About the Program
The University of Wolverhampton, U.K. offers the BA (Hons) International Hospitality Management in Singapore through SHRM. The programme is designed as a final year top-up degree for students graduating from the SHRM Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management or equivalent qualifications.
It aims to produce capable, creative future leaders for the wide range of national, international and global industries operating within the hospitality area whilst equipping students with advanced management and research skills which allow them to cross the divide into leisure, tourism and business related fields of endeavor.
Students will assess strategic and global directions for international hospitality organisations and analyse the roles and responsibilities for both hospitality facilities and heritage management. Students will also consider the topics of international gastronomy and service quality. Students will have a chance to demonstrate their knowledge by undertaking a consultancy project and dissertation.
Programme Structure
The BA (Hons) International Hospitality Management is a one-year direct honours programme with exemptions for the Year 1 and Year 2 of study. It is structured for graduates holding the SHRM Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management or equivalent qualifications. The Year 3 of study consists of 120 credits covering 6 modules and 1 dissertation. The modules are conducted over 4 terms. The maximum class for the programme is capped at 30 students at any one time. The small class size allows the University Faculty and SHRM Tutors to focus on individual students so that students can get the best out of the programme.
| Code |
Module Name |
Credits |
6SW001 |
The Professional Project |
40 |
6L1015 |
Employability and Enterprise: The Consultancy Project |
20 |
6L1007 |
Critical and Contemporary Issues in International Hospitality |
20 |
6L1008 |
The Changing Face of International Hospitality Management |
20 |
6L1016 |
Developing leisure Enterprises: The strategic thinker |
20 |
The Professional Project
The Professional Project is the culmination of your undergraduate degree course which will enable you to work independently in an area that excites and interests you. The Professional Project enables you to engage with a substantial programme of independent study which enables you to define and explore in some depth a topic relating to your course or intended future employment, as well as developing advanced skills in managing an extended project. The Professional Project provides experience of critically evaluating and reflecting upon the particular methodologies of your subject area. The project may include practical elements, dependent upon the subject discipline being studied. For students continuing from level 5 studies the project will have been agreed through the module 5SW001; for those students entering at level 6 there will be a specific iteration where a taught element of the module will allow consideration of the type of project to be undertaken.
Employability and Enterprise: The Consultancy Project
This module enables students to identify and critically analyse current issues affecting leisure industry organisations. Representatives from leisure organisations (clients) will present key problems currently facing the organisations. Students will be placed into groups and will work with the client to identify recommendations based on relevant theory to address those problems.
Critical and Contemporary Issues in International Hospitality
This module aims to analyse the role of critical and contemporary issues for International Hospitality Management in the context of modern society. It addresses critical and contemporary issues (such as changes in gastronomy and their effect on food and beverage offerings, taste and design of accommodation sectors, the role of alcohol in providing the wider hospitality product, the provision of hospitality to support major sporting events or festivals) and defines ‘hospitality’ within different global contexts of culture and contemporary consumer behaviour. Taking case studies from social life, for example changes to the hospitality tourism offer, the growth of activity holidays in western societies and different eating and food cultures, it illustrates the role of fashion in the formation of collective taste.
The Changing Face of International Hospitality Management
The module aims to provide students with an understanding of the dimensions and nature of international hospitality business. It is designed to create a sensitivity to and awareness of the challenges in managing different cultures as well as to present a worldview of hospitality management. Topics covered include the global community, cultural dimensions of management, international management strategy, international marketing, and international human resource management.
Developing leisure Enterprises: The strategic thinker
The module aims to offer a critical understanding of strategic management and explore sources of advantage for leisure and lifestyle organisations within a dynamic and turbulent competitive environment. The module offers a critical and evaluative approach to strategy whilst challenging strategic concepts, theories and perspectives and their application to leisure and lifestyle organisations.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
A wide range of teaching and learning strategies are used. Academic work includes formal lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops and groupwork, both directed and non-directed independent study, pre-set reading, and presentations. Different assessment methods are utilised to facilitate general development of students and to help prepare students for the world of work. Assessment tasks often require the student to apply issues covered in the module within an industrial or organisational setting. Methods of assessment will include seminar presentations, videotaped material, individual and group work and written work. There are no examinations for the modules of this programme.
