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Emma Kavanagh awarded prestigious prize at Brunel

Emma Kavanagh, Lecturer in Sport Psychology and Coaching Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious Celia Brackenridge Prize for the best emerging presenter at the Brunel International Research Network for Athlete Welfare (BIRNAW) Symposium at Brunel University. BIRNAW is a group of international researchers who are working together to promote athlete welfare through research and consultancy. The work… Read more » about Emma Kavanagh awarded prestigious prize at Brunel

Dr Katherine King visits Vancouver Island University

Dr Katherine King has recently returned from a 2 week visiting scholarship to the Faculty of Management at Vancouver Island University (VIU) which saw her take part in range of teaching, community engagement and research activities. The visiting scholar programme is an integral component of the World Leisure Centre of Excellence accredited Masters in Sustainable… Read more » about Dr Katherine King visits Vancouver Island University

Dr Philip Alford in Austria to share knowledge about online marketing

Dr Philip Alford was invited by Bernard Wildauer of the Zillertal Tourism School to present to tourism teachers from all over Austria on the subject of online tourism marketing. The aim was to provide the teachers with specialist knowledge in the area of online marketing which they could then take back into the classroom. As… Read more » about Dr Philip Alford in Austria to share knowledge about online marketing

BU academic at United Nations expert meeting

Dr Maharaj Vijay Reddy from the School of Tourism was one of very few speakers invited to an Expert Group Meeting on ‘Sustainable Tourism: Ecotourism, Poverty Reduction and Environmental Protection’, at the United Nations Secretariat, New York (29-30 October 2013). This expert group meeting was organised by the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development. Vijay’s… Read more » about BU academic at United Nations expert meeting

BU Lecturer wins ‘Best Emerging Presenter’ award

Congratulations to Emma Kavanagh, Lecturer in Sport Psychology and Coaching Sciences, who has been awarded the prestigious Celia Brackenridge Prize for the best emerging presenter at the Brunel International Research Network for Athlete Welfare (BIRNAW) Symposium at Brunel University. BIRNAW is a group of international researchers who are working together to promote athlete welfare through research and consultancy. The… Read more » about BU Lecturer wins ‘Best Emerging Presenter’ award

Winner of International PhD Student Competition

We are proud to announce that Barbara Neuhofer, who is one of ST’s excellent PhD students and also won the ITT PhD Student of the Year 2013 Award, has been selected as one of the winners for the International PhD Student Competition 2013. The School of Management, University of South Australia will host 15 of… Read more » about Winner of International PhD Student Competition

STUDENTS RESEARCH CLOSE FINN-ISH!

The prestigious British Rally Championship was decided in favour of Finland’s Jukka Korhonen and Marko Salminen in Poole last Saturday in their Citroen DS3 R3T. Behind the scenes final year Sports Management students of the School of Tourism were undertaking an economic impact survey on behalf of the organisers of Rallye Sunseeker, the final round… Read more » about STUDENTS RESEARCH CLOSE FINN-ISH!

The final Digitals Destinations event

The final Digital Destinations event took place on Tuesday 22nd October at the East Cliff Court Hotel in Bournemouth where Dr Alford, the project lead, fed back the results and insights from the project as well as looking to the future and how the collaboration could be extended. If you weren’t able to make it… Read more » about The final Digitals Destinations event