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The winners of the 2017 ‘Hospitality Career Investment Development Scholarships’, sponsored by IDeaS, were announced at the HOSPACE2017 Gala Awards Dinner by HOSPA on 2 November.
At the event, Pat Jones, manager of accounts, hospitality & real estate at Old Course Hotel St Andrews Golf Resort & Spa won a special HIT Scotland/HOSPA Scholarship – open to applicants from all levels and sectors of Scotland’s hospitality industry, offering learning experiences for career development.
The 2017 HOSPA Career Investment Development Scholarship winners and their nominators were:
- Sofia Vallasciani, a BA (Hons) Hotel Management undergraduate at The Edge Hotel School, University of Essex/Wivenhoe House, Colchester. She was nominated by Andrew Boer, Principal of the Edge Hotel School
- Sukhman Singh, studying for a BSc (Hons) in International Hospitality Management, Oxford School of Hospitality, Oxford Brookes University. He was nominated by Dr Kate Ringham, Programme Lead for Postgraduate Hospitality, Oxford School of Hospitality, Oxford Brookes University
- Sarah Waddington-Azambuja, a BA (Hons) International Hospitality Management undergraduate at Brighton University. She was nominated by Helen Atkinson, Principal Lecturer, School of Sport and Service Management, University of Brighton
- Rhodric Allen, studying for a Bachelor of Business degree in Administration in Hospitality Management at Glion Institute of Higher Education, London. He was nominated by Yaneal Patel, Lecturer and Subject Leader at Glion Institute of Higher Education.
Jane Pendlebury, HOSPA chief executive, said: “We were delighted to honour at HOSPACE2017 our third ever winner of our special joint HOSPA/HIT Scotland Career Investment Development Scholarship – Pat Jones.
“HIT Scotland does such an excellent job in assisting people to achieve their potential within Scottish hospitality, and we look forward very much to welcoming more HIT scholars from north of the border in future years. Huge congratulations go to all our 2017 HOSPA Scholarship winners.”
