Mr Fa Wang

• Associate Lecturer (08/2022 - Present)
• Career Specialist (Plymouth Business School)
• Postgraduate Personal Tutor (Plymouth Business School)
• PhD Researcher in Business with Mngt (01/2022 - Present)

Undergraduate level:

• HRL6010 Experiential Practice
• HTM314HK Honours Project (HKUSPACE)

Postgraduate level: 

• HRL7006 Managing People and Finance
• PBS700PD PGT Academic and Professional Development
• PBS7000J Capstone Project (PGT Dissertation Supervisor)
• STO7001 Theories and Practices of International Business

Qualifications:

• 2023 SALTe Supporting Assessment, Learning and Teaching - Extended Course (University of Plymouth)
• 2019 MSc in Education Leadership and Management (University of East Anglia)
• 2018 Graduate Diploma in Social Science (University of East Anglia)

Research interests:

employability, work readiness, career management & development, international student employability

Grants contracts:

• 2024: PGR Research Development Grant, Plymouth Business School
• 2024: Plymouth Business School Research Development Grant (International Conference)
• 2023: Plymouth Business School Research Development Grant (Research Activities)
• 2023: Research & Conference Grant (PBS) for presenting research topic 'International student employability: 
  supporting postgraduate taught students to be ‘work-ready’ at the University of Nottingham, UK
• 2022: Doctoral College Postgraduate Research Development Grant, University of Plymouth

Other academic activities:

• Keynote Speaker & Panelist, 6th International Conference on Developments in Doctoral Education & Training (2024), Bath, UK.
  https://ukcge.ac.uk/events/6th-international-conference-on-developments-in-doctoral-education-training
  Topic: Employability of International Doctoral Students in the UK: A Bronfenbrenner Perspective
• Organizing Committee, Thriving Abroad: Exploring International PGRs’ Employability and Networking Pathways (2023), University of Plymouth, UK.
• Speaker, 3rd UKCGE Conference on Postgraduate Taught Education (2023), University of Nottingham, UK.
  https://ukcge.ac.uk/events/3rd-ukcge-conference-on-postgraduate-taught-education
  Topic: International student employability: supporting postgraduate taught students to be ‘work-ready‘.
• Speaker, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Doctoral College Conference 2023, University of Plymouth, UK.
  Topic: Lip service or stepping stone for success? A glimpse into how British university career service supports employability for international students.
• Speaker, 11th International Student Conference in Tourism Research (ISCONTOUR 2024), MCI Innsbruck, Austria.
  https://www.mci.edu/en/news-filter-en/311-studiengaenge/news-entrepreneurship-tourismus/5881-iscontour-2024-international-student-conference-in-tourism-at-mci 
  Topic: International experience, tourism, and employability: A conceptual discussion from international student perspective 
• Speaker, 10th International Student Conference in Tourism Research (ISCONTOUR 2023), IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria.
  https://www.fh-krems.ac.at/en/university/media-portal/press/iscontour-2023-student-conference-in-tourism-research-2023-05-19/
  Topic: Employability of hospitality and tourism international students: a critical research review.