SIT students and alumni to receive career planning support

New programme rolled out to help them explore and plan personal and career goals

- Elisha Tushara Correspondent

Current students and graduates of the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) can now receive career planning support through the newly launched Design Your Futures (DYF) programme.

Rolled out to all undergraduates in September, the programme uses design thinking approaches developed by Stanford University and futurist Verne Wheelwright in the US, which allow students to explore and plan their personal and career goals.

Beginning on the first day of freshman orientation, the programme involves structured activities that students will participate in throughout the course of their studies.

These include an introduction to life design principles, modules to learn how to apply design thinking and futures thinking to real-world challenges, as well as a social innovation project.

The programme is also incorporated into SIT's Integrated Work Study Programme, which consists of an eightto 12-month work attachment.

Academic advisers will provide continued guidance to help students connect life and career goals in their regular check-ins.

Announcing this initiative at SIT's convocation ceremony held for the first time at its new Punggol campus on Oct 13, SIT president Chua Kee Chaing said the programme builds students' adaptability to design multiple futures.

As students explore their goals through the structured activities, consider new directions, and map the ripple effects of their decisions, they learn to design their futures through intentional action and being adaptable, Professor Chua said.