In the first session for each module the module tutor will direct students to a Module Guide in which the assignment brief and assignment specific criteria for each element will be detailed. It is important that students access this document, as it will answer many of the queries about the module.
Promotion and Graduation
Students need to pass 120 credits of study to fulfil the requirements of the award and to show that they have achieved the learning outcomes listed. Six of these modules are 15 credits in size; passing them gives a student a total of 90 credits. The dissertation module is 30 credits in total. This has a taught element but then develops a student's research techniques allowing him/her to undertake a 6-8,000 word dissertation. This is a very exciting opportunity which allows students to develop an area of study of particular interest and engage in a research conference.
Grading Scheme
Student work is subject to a grading system that allows the calculation of the final award according to the University of Wolverhampton regulations. Your final award will be classified according to the results obtained and may be deemed ‘First Class Honours’ if you have an A-grade profile.
Students who pass modules, no matter what the grade, cannot retake the work. The grades available follow an alpha-numeric code as follows:
Assessment Grading (alpha-numerical) undergraduate level 3
Grade |
Performance |
Result |
A16 |
Outstanding performance |
Pass |
A15 |
Outstanding performance |
Pass |
A14 |
Outstanding performance |
Pass |
B13 |
Above average – very good |
Pass |
B12 |
Above average – very good |
Pass |
B11 |
Above average – very good |
Pass |
C10 |
Average - good |
Pass |
C9 |
Average - good |
Pass |
C8 |
Average - good |
Pass |
D7 |
Satisfactory performance |
Pass |
D6 |
Satisfactory performance |
Pass |
D5 |
Satisfactory performance |
Pass |
E4 |
Uncompensatable fail |
Defer module result (if first attempt)
Fail (if following a second attempt) |
F3 |
Uncompensatable fail |
Defer (if first attempt)
Fail (if following a second attempt) |
F2 |
Uncompensatable fail |
Defer (if first attempt)
Fail (if following a second attempt) |
F1 |
Uncompensatable fail |
Defer (if first attempt)
Fail (if following a second attempt) |
F0 |
Uncompensatable fail |
Defer (if first attempt)
Fail (if following a second attempt) |
0NS |
Not submitted |
Fail: no resit allowed for non submitted work. The module must be retaken, for which fees are charged |
Academic Requirement
- SHRM Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management or equivalent.
- Applicants holding other higher academic qualifications may require some bridging modules from the Diploma or/and Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management. Students with less than 50% credit exemptions for the Year 1 Diploma and/or Year 2 Advanced Diploma may be awarded the respective qualification upon completion. To be awarded the Diploma and/or Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management, students are required to complete all modules not exempted by the University.
English Language Requirement
- IELTS 6.0 for non-native speaker and students not advancing from SHRM Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management or equivalent qualifications.
Module Leaders & Lecturers
Module |
Module Leader |
Delivered By |
Tutor |
Developing leisure Enterprises: The strategic thinker
|
Crispin Dale |
Crispin Dale |
Hew Tze Yee |
The Changing Face of International Hospitality Management
|
Ade Oriade |
Ade Oriade |
Arun Ramchand |
Employability and Enterprise: The Consultancy Project
|
Steve Gelder |
Steve Gelder |
Arun Ramchand |
Critical and Contemporary Issues in International Hospitality
|
Ade Oriade |
Arun Ramchand |
Arun Ramchand |
The Professional Project |
Debra Wale |
Debra Wale
Hew Tze Yee |
Hew Tze Yee
Jane Warren
Edwin Lim
Arun Ramchand
Jasmine Puah |
Faculty from the University of Wolverhampton Conducting the Programme
Ade Oriade |
Ade is a senior lecturer with the University of Wolverhampton, School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure, United Kingdom.
Ade possesses a Master in Public Administration (Budgeting & Planning), Ogun State University, Nigeria and a Master of Science, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom. He is currently working on his doctorate. |
| Crispin Dale |
Crispin is a principal lecturer with the University of Wolverhampton, School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure, United Kingdom.
Crispin possesses a Bachelor of Art (Hons) in Hospitality Management from University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom and Master of Art (Distinction) in Tourism and Leisure, Lancaster University, United Kingdom. Crispin is currently working on his doctorate by Publication. |
| Steve Gelder |
Steve is a senior lecturer with the University of Wolverhampton, School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure, United Kingdom.
