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The Innovation unit this year involved working with 9 local organisations across the Events Management and Events & Leisure Marketing programmes. The students developed a new product that they presented in a Dragons Den format.
Several job opportunities available via HOSCO around the world, short and long term internships and graduate jobs!
This year’s winner of the Tourism Management Institute David Hughes Memorial Award for outstanding student placement is Claire Rosslee, a student on the BA (Hons) Tourism Management course at Bournemouth University. Claire was presented with her award at the TMI Digital Destinations Hot Topic event at Cheltenham Racecourse by TMI President, Neil McCollum MTMI MTS… Read more » about School of Tourism student wins TMI David Hughes Memorial Award 2014
Love Camp Bestival? Would you like a fantastic opportunity to volunteer at the festival this year and get a free festival ticket, food and transport from Studland House included? Beales Gourmet are looking for 4 enthusiastic people to work in their bars at the fantastic Camp Bestival at Lulworth from Thursday 30th July to Monday… Read more » about Volunteer opportunity at Camp Bestival!
Well done to Sports Management student Richard Warren who is encouraging disabled people in Dorset to get into golf! Click here to read the full story in the Bournemouth Daily Echo
The 6th Sense Transport project has an end of project show, ‘The Internet of Cars’, that will be taking place during May and June across venues in the Bournemouth area (Bridport Arts Centre, the Hansard Gallery Southampton, Winchester Science Centre). More details can be found on the website: http://www.internetofcars.org.uk/ The project has commissioned a number… Read more » about The 6th Sense Transport project
Level I BA Tourism Management students recently spent seven days in Malta as part of their studies. The students were investigating tourism development, planning, operations and tourist behaviour during the field trip. During the trip students met with a number of tourism industry professionals, including representatives from Visit Malta, Air Malta, The Malta Hotels and… Read more » about Tourism students on field trip to Malta
Due to the marvels of technology, today I examined a PhD by a Brazilian Student from the Federal University of Parana (UFPR), South East Brazil. Graziela Scalise Horodyski, a PhD Candidate from the Faculty of Geography, defended a thesis entitled “Tourism Experience and Consumption: Souvenirs in Curitiba-PR”. The session started with a 30 minute presentation… Read more » about External Examiner of a PhD from Brazil
Yeganeh Morakabati, Senior Lecturer at School of Tourism and John Fletcher, PVC Research and Innovation at Bournemouth University have written an article about the thrill-seeking tourists and risky business for Sherpas on Mount Everest. “Climbing season on Mount Everest was due to enter its busiest time of year: the May “weather window”. But all has… Read more » about On Everest, climbers pay to take risks while Sherpas take risks to get paid
School of Tourism had an impressive presence at last week’s BCUR (British Conference of Undergraduate Research) gathering held at Nottingham University www.bcur.org. Now in its fourth year, the 2014 conference was the biggest yet with 350 undergraduate students from university’s all over the UK and beyond. The students were joined by other undergraduates from: London… Read more » about School of Tourism undergraduates highlight research at national gatehering of BCUR