for their project, the students had to be more resourceful.

They applied a SWOT analysis (a strategic planning method), which they had learnt in class, and did some online research to complete their project successfully.

Mr Ho said it was a "very good learning experience" as his lecturers guided them through the process.

He also appreciated the fact that some lecturers conducted additional lectures in their own free time to help students prepare for their examinations.

"My lecturers are all dedicated and they are the reason we've learnt so much."