{"id":5084,"date":"2019-06-27T09:17:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T01:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.ift.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2021-04-08T11:42:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T03:42:24","slug":"ifts-latest-graduates-prepare-to-seize-career-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/ifts-latest-graduates-prepare-to-seize-career-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"IFT\u2019s latest graduates prepare to seize career opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5084 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-herald-lay-c1'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image_2-470x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image_2-470x313.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image_2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image_2-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image_2-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image_2-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image_2-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Image_2.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5085'>\n\t\t\t\tMacao\u2019s Chief Executive, Dr. Chui Sai On\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Photo-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Photo-1-470x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Photo-1-470x313.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Photo-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Photo-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Photo-1-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Photo-1-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Photo-1-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Photo-1-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Photo-1.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5086'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom left to right: Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Dr. Alexis Tam Chon Weng; Chief Executive Dr. Chui Sai On; and IFT President Dr. Fanny Vong\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imagehandle-1.aspx_.html.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imagehandle-1.aspx_.html-470x313.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-c1 size-herald-lay-c1\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imagehandle-1.aspx_.html-470x313.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imagehandle-1.aspx_.html-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imagehandle-1.aspx_.html-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imagehandle-1.aspx_.html-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imagehandle-1.aspx_.html-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/imagehandle-1.aspx_.html-187x124.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5087'>\n\t\t\t\tGraduating students\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<span class='pum-trigger  popmake-5089  text-center font-blue' data-do-default=''>\u4e2d\u6587\u6458\u8981 \/ Summary in Chinese<\/span>\n<p>The latest group of IFT graduates has been recognised at the Institute\u2019s Graduation Ceremony 2019. The event was held on 30 May at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. Either a bachelor\u2019s degree or a diploma was conferred upon a total of 355 IFT graduates.<\/p>\n<p>Macao\u2019s Chief Executive, Dr. Chui Sai On, presided over the ceremony, delivering a congratulatory speech to the fresh graduates. Dr. Alexis Tam Chon Weng, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, was also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chui said the Macao SAR Government would continue to support IFT as it upheld its commitments to train qualified human resources to work in the tourism and hospitality sectors. He added that fresh talent had a significant role to play in driving forward Macao\u2019s strategy to transform itself into a \u201cWorld Centre of Tourism and Leisure\u201d, and a commercial and trade cooperation service platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries (collectively known as the \u201cCentre and Platform\u201d policies). That, in turn, would promote further the development of the country\u2019s \u201cBelt and Road\u201d initiative, and its Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area project, Dr. Chui stated.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, IFT President Dr. Fanny Vong congratulated the new IFT graduates. She noted the Institute would be launching its first postgraduate programmes \u2013 at diploma, master\u2019s degree and PhD level \u2013 in academic year 2019\/20, offering alumni an opportunity to further their studies at IFT.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Vong said that IFT would continue to provide innovative curriculums with equal emphasis on theory and practice, as well as to cultivate highly-skilled professionals equipped with research competences, in order to drive tourism-sector growth in Macao and to contribute to the Belt and Road and Greater Bay Area initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A stellar year for IFT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In academic year 2018\/19, IFT was one of the driving forces behind the establishment of the Alliance for Developing Macao into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Tourism Education and Training Base.<\/p>\n<p>The Alliance is a Macao-based coalition, bringing together 3 government bodies and 10 local higher education institutions, including IFT. The goal of the Alliance is to support Macao\u2019s development as a base for tourism education and training for the Greater Bay Area, as envisioned by the Central Government.<\/p>\n<p>IFT also signed in academic year 2018\/19 a memorandum of cooperation with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Sun Yat-sen University, for the establishment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Tourism Research Alliance. The 3 higher education institutions \u2013 based respectively in Macao, Hong Kong and Guangdong Province \u2013 aim jointly to work on research related to tourism development in the Greater Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIFT has always attached great importance to the development of its international network,\u201d said Dr. Vong during her speech. She noted that the number of exchange students studying at IFT in the 2018\/19 academic year represented a 20-percent increase on the prior academic year. The Institute had also continued widening the range of its international partners: in February, it had signed a cooperation agreement with Royal University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia to promote exchanges of students and staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A bright future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sakura Un, a fresh Tourism Event Management graduate, was one of those attending the ceremony. She says she is grateful to IFT and its faculty team for the quality education she received at the Institute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe past 4 years have been rewarding,\u201d says Sakura. \u201cIFT has offered tremendous learning opportunities to us, regarding theoretical knowledge and practical skills, and from overseas exchange and summer programmes to internships. It is a well-rounded curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her studies at IFT, Sakura took part in a summer programme in Portugal where she learned more about Portuguese cuisine and the country\u2019s wines. She says the programme was a valuable educational experience, as she plans to be involved in the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) sector.<\/p>\n<p>Evening student Felix Lei received at the IFT Graduation Ceremony 2019 the degree of Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management. He is currently working in a management-level position at an integrated resort company in Macao.<\/p>\n<p>He says the programme helped him consolidate the knowledge and skills he acquired over time while working in the hotel industry. \u201cThe programme opens up a new way of thinking. It inspired me to see my job from a new perspective.\u201d That, he adds, would play a positive part in his further career development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest group of IFT graduates has been recognised at the Institute\u2019s Graduation Ceremony 2019. The event was held on 30 May at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. 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