Working in the media is not as easy and glamorous as it seems, but MDIS helps its students to get ahead of the game with hands-on experience and relevant teaching.

By Everlyn Lee

Fauzia Begum d/o Rashid Mohd, 22, adores the glitz and glamour of the media industry. A self-proclaimed linguistics person who “cannot see numbers”, she is positive that the media industry is where she wants to be. Through a diploma programme in Media & Communication awarded by the Singapore Polytechnic, she developed a greater understanding of the different aspects of the industry and is certain that she would love to build a career in the Public Relations industry specifically.

However, upon graduation, Fauzia felt that she was not yet ready to enter the industry and instead, joined the Ministry of Education as an allied educator in her alma mater to teach English. At the same time, Fauzia made plans for post-diploma education so as to better prepare herself for her dream industry.
After doing her research, she eventually set her eyes on the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) Business School and took up a Bachelor of Communications awarded by Edith Cowan University, one of Western Australia’s largest universities. More notably, its advertising and public relations courses are accredited by the International Advertising Association (IAA) and Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) respectively.

The MDIS experience provides students with the dexterity that will give them a seamless head start into the working world. Marketing student Wai Hoe shares exactly how.

By Nabilah Husna A. Rahman

An education with the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) is one that will secure you with a promising future. Through its six distinct schools, MDIS imparts vital technical and soft skills of various disciplines. The students are trained to be adept at their course of work and Fong Wai Hoe is no exception.

The Singapore Polytechnic alumnus made the vast switch from engineering to marketing after quickly learning that the popular choice of engineering was not quite aligned with his interests.

“I wanted to try something new because I didn’t wish to be stuck in just one specialisation,” Wai Hoe shares. “I want to have more skills, learn more things, so I branched out to marketing. MDIS offers a wide variety of courses and I feel that the content of the modules really suits me.”

The Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Marketing programme offered by the University of Bradford, United Kingdom at MDIS fully equips Wai Hoe to fulfil his desire to become a businessman. Now into his second semester, Wai Hoe studies subjects such as Accounting, Business Law and Business Economy, all of which give him the basic groundwork to progress in the course.

By Joyce Lin

There are some jobs that offer stability even in times of economic uncertainty, such as the field of accounting, which remains relevant and necessary to almost every company regardless of its industry. And for Clement Chan, 28, choosing the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) to further his education has given him a good and stable career as an auditor which he enjoys today.

Clement first graduated with a diploma in Accountancy from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, and decided to further his education with MDIS thereafter. “I have always had a passion for numbers and I heard from my friends that accountancy would provide a good career path,” he explains. “So I enrolled in MDIS after coming across an advertisement in the newspapers and ascertaining that it was a reputable school to enrol in.”

Ng Sin Yi developed a growing fondness for her studies after learning some of life’s lessons and attending classes at the Management Development Institute of Singapore

By Ashley Choo

A decision had to be made between studying for an important examination and planning a large birthday party. Ng Sin Yi has had to face predicaments like this before. And as always, she chose the latter option.

Previously, Linda was forced to like her job, but now with the new skills she has gained at MDIS, Linda can do what she likes.

By Ashley Choo

The tides have turned
Twenty-four-year-old Linda Lim may have scored an exceptional grade point average of 3.6 when she graduated with a Diploma in Chemical Engineering five years ago, but that did not secure her a job of her choice...