Educators upgrade IT roles

With information technology (IT) underpinning the way many schools and universities deliver and support programmes, IT professionals in the education sector frequently find themselves working on groundbreaking technology.

While the same can be said of IT professionals at corporations, the education sector presents a number of key differences.

One-woman training brand

Virginia Choi has come a long way since her United Christian Hospital (UCH) roots, where she worked in community relations (CR), offering social services, community mental health education and, eventually, into human resources (HR), focusing on staff training - the profession where she is now an industry leader.

Learning to serve

The number of arrivals to Hong Kong in 2011 hit a record high of almost 42 million, according to figures from the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB).