Be our WIE Partner Employer

We welcome companies and organizations that require full-time, part-time or ad-hoc help to approach us and be our WIE Partner Employers. Interested employers are invited to fill in this form and return it to the Department via egdept@polyu.edu.hk.

 

As a WIE partner, your company can:

·         get access to a fresh professional and enthusiastic workforce

·         select potential qualified staff in advance

·         establish corporate goodwill and image by providing students with learning opportunities

 

Role of Employers
Workplace supervisors play a vital role in mentoring, training and developing our student interns. To maximize students’ learning throughout the placement, employers are expected to:

·         provide a minimum of 60 working hours to interns

·         provide guidance and work supervision to students to help them learn from the workplace environment

·         complete a Performance Appraisal Checklist for the intern(s) at the end of the placement

·         provide a reference letter or certificate to students who demonstrate good performance

 

 

Students’ Areas of Study

Our students pursue one of the following three study options:

Ø  BA (Hons) in English Studies for the Professions (BAESP) as a single degree programme in English Studies (4 years)

Ø  BA (Hons) in English Studies for the Professions (BAESP) under the Major/Minor option with English as the Major and a Minor from another discipline (i.e.
Translation, Business, Social Science, etc.)

Ø  BAESP and BA (Hons) in Chinese and Bilingual Studies as Double Majors.

Students’ Interest Areas

·         Administration and management

·         Copywriting and publishing

·         Cultural services

·         Event management

·         Language teaching (excluding private tutoring and homework checking)

·         Marketing

·         Media

·         Public relations

·         Research assistance

·         Translation

 

Remuneration and Statutory Minimum Wage Ordinance
The provision of salary and/or compensation market driven and is at the discretion of the employers. We do encourage employers to provide students an allowance for meals and transport.

Please note that Statutory Minimum Wage does not apply to student interns and work experience students during a period of exempt student employment.  More details can be found on Labour Department's website – (Eng | Chi). The Department of English will provide a confirmation to certify our students’  “student intern” status upon the request of employers.

Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)
If there is an employment relationship between the student and the employers for a period not less than 60 days, the employers need to enroll the intern in an MPF scheme. (http://www.mpfa.org.hk/eng/information_centre/publications/booklets_publications/mpf_system/files/Learn_more_about_MPF_regulations_eng.pdf)

Insurance
Basic insurance for the participating student is provided by PolyU. Students are required to take out for themselves additional travel insurance if they take on offshore placements.