A new university of the arts will be formed by an alliance between the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and Lasalle College of the Arts, announced Minister of Education Mr Lawrence Wong in Parliament. He further elaborated that the new arts university will be private but supported by the Government, and that both LASALLE and NAFA will retain their distinct identities.
Professor Steve Dixon, President of LASALLE, said: "The alliance between both parties will be strengthened with expanded central services, as well as academic governance and quality assurance systems enabling the awarding of degrees in the name of the university."