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.
Ulster University offers many different campuses across northern Ireland in Belfast, Jordanstown, Derry and Coleraine. The courses they offer are amazing however they might offer a specific course at only one campus meaning students need to travel across the country for their course. This happened to me. I had to move to Coleraine to study Consumer Managment and food innovations and it was terrible! I hated the city and it had no student life but I live my course so i have contained with it. I moved to Belfast and make a two hour commute in my second year. The lectures are mostly kind and welcoming and the library resources are fabulous. There isn’t many society engagement on the Coleraine campus which often lead me to feel lonely and isolated. It was harder to go out and make friends which was hard especially for a first year in a new city.
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