Singapore Media Academy Explained

Singapore Media Academy Chinese: 新加坡传媒学院
Established:	November 2005
Founder:	Mediacorp
Type:	Private
Address:	1 Stars Avenue Singapore

The Singapore Media Academy (SMA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mediacorp, is a media continuing education and training (CET) centre for creative industries. Incorporated in November 2005, the Academy offers training, educational and consultancy services to address the needs of the local and regional media industries.

Continuing Education and Training (CET) Centre

The Singapore Media Academy was appointed by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) in October 2008 as a media continuing education and training (CET) centre to offer workforce skills qualifications (WSQ) training under the Creative Industries WSQ (CI WSQ) framework, which was developed to address manpower and training needs of the media industry in Singapore.^[1]

The Academy currently has a campus at Mediacorp Campus.^[2]

Notes and References

News: Cheryl Lim. Ca-Mie De Souza. New media education & training centre to set up for working adults. Channel NewsAsia. 29 November 2008. 8 April 2011.
Web site: WDA and Singapore Media Academy unveil new CET facility to train media professionals. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313045340/http://app2.wda.gov.sg/web/contents/contents.aspx?yr=2009&contid=1002. 13 March 2012. Singapore Workforce Development Agency. 18 November 2009. 8 April 2011.