BMIHMS促成了创新型新项目的政府基金
蓝山国际酒店管理学院（BMIHMS）已经接受了一笔意义重大的来自澳大利亚政府的拨款，用于支持其在增强学生就业能力方面的创新性工作。
今年早些时候，BMIHMS 的学术事务主管Dr Scott Richardson应邀与来自格里菲斯大学，昆士兰大学和伊迪斯考恩大学的同事一起起草一份拨款建议。
拟议计划 – “通过酒店行业的虚拟实地考察提高学生们的就业技能” - 将试验，评估和推进虚拟实地考察(VFT)和相关教学作为提高学生就业技能和阈值学习结果的工具的效果(TLOs)。
在8月初宣布，该计划获得了政府教学办公室(OLT)共计$273,000的基金。这是该办公室通过发展最好的教育和学生学习体验维持世界级别高等教育部门的承诺的一部分。
Dr Richardson 说，这笔基金对于学生和未来的酒店行业来说都是令人满意的结果。
“酒店业是世界增长速度最快的行业之一，希望学生在思想和知识上都能国际化。这一行业需要为工作做好准备的，具有技术和能力可以处理现实世界问题的毕业生。”
“为他们提供虚拟实地考察的机会是极好的教学资源。学生们现在拥有独特的机会可以在虚拟空间访问世界范围的酒店和名胜，这是他们可以比从前更大程度地接触行业。”
“我们的目的是，这个项目会是我们的毕业生更能适应瞬息万变的行业需求。”
传统实地考察给予学生机会在课程内容和经验之间建立真正的联系，但时间限制和逐年增长的学生数量和多样性使得实地考察较难操作。
这个新项目提出的VFTs将提供一种替代方案，通过提供丰富的知识，探性参与方式和真实的学习经历将学术和实践学习经验结合在一起。VFTs也提供了展示国际酒店和独立饭店运营操作的机会，以确保学生可以接触到大量不同的设计，布局和管理实践。
“这个计划将与BMIHMS 建立的学习方法结合的尤其好”Dr Scott 说。
“我们极力专注于将理论课程与实践经验结合在一起，以确保我们的学生在毕业时已经做好了工作准备。新的计划将添加一个绝妙的新元素到BMIHMS业已存在的实在学问中”他说。
BMIHMS总经理Jerome Casteigt祝贺了Dr Scott和他的同事获得这一出色成就。
“这是一项非常傲人的成就，不仅是基金本身，更是因为这些学校选择BMIHMS作为酒店教育领域的关键私立学校。”
“这三所学校是在本国酒店教育领域享有极高声誉的最优学校，因此很荣幸BMIHMS获得了团队的认可，这都要归功于我们的牢固业内关系和声誉。”
“可以参与这项久负盛名的项目是对于Dr Richardson, Dr Edmund Goh, Simon Pawson和Ralph Barnes领导的蓝山全体教员学术地位的最佳证明。所有参与者都做得很好”Mr Casteigt说。
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BMIHMS Secures Government Funding for Innovative New Project
The Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School (BMIHMS) has received a significant grant from the Australian Government to support its innovative efforts in enhancing student employability.
Earlier this year, BMIHMS’ Head of Academic Affairs, Dr Scott Richardson, was invited to work on a grant proposal with colleagues from Griffith University, the University of Queensland and Edith Cowan University.
The proposed project – ‘Enhancing student employability skills through virtual field trips in the hospitality industry’ – will trial, evaluate and promote virtual field trips (VFT) and related teachings as tools to develop graduate employability skills and threshold learning outcomes (TLOs).
It was announced in early July that the project had received a total of $273,000 in funding from the Government’s Office for Learning & Teaching (OLT), as part of their ongoing commitment to maintaining a world class higher education sector by developing the best teaching and student learning experiences.
Dr Richardson said the grant was a pleasing result for both students and the hospitality industry of the future.
“Hospitality is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, and students are now expected to be global in their thinking and knowledge. The industry requires work ready graduates with the skills and capabilities to cope with real world problems.
“Providing them with access to virtual field trips will be a great learning resource. Students will now have the unique opportunity to visit hotels and attractions from all around the globe in a virtual capacity, giving them greater exposure to the industry than ever before.
It is our intention that the project will better prepare graduates for the demands of this ever changing industry.”
While traditional fieldwork gives students an opportunity to establish authentic connections between course content and experiences, time limitations and increasing student numbers and diversity have made physical field trips very challenging to operate.
The VFTs proposed by this new project will provide an alternative approach to blending academic and practical learning experiences by offering rich information, flexible access and an authentic learning experience. VFTs also provide an opportunity to showcase the operations of international hotels and independent restaurants to ensure that students are exposed to a variety of different designs, layouts and management practices.
“This project aligns particularly well with the approach to learning that is already well established at BMIHMS,” Dr Scott said.
“We are strongly focused on combining theoretical coursework with practical experience to ensure our students are work ready upon graduation. This new project will add a wonderful new element to the already solid learning experience available at BMIHMS,” he said.
BMIHMS General Manager, Jerome Casteigt, congratulated Dr Scott and his colleagues for their fantastic achievement.
“This is an incredibly impressive achievement; not just the grant itself, but for the very fact that BMIHMS was selected by these universities as a key private provider in the field of hospitality education.
“These three universities are highly regarded as being the best in the country for hospitality education so it’s wonderful that BMIHMS has been recognised as a valuable asset to the team, thanks to our strong industry connections and reputation.
Being included in this very prestigious research project is a wonderful demonstration of the academic standing of the Blue Mountains faculty led by Dr Richardson, Dr Edmund Goh, Simon Pawson and Ralph Barnes. Well done to everyone involved,” Mr Casteigt said.
Click here for more information on studying at BMIHMS.http://www.bluemountains.edu.au/2015/07/government-funds-innovative-bmihms-project/
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