The first thing that comes to our minds when we hear Travel and Hospitality is ‘people’. As the name of the degree suggests, it is all about customer service. Travel and Hospitality degrees prepare candidates to work in diverse working environments all over the world.
Even so, many people confuse Travel and Hospitality degrees with Tourism degrees. What is the difference between these two? The main difference lies in where the employees work. With a Tourism degree, you can work in a museum, national park and so on, whilst with a Travel and Hospitality degree you will work in hotels, restaurants.
This degree is shaped in such a way that candidates acquire skills about hotel management, food preparation and sanitation as well as human resources.
Experts say that it only takes six months for Travel and Hospitality graduates to find a job. The most frequent areas which display the highest number of job opportunities are catering management and hotel management. As a result of their flexible degree, 15% of the graduates choose to combine work with study to broaden their employability chances.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this field will have an addition of 700 jobs, both in management positions and others.
Perhaps the most important benefit is represented by the growth opportunities. This degree will teach you about networking and developing your emotional intelligence, which are of utmost importance in this field.
This degree lasts for three years, out of which one year should be spent abroad. Usually, in the second year of their studies, students go abroad and study in a partner country. The whole idea behind this is to encourage cultural awareness and adaptation.
Additionally, some universities in the UK provide a compulsory internship during which students gather relevant industry experience.
I am currently reading hospital and management at the Sunyani technical university. The programme is designed in such a way that students life on campus and academics match perfectly.
The university has good facilities. There are enough lecture halls and we do not have clashes in lectures because of insufficient lecture halls. The libraries are also equipped with enough books and stationery to serve the students populace.
However, the school lacks accommodation. Students find it very difficult to get hostels and when you finally found it is on the high price.
Lastly, there are few to little shuttle service on campus. Most of the time we have to walk about 3 kilometres from our hostels to lectures and this is really tiring.
Going forward I hope the university looks into these challenges and help find a lasting solution
School life is a mixture of academic and social life, but the university focuses more on students’ academic life than their social life.
There is a high rate of discipline on campus. Even though students and staff have a good relationship staff of the university especially lecturers do not entertain any form of indiscipline from students.
However, accommodation is a very challenge for freshmen and continuing students. The university has very few hall rooms to accommodate students and when a student finally gets one outside campus the price is very expensive.
The university has flexible lecture sessions for students. This can be attributed to the lack of lecture theatres on campus. Students don’t turn up for lectures.
However, the school has been able to blend online classes with physical lectures so that students do not miss lectures because of the insufficient lecture theatres.
Also, libraries are always opened and running 24/7 to serve the students populace.
I wish the tuition fee could be revised to make run for most under privileged students to make installments.