Better job prospects


UNIVERSITY programmes which require students to undertake longer and more structured internships were launched at two universities just three years ago. But already they are translating into better job prospects for students.

The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), which requires its students to take up internships lasting up to a year, recently said that of its first batch of 82 accountancy students who went on the stints, 69 received job offers from the firms they interned with.

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