Debbie Sadd to be interviewed on Radio Solent
Debbie Sadd has been invited to appear on the Julian Clegg Show on Radio Solent on 21st December for a special show to celebrate the Olympics.
Debbie was heavily involved with Olympics Games this year, as not only was she a lucky enough to be chosen to be a torch bearer, she also volunteered at the games.
Debbie will be joining other people that were involved in the Olympics for the special show.
Debbie said that she was “Excited and keen to hook up with other Games Makers and torch bearers” and was very much looking forward to the experience.
Make sure you listen out next week to hear Debbie!
Read MoreDr. Richard Shipway hosts “Going for Gold: Leveraging the Olympic tourism legacy beyond 2012” as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science
The ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) funds research into the big social and economic questions facing us today and the annual ESRC Festival of Social Science is part of this.
Richard Shipway’s event will be held at the EBC in Bournemouth on November 9th and covers the theme of optimising Olympic tourism opportunities after the 2012 Games. The “Going for Gold: Leveraging the Olympic tourism legacy beyond 2012” conference will see keynote speakers discuss the main tourism opportunities that will fall in the years immediately after the Games.
Following the conclusion of the London 2012 Games, the conference will investigate the potential for the London Olympics to generate tourism benefits long after the hosting of the Games.
The workshop will look at issues surrounding the management, organisation and analysis of mega event sport tourism, building on the outcomes of a previous ESRC funded project (RES-810-21-0013) which explored the impacts and issues associated with sport tourism development.
Drawing from the experiences of both academics and industry practitioners involved in both the London Games and other global mega sports events, delegates will debate potential strategies to optimise the success of managing tourism in the post 2012 era.
The conference is aimed primarily at tourism business communities across the South West and South of England (incorporating London), exploring the potential to leverage tourism benefits.
From an academic perspective, the aim of the event is to revisit the theme of Olympic tourism by inviting delegates to consider advances which are theoretically grounded in one or more of the core social sciences. Key workshop sessions will be facilitated by stakeholders involved with the delivery of the 2012 Games including Visit Britain, Visit London, London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG), European Tour Operators Association (ETOA), and leading academic tourism experts.
If you would like to attend Richard Shipway’s event please contact Dr Rebecca Edwards on redwards@bournemouth.ac.uk or 01202 961206
Read MoreSchool of Tourism Staff Successfully Wins Bids to Host Events as part of the ESRC Festival
Two School of Tourism staff has successfully won bids to host events as part of the ESRC festival this November.
The ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) funds research into the big social and economic questions facing us today and the annual ESRC Festival of Social Science is part of this.
Dr Debbie Sadd and Dr Richard Shipway from the School of Tourism are both hosting events as part of the 10th ESRC Festival of Social Science.
Debbie Sadd’s event will take place at Bournemouth University and aims for teenagers to debate the theme of “London 2012: Was it worth it?”
This interactive debate will ask young people (13-18) from Dorset to question whether hosting London 2012 has been benefit to the area in which they live and to the UK as a whole. It will also ask them to consider the impact that the London Games will have on the sporting future of the UK, and to what extent they will take the legacy of London 2012 forward into adulthood.
Young people will be asked to vote (using a digital device integral to the venue) before and after facilitated discussion, following short speeches from representatives from Dorset 2012, Sporting Legacy, Podium and Bournemouth University.
This event has been chosen as there is a growing research agenda on the impact of mega-events on society at a local and national level. Thus researchers recognise the need to engage young people in discussion about how London 2012 has impacted their lives and how they will engage in any legacy.
Richard Shipway’s event will be held at the EBC in Bournemouth and covers the theme of optimising Olympic tourism opportunities after the 2012 Games. The “Going for Gold: Leveraging the Olympic tourism legacy beyond 2012” conference will see keynote speakers discuss the main tourism opportunities that will fall in the years immediately after the Games
Following the conclusion of the London 2012 Games, the conference will investigate the potential for the London Olympics to generate tourism benefits long after the hosting of the Games.
The workshop will look at issues surrounding the management, organisation and analysis of mega event sport tourism, building on the outcomes of a previous ESRC funded project (RES-810-21-0013) which explored the impacts and issues associated with sport tourism development.
Drawing from the experiences of both academics and industry practitioners involved in both the London Games and other global mega sports events, delegates will debate potential strategies to optimise the success of managing tourism in the post 2012 era.
The conference is aimed primarily at tourism business communities across the South West and South of England (incorporating London), exploring the potential to leverage tourism benefits.
From an academic perspective, the aim of the event is to revisit the theme of Olympic tourism by inviting delegates to consider advances which are theoretically grounded in one or more of the core social sciences. Key workshop sessions will be facilitated by stakeholders involved with the delivery of the 2012 Games including Visit Britain, Visit London, London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG), European Tour Operators Association (ETOA), and leading academic tourism experts.
Debbie Sadd’s event is November 5th and Richard Shipway’s is on November 9th.
We will be covering both the events extensively via blogs and other social media.
If you would like to attend Richard Shipway’s event please contact Dr Rebecca Edwards on redwards@bournemouth.ac.uk or 01202 961206
For more information on either events please contact Naomi Kay (nkay@bournemouth.ac.uk) or visit the ESRC website
Read MoreBournemouth University School of Tourism at the Olympics
It has been a great summer for Great Britain with the Olympic and Paralympic games being held in London and Bournemouth University School of Tourism has been right at the heart of it:
Several of our staff and students have been involved throughout the whole summer of the games. With roles ranging from Games makers, to Torchbearers, volunteers, venue managers and researchers, the School of Tourism has been thoroughly involved with the London 2012 Games.
