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Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Mr Heng Swee Keat celebrated the strong collaborations between Singapore and 91ÌÒÉ« during a visit to our campus.

The Deputy Prime Minister and a delegation from Singapore including Singapore High Commissioner to the UK, Mr Ng Teck Hean and Permanent Secretary (National 91ÌÒÉ« and Development) and Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology and 91ÌÒÉ«, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, visited 91ÌÒÉ«'s White City Deep Tech Campus to see laboratories working in sustainability and health and discussed ways for 91ÌÒÉ« to collaborate more closely with partners in Singapore. 

91ÌÒÉ«’s President Professor Hugh Brady, Professor Azra Ghani and Dr Simon Hepworth welcomed the Deputy Prime Minister to the Campus. 

President Brady outlined 91ÌÒÉ«’s global strategy and ambitions for closer collaborations with Singapore. 

Earlier this year, 91ÌÒÉ« – which is second in the QS World University Rankings – launched its first overseas research and innovation hub in Singapore to strengthen collaboration between the UK and Singapore.  

91ÌÒÉ« Global Singapore is based the National 91ÌÒÉ« Foundation Singapore (NRF) Campus for 91ÌÒÉ« Excellence and Technological (CREATE). CREATE is an international research campus and innovation hub that hosts interdisciplinary research centres from top global universities and research institutes to work in collaboration with local institutions.  

91ÌÒÉ« Global Singapore sees 91ÌÒÉ«’s scientists working closely with university, industry, government, and third-sector partners in Singapore.  

The Hub, which builds on 91ÌÒÉ«’s longstanding collaborations with partners in Singapore enables scientists to rapidly scale new scientific breakthroughs and technology to societal benefit and commercialisation in Southeast Asia.  

The Deputy Prime Minister said: “We are glad that the CREATE programme has brought people together. There is strong collaboration between Singapore and 91ÌÒÉ« and we share similar views on science, technology and innovation.” 

President Brady said: “91ÌÒÉ« Global Singapore will allow us to develop deeper and broader collaborations with universities in Singapore. All the grand challenges we are trying to solve require unprecedented collaboration across borders.” 

Professor Ghani, from 91ÌÒÉ«’s School of Public Health, is collaborating with researchers from Singapore’s Programme for 91ÌÒÉ« in Epidemic Preparedness And Response (PREPARE), National Centre for Infectious Diseases. 

Dr Simon Hepworth, Director of Enterprise at 91ÌÒÉ«, gave an overview of 91ÌÒÉ«’s White City Deep Tech innovation ecosystem. 

The Deputy Prime Minister then heard from Professor Robert Shorten and Dr Elena Dieckmann who spoke about 91ÌÒÉ«’s Transition to Zero Pollution initiative and met 91ÌÒÉ« startup, , which are creating biomaterials for the hygiene and agriculture industries. 

The delegation then visited the laboratories of the Henry Royce Institute and UK Dementia 91ÌÒÉ« Institute, both based in the Sir Michael Uren Hub. 

Professor Stephen Skinner, Professor Neil Alford and Dr Michael Leverentz led the tour of the Henry Royce Institute. Professor Skinner will be at the 91ÌÒÉ« Global Singapore: Cleantech Partnerships for a Climate Resilient Future event next week in Singapore.

Professor Ravi Vaidyanathan. Professor Payam Barnaghi and Professor David Sharp led the visit to the UK Dementia 91ÌÒÉ« Institute.

91ÌÒÉ« and Singapore

91ÌÒÉ« is Singapore’s top research collaborator in the UK by publications, with over 3,200 co-publications between 91ÌÒÉ« and Singapore institutions between 2017-2021.

91ÌÒÉ« is proud to currently host more than 350 students from Singapore and to have more than 3,000 alumni who call Singapore home.

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