Since January 2000, the University Scholars Programme (USP), a highly selective honors program at the National University of Singapore, has supported the Victorian Web's two websites. Between January 2000 and December 2001 the USP also funded two senior research fellows, Dr. Marjorie Bloy and Dr. Jon van Whye, and a half dozen student assistants, who worked on The Victorian Web Books section and other major projects, including the site's materials on science, technology, and political and social history.
The University Scholars Programme, which is intended to produce venturesome, creative leaders, draws upon the top students from various faculties at the National University of Singapore, and it also considers applications from qualified foreign exchange students. During their first two or three years in the Programme, University Scholars take modules (courses) in their majors plus eight others selected from the eleven other areas of the Programme, These modules are distinguished by student discussion, independent projects, and emphasis upon introducing students to the culture of individual disciplines. These first-tier modules bring together students from different departments and faculties who would normally not study together. Second-tier or advanced modules, which generally correspond to advanced third- and fourth-year modules, are taught in the individual faculties.
Last modified 6 August 2003