Steve holds a Bachelor of Art (Hons) Sports and Recreation Studies from Staffordshire University, United Kingdom and a Master of Business Administration, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. He is currently working on his PhD.
Steve has extensive management experience gained from working with large corporations such as British Steel Corporation. |
| Debra Wale |
Debra is a senior lecturer with the University of Wolverhampton, School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure, United Kingdom.
Debra has extensive industry experience in managing restaurants and leisure activities in social enterprises.
Debra graduated from Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Hotel and catering Management. Thereafter, Debra completed her Master of Art in Education, with Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom.
Debra is currently working on her doctorate in Education – Practitioner research. |
SHRM Tutors
| Hew Tze Yee |
Hew has more than 20 years of senior general management corporate experience, with listed and private companies in various countries including Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Prior to joining SHRM, he was a general partner of a private boutique investment house focusing on turnaround, technology and medical start up situations.
Hew is a graduate from Monash University, Australia with a Bachelor of Economics and Master of Business Administration, University of Miami, United States. |
| Jane Elizabeth Warren |
A native of United Kingdom, Jane has extensive teaching experience in english and communication at a variety of learner age groups in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Jane is a graduate of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Agricultural and Environmental Science and a Master of Science Transport Engineering and Operations.
She also possesses a Master of Art in Applied Linguistics from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. |
| Arun Ramchand |
Arun Ramchand has over a decade of experience in the Hospitality and Tourism sector. Having graduated with a Diploma in Tourism Management from Temasek Polytechnic, Arun went on to do a Bachelor in Business, majoring in Hotel Management with Griffith University. Subsequently, he attained a Master in Commerce, majoring in Professional Accounting from Griffith University, Australia.
Some of Arun’s work experiences include supervising and managing bars, restaurants, clubs and hotels, both in Australia and Singapore. Prior to his return to Singapore in 2010, Arun was working at a four-star international resort in Australia. |
| Jasmine Puah Pei Yun |
Jasmine holds a Master of Marketing from University of Western Australia and a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Marketing and Finance.
Jasmine has been teaching for more than 3 years in various management subjects including Finance, Accounting and Marketing. Prior to entering the teaching profession she was with various Information Technology companies in their marketing department. |
Edwin Lim |
Edwin has many years of experience in education both as a lecturer and in general and academic management of education institution. Edwin held senior positions in one of the largest educational institution in Singapore listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore and other large privately owned schools in Singapore.
Edwin’s other professional experience includes international business development and marketing in the areas of information technology.
Edwin graduated from Singapore Polytechnic in Electronics & Communication Engineering. Thereafter, he continued his education in the United States and completed his Bachelor of Arts, Journalism & Broadcasting (Magna Cum Laude), and his Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma State University. He was also admitted into the University’s Golden Key National Honour Society and Phi Kappa Phi Honour Society.
Edwin also is a certified trainer with a Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training from Equals International, Adelaide, Australia. |
Message from University of Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton is one of the largest universities in the UK, and has a long history of innovation and success in the hospitality and tourism industries. We have trained a generation of graduates who are now in key positions in the leisure industries around the world, and we are no stranger to South-East Asia. We are working with our partners at SHRM to put in place world-class provisions to meet the needs of Singapore's burgeoning economy.
This is a defining moment in the visitor economy of Singapore, as the country develops its Integrated Resorts, reinforces its Sports strategy, and welcomed the first Formula 1 Night Race. The hospitality and tourism industries are key contributors to the global economy and there are endless opportunities to make a successful career in this dynamic sector.
If you are career-minded, determined, and customer-centred, there's a place for you in this economy. Our links with the industry are first-rate, and the quality of our programmes in Hospitality and Tourism have been rated as excellent in UK quality assurance reviews.
Why not consider enrolling for a degree that will give you a foothold in the rapidly-changing market?
John Pymm
Dean
School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure
University of Wolverhampton
www.wlv.ac.uk
One of the country's largest and most dynamic universities, right at the heart of the UK The largest university in its region 24,000 students, over 2,000 staff Over 2,300 international students Ten Schools located on 4 campuses
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1835: Wolverhampton Mechanics Institute |
1885: Municipal School of Arts and Crafts |
1899: Science & Technical Commercial School |
1932: Technical College |
1952: Wolverhampton and Staffordshire College of Technology |
1969: Polytechnic of Wolverhampton |
