SEG is the first in the world of hospitality education to launch a 1:1 iPad Programme

In a world where technology is reshaping the design and organisation of work, SEG is focused on providing its entire student and teacher body with high tech equipment, skills and knowledge while further rejuvenating dedicated learning content. This underscores its commitment to technological innovation, all in the interest of designing the best educational experience for students, and aligning education with the hospitality industry’s future needs.

"SEG is the first company in the world of hospitality to launch a 1:1 iPad programme," affirms Alexandre Robert-Tissot, CEO of Art Computer, and a representative for Apple in Switzerland and Mexico. He explains: "We are committed today to providing SEG with the best practices available in the world, in order to make their project as successful as possible". SEG’s investment in tablets and educational content for 2014 totals CHF 1.4 million.

The Swiss Education Group, Switzerland’s leading network of hospitality management training schools, has embarked on an ambitious programme to upgrade its infrastructure and technical equipment -- an investment effort adding up to over CHF 12 million between 2013 and 2014.

Moreover, with its International Recruitment Forum (IRF) organised every semester in Montreux, SEG is also a leader in offering its students a useful networking event that allows them to explore promising opportunities for their future careers and meet with hospitality industry leaders.

Aware of the challenges that future young professionals will face, SEG is intent on adopting the best possible learning approaches in order to foster educational excellence and the development of the skills required in the working world today. Indeed, according to a study carried out by the Institute for the Future for the University of Phoenix Research Institute1," future professionals will have to demonstrate foresight to organisational and competency changes, adapting to them and reassessing themselves all along their careers. Specifically, this will imply the integration of new-media literacy, experiential learning that gives prominence to soft skills and other interdisciplinary training aspects of a given educational programme.

One student, one iPad
After testing the iPads in 2012 within the group, at César Ritz Colleges (Brig, Le Bouveret and Lucerne), SEG swiftly decided to provide these advanced tablets to its entire student universe. Although the core of a hospitality education will remain unchanged, introducing the tablets supports and enhances teaching practices and makes for a far more interactive and rewarding learning environment. As Ronan Fitzgerald, Chief Operating Officer of SEG explains, "We are proud of our contributing role in defining new educational standards. We will continue to focus on technological breakthroughs that may help us revolutionise educational and training approaches. But above all, our mission is to prepare our students thoroughly for the professional world they will be confronted with."