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Love Bournemouth? Become a fantastic Festival Maker

Are you passionate, enthusiastic and dedicated? Let your festival spirit shine… 2014 is set to be another fantastic year in Bournemouth. We’ve launched an exciting new Festival Makers scheme giving you a chance to be part of the brilliant inaugural Bournemouth Wheels Festival taking place from 24-26 May. Help us to make it the biggest… Read more » about Love Bournemouth? Become a fantastic Festival Maker

Why English Football Player Fail in Penalty Shootouts: German Sport Psychology Researcher Visiting BU

Recently, the Sport Academic Group hosted researcher Dr Philip Furley from its Erasmus partner institution German Sport University Cologne. Philip works for the Institute of Cognitive and Team/Racket Sport Research and has recently published studies in a number of fields like inattentional blindness and creativity, many of which funded by the prestigious German Research Foundation…. Read more » about Why English Football Player Fail in Penalty Shootouts: German Sport Psychology Researcher Visiting BU

Award winning, international event management company came for a visit

The Let’s Talk Events & Leisure industry insight series were happy to welcome Jo Mitchell and Martina Berlin – both Event Managers at Quintessentially Events  a multi-award-winning, international event management company delivering exceptional events around the world for leading luxury and lifestyle brands and discerning individuals.   Jo and Martina shared their perspectives and experiences… Read more » about Award winning, international event management company came for a visit

IFEA Europe Conference – Nice 2014

Last week some of the festIM team attended IFEA Europe’s Annual Conference in Nice, the festIM dissertation students had the opportunity to hear inspiring talks from practitioners, academics and network with industry peers and colleagues. Our students were also lucky enough to attended a two day Pre-Conference Masterclass at Ipag Buiness School, Nice where they… Read more » about IFEA Europe Conference – Nice 2014

Murder of Famous Actress at the Glitzy Riviera Hotel

Famous actress, Veronica Myers, is to be murdered on Friday 28th March at the internationally renowned Riviera Hotel where she is to be promoting her latest film, One Short Second. Transport yourself back to the 1930s, the golden age of Hollywood glamour – when Bette Davis and Greta Garbo were in their prime and film… Read more » about Murder of Famous Actress at the Glitzy Riviera Hotel

The Festival Impact Monitor

The Festival Impact Monitor is a Fusion supported project that is intended to develop the following: 1)      An approach to evaluating the impact of events using data from social media. 2)      Reusable Learning Objects that can guide future researchers seeking to apply social media data. 3)      Individuals with experience in conducting research with social media… Read more » about The Festival Impact Monitor

“Life in front of and behind the camera; a Paralympian’s perspective on disability”

Welcome to a talk where Kate Grey will share her experiences of training, studying and competing as a Paralympian for Beijing in 2008 and preparing for London 2012. Although Kate was not able to qualify for London 2012 due to illness she was able to take an active role on reporting the games for the… Read more » about “Life in front of and behind the camera; a Paralympian’s perspective on disability”

Dr. Phillip Alford meets with industry to discuss the Google Online marketing challenge

Digital media students at the School of Tourism have been assigned the challenge of using Google Adwords and Google+ to create online marketing campaigns for 11 different businesses, as part of a global project, with over 100 countries participating! The session gave the businesses a clearer understanding of the challenge and its advantages, as Dr…. Read more » about Dr. Phillip Alford meets with industry to discuss the Google Online marketing challenge