Professor Jenny Higham is Vice Dean for Institutional Affairs and Director of Education in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. She is also Senior Vice Dean of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Singapore. Additionally, she continues to practise medicine, as a surgical gynaecologist at St Mary’s hospital, Paddington.
In her talk, Professor Higham will present her experiences and discoveries of starting up a new medical school: the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Singapore. She has been involved in this project from its inception to her current regular involvement as Senior Vice Dean. She will discuss the reasons why Imperial and Nanyang Technical University in Singapore agreed they would unite for this collaboration and the cultural, educational and management challenges and opportunities associated with the project.
This talk is followed by a drinks reception taking place 18.30 – 19.30.
This event is free to attend, but pre-registration is required (external link)
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President of Singapore lays foundations of new Imperial & NTU medical buildings – 8 January 2015
Jenny Higham wins NTU’s highest teaching award – 15 March 2015
