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Singapore Events
In early February QMU was given
the opportunity to meet up with the
Marketing Edinburgh sponsored Clipper
in Singapore, whilst the crew took a well
earned break from the Clipper Round
the World 11-12 race. This gave us the
opportunity to combine the trip with
staff visits to the East Asia Institute of
Management (EASB), QMU’s partner
in Singapore,
through which
QMU has a
Singapore-based
campus.
Professor Wend on
board the Clipper
QMU
was
offered
the
chance of a
corporate sailing
which provided a
great opportunity
to strengthen
Dr Andrew Chua
and Professor Wend
at the opening of
EASB’s new training
centre
links with EASB and create new ones with
the Singapore business and education
community. The UK government’s
Deputy High Commissioner to Singapore
participated in the sailing, as well as
HSBC and a number of education and
business leaders.
The Clipper crew members were
tremendously hospitable and great
ambassadors, both for QMU and for
Edinburgh as a centre of business and
education. Some of them joined us for the
official opening of EASB’s new Hospitality
and Tourism Training Centre, where EASB
delivers QMU’s undergraduate and
postgraduate Hospitality, Tourism and
Management programmes to around 80
students per year.
You can follow the progress
of the Edinburgh Crew at
www.clipperroundtheworld.com.
Catching up with
QMU’s Singapore Alumni
Whilst in Singapore, QMU held a well
attended reunion for some of our
graduates from the Hospitality and Nursing
programmes which run in Singapore.
Over 30 past students attended the
event at Keppel Bay Marina, in sight of the
Edinburgh Inspiring Capital Clipper, for an
afternoon tea and the opportunity to catch
up with long-standing and new friends, as
well as their lecturers.
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Mrs
Vice Principal Rosalyn Marshall welcomes guests to the Alumni event at Keppel Bay Marina
Principal Professor Wend was delighted
to welcome the graduates with a short
speech, followed by Dr Chua of EASB
and then guest of honour Sir Robin
Knox-Johnston, Chairman and founder of
Clipper Ventures and the first person ever
to sail solo and non-stop around the globe.
QMYOU / Alumni & Development News
QMU/EASB alumni were very
happy to meet each other again
and swap stories about what
they were doing now – both
professionally and personally. We
also managed to catch up with
Vinod and Varuna, who met whilst
studying for a QMU Hospitality
degree. The couple are now
married! Congratulations to them.