{"id":5664,"date":"2020-03-04T11:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T03:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.ift.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2021-04-08T11:41:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T03:41:35","slug":"open-day-shows-iftm-strengths-to-potential-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/open-day-shows-iftm-strengths-to-potential-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Day shows IFTM strengths to potential students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5664 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\/2020\/03\/81576277_3411333105604382_7155136462520844288_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" 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https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/81317012_3411333082271051_4302597550214479872_o.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<span class='pum-trigger  popmake-5667  text-center font-blue' data-do-default=''>\u4e2d\u6587\u6458\u8981 \/ Summary in Chinese<\/span>\n<p>The annual IFTM Open Day drew scores of high-school students from Macao and further afield to the Mong-H\u00e1 Campus in January. Alongside their parents, and their number boosted by members of the public, they came to find out about the style of education offered by the Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Among the would-be students at the event was Philippine-born Aletha Mae. Aletha will finish her secondary schooling at Escola S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o de Brito this summer and she is leaning toward studying Hotel Management at IFTM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMacao is known for its casinos and I want to do something that contributes to Macao,\u201d Aletha said after watching a demonstration of housekeeping. \u201cI would be interested in knowing more about how things work in hotels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another potential student is Hong Kong-born Lui Suet Yee. Suet Yee is weighing whether to study abroad, or head to IFTM to study towards a bachelor\u2019s degree in Hotel Management or Culinary Arts Management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would rather stay in Macao because there are more career opportunities,\u201d Suet Yee said. She added IFTM was the obvious choice in Macao as a place to study tourism and hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>Suet Yee set out to speak to staff and undergraduates during the Open Day to find out about the courses IFTM offers and student life at the Institute. She attended the IFTM Open Day with her parents and with Ms. Fiona Haughton, a guidance counsellor at the School of Nations, an international school in Macao.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty well-known. It has a good reputation in Macao and very competitive tuition,\u201d Ms. Haughton said of IFTM. \u201cThis is a good school for students who want to stay within Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The IFTM Open Day demonstrates that a combination of theory and practice is central to teaching at the Institute. Among the features of the event are presentations on campus life and demonstrations of academic and non-academic activities on campus.<\/p>\n<p>The IFTM Open Day is special in that students of the Institute studying for bachelor\u2019s degrees in Tourism Event Management, Culinary Arts Management and Hotel Management \u2013 as well as in other IFTM programmes \u2013 help arrange the event. They plan and stage many of the Open Day\u2019s attractions.<\/p>\n<p>Among the students involved in organising was Victoria Zhou, a fourth-year student of Hotel Management. Victoria gave a talk on opportunities for IFTM students to go abroad on exchange or to complete an internship, and spoke about her experience as an exchange student at Bournemouth University in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>IFTM has arrangements with scores of institutions of higher education around the world that offer its students opportunities to broaden their horizons by going on exchanges. IFTM students may also go abroad for internships, summer programmes or to attend international conferences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exchange programme allowed me to experience a different lifestyle in another country, and it helped me explore the Western world,\u201d said Victoria. She feels that her time in Bournemouth better prepared her for postgraduate studies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Future prospects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other features of this year\u2019s IFTM Open Day were briefings and drop-in workshops at the specialist facilities of the Institute. There were also discussions with outstanding alumni, including IFTM Alumni Association Executive Committee President Ms. Kitty Tong. Ms. Tong graduated in 2008 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Tourism Business Management and later pursued a career in professional services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here to tell prospective students what kind of future they can expect once they graduate from IFTM,\u201d Ms. Tong said.<\/p>\n<p>The IFTM curriculum stresses learning from experience. It puts students in real situations and poses real challenges by giving them hands-on projects to do, and by sending them to serve internships. This gives them chances to learn, through collaboration with each other, the full spectrum of skills the Institute teaches \u2013 skills likely to be important for their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Tong said the results of a recent survey indicated that 93 percent of businesses employing IFTM graduates were satisfied with their performance. 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