Staff:
The School of Tourism has 3 lecturers who were nominated to be Torchbearers. Dr. Debbie Sadd, Dr. Dorothy Fox and Alexis Major were all chosen to carry the torch when it comes through the Dorset area from July 12th. Dr. Keith Wilkes, the Dean of the School of Tourism, commented that “the fact that Alexis, Dorothy and Debbie were chosen is a fitting recognition and reward for their long standing contributions to various communities and groups within Bournemouth and Poole”.
Dr. Debbie Sadd has also completed her PhD concerning the Olympics entitled: Mega-events, community stakeholders and legacy; London 2012 around the impacts on the site residents in London and she will be working as a volunteer during the Games in the Basketball arena.
Dr. Matt Frew is also pursuing research around the Olympics. His ground breaking research looks into the use of Live sites and social media: ‘Live Sites and Social Media: from policy to practice’ This is a study that focuses on how the policy of mega-event Live Sites translate co-created convergence/promotion to active participation through social media.
As well as lecturers being involved in London 2012, the School of Tourism have also helped place lots of current and former students from the school in high profile positions associated with the Olympics. Below are highlighted a few examples of the varied roles that our School of Tourism students have acquired:
Students:
Our students have been heavily involved in the Games throughout the summer in a variety of roles. Below is just a brief highlight of our current and recently graduated student roles at the Olympics:
- John Millard was involved in a consultancy project on motivational techniques for staff at Sodexo Prestige for the Olympic Games.
- Rachel Rhodes was a London ambassador for a week during the Games at Heathrow Airport
- Emma Lincoln was working for a ‘behind the scenes’ catering company supplying catering services to the Olympic Broadcasting Services. She was also offered a Games Maker role in the Events Services team at the Handball Arena for the Paralympic Games.
- Aini Maensivu, was an assistant venue manager at Eton Dorney, the rowing venue.
- Charlotta Eriksson was volunteering during the Olympics, as part of the Press Operations Team as a photo team member at Excel
- Zoe Poole, Rongrong Zhang, Eleanor Cole, were among many students working for Sodexo
- Shun-Han Chang was working in Weymouth as an interpreter
- Jessica Bailey was working with one of the marketing partners to deliver their hospitality programme centred around the Games.
- Mustafa Saricalar was also working on the Games as a transportation team leader
- Leroy-Winston Scott was working at both Games looking after the National Olympic Committees with roles including driving the delegations around from athletes to ambassadors and will be based at the Olympic village.
- Valentina Tkachenko was working with Jet Set Sports an Official Olympic Games sponsor
- Harriett Clarke was a volunteer at the Paralympic Swimming. In addition she worked on the Ceremonies in Weymouth & Portland.
- Lucy Vollborth was part of the protocol team, particularly language services and will be based in the Athlete’s village
Recently graduated Events Management student Sophie Ridge worked within the Sport Information Team for the Gymnastics. Sophie gave us her account of her time working there:
“After working on the gymnastics test Olympics in January I was very excited to start working on the Rhythmic Gymnastics in the Olympics based at Wembley Arena. My role was Sport Information, I was based in an office right next to the field of play, and I could hear everything going on throughout the event which added to the excitement. I worked in a small team of five and between us we had to do 9 hour shifts, either an early morning shift starting at 6am (!) or starting around lunchtime.
Our main responsibilities were to ensure that any paperwork handed in by the gymnasts was processed properly and delivered to the correct location in the arena. This included routine difficulty forms, music submission, score inquiry forms as well as handing out specific letters to each country’s Head of Delegation and providing results and start lists. We also were identified as lost property due to our central location! Overall a variety of different tasks took place as well as a room for countries to celebrate their results!
I met some fantastic people throughout my Olympic journey, whether they were games makers, paid workers, tourists on the tubes as well as gymnasts and coaches. I also formed a great relationship with someone on the organising committee for the 2016 Olympics in Rio! I was extremely lucky to have been involved in such a historical event and the atmosphere in London has been incredible. I am definitely on an Olympic come down!”
The School of Tourism would like to congratulate all our students and staff in helping to put on such a successful Games.
Read MoreSchool of Tourism’s Dr. Debbie Sadd’s experience of being a London 2012 Olympic Volunteer
Dr. Debbie Sadd, from School of Tourism, had the fantastic opportunity to work as a volunteer with the world’s photographers and journalists covering the basketball at the London Olympic Games. Her duties varied from day to day but involved sitting court side with the photographers making sure they don’t stray from their allotted areas to working ‘backstage’ ensuring all the required technical material is available for them to transmit their stories/photos back to their respective editors. Some days the sports specialists rang through whilst the transmissions were live on US television asking for facts and figures, which have to be available immediately for broadcast in the US.
Debbie’s group had their own system called info+ which contained all the necessary information and they were required to be proficient in its use pretty quickly.
In Debbie’s own words, the experience was “quite stressful and tiring but gosh have I seen some exciting games and met some wonderful people and I even got to see my hero Kobe Bryant!”