July Short Courses

In July 2014 UTS Business School delivered its inaugural short-term Winter Program “Management Skills.”  This highly interactive and innovative 3-week program was delivered in intensive mode.  Content included lectures, group work, seminars and presentations, company visits, industry speakers and networking sessions – as well as opportunities for the overseas students to explore Sydney and surrounds.

Students from locations as diverse as Hawaii, the Netherlands, Austria, Mexico, China, Hong Kong and Malaysia joined Sydney-based Business School undergraduates in the UTS Business School’s new-style July Short Course.

The students visited Tourism Australia, the Sydney Swans Australian Football League (AFL) Club and the Sydney Roosters National Rugby League (NRL) Club – with these site visits being one of the highlights of the program. They also heard from the Australia-China Business Council about the growing importance of trade and business ties between the two countries.  At an afternoon networking event students met with guests from some of UTS Business School’s key industry partners.

We have received extremely positive feedback from the students who participated in the Program, take a look at the video below to see what they had to say. 

Tracy Taylor: The winter program at UTS Business School has been an initiative to bring together a lot of students, at the undergraduate level, who are studying here at UTS, in Sydney, together with students from around the world, who represent universities that are our international partners. We've had students from South America, from Europe, from North America, and from Asia.
Alfonso Delgado: I found that UTS is one of the best business schools in Australia and UTS has a very, very good connections with important companies. We went to company visits that were really, really helpful. It's the way that we can really feel the real world.
Tracy Taylor: It's given them the opportunity to go and see business leaders in action.
Anora Fairchild: We also had a guess speaker, Tamzin Taylor from Google. To listen to her insight about the industry and what she does, where she does it, it was extremely interesting and such an opportunity.
Anita Pappensch: I think it's definitely worth the investment, because you really learn a lot about yourself. A great part of that is self-awareness, getting aware of yourself: where are your strengthens, where are your weaknesses.
Anora Fairchild: My favorite part of the program was learning from the professors. Those people really know their craft and they're passionate about their industry. They really have done in-depth study for years and years and to learn from them, it's a privilege. You really do get amazing material beyond the textbook, beyond the presentations. The people you meet, the opportunities you get, is just immense.
Pui Wah Chan: There's a handful of things I enjoy most here. First of all, I've met some good friends here from different countries. We all have different cultures and backgrounds. We love to share our experiences to each other. 
Alfonso Delgado: I'm going to recommend this program because it's a very good opportunity to learn to share with other cultures, other backgrounds. To know a lot about this amazing country, Australia. UTS is a really great university, a lot to offer.
 
More information on the July Short Course program.
Video here: http://youtu.be/feqhLZxx7cs