Attending the workshop was Dr. Carla Riverola, a lecturer at Griffith University (Australia) – a public research university in Southeast Queensland, Australia, specializing in environmental science and Asian studies.
Overview of the workshop “Entrepreneurial thinking and application in the Hotel and Tourism industry”
At the beginning of the seminar, Ms. Michelle Hoang Walker – Regional Admissions Representative of Griffith University provided some information about incentives for HUFLIT students when choosing to study abroad at Griffith. Specifically, if students enroll as transfer students from HUFLIT, they will enjoy priority for IELTS English entry standard of 6.0, instead of 6.5 for other subjects. In addition, students with a cumulative average score above 6.5 will also have the opportunity to receive a scholarship of 20 – 25% of the entire course tuition fee.
Ms. Michelle Hoang Walker – Southeast Asia Admissions Representative shares about
Griffith University’s scholarship policy for international students
Following the program, Dr. Carla Riverola shared with the students of the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality basic knowledge about entrepreneurship, thereby helping them have an overview of entrepreneurship. In addition, Dr. Carla Riverola also pointed out the lack of fairness in the entrepreneurship environment, as well as the lack of female entrepreneurs and the imbalance in racial diversity. Therefore, Dr. Carla Riverola expressed her hope that HUFLIT students will be successful entrepreneurs in the future to prove that success in entrepreneurship is not limited by age, gender, or race.
Carla Riverola introduced herself, thereby affirming that students do not necessarily have to graduate from a Business major to be able to start a business
Many interesting activities were brought to the program by Dr. Carla Riverola…
… and received enthusiastic response from HUFLIT students
During this session, students also discussed and came up with startup ideas from suggested common objects such as water bottles, socks, cauliflower, sticks, pillows, etc. The student group with the most unique and best ideas will receive a prize from Griffith.
Tourism student Tran Ngoc Lien Chi (class of 2020) represented the group to present the startup idea
With the interesting sharing of Dr. Carla Riverola, the students have learned many useful lessons and have a comprehensive view of start-up activities. In addition, the program also contributes to affirming and promoting the effectiveness of cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology and Griffith University, contributing to creating opportunities for HUFLIT students to exchange and learn.
Dr. Carla Riverola with HUFLIT students
