Digital economy: maintaining family rituals when working away from home The way we work is fundamentally changing, with a rise in mobile working – people who travel away from home for long or short periods of time. Some people, such as lorry drivers, may be away from home as part of their normal working life,… Read more » about Digital economy: maintaining family rituals when working away from home
Research
Bournemouth University Represented at SRH University Heidelberg 6th International Week, October 2015.
This month, Dr Emma Kavanagh and Dr Andrew Adams (Faculty of Management) represented Bournemouth University at SRH University Heidelberg’s 6th international week, delivering a programme of study entitled ‘Understanding and Managing Human Rights in and Through Sport’. SRH Heidelberg University’s International Week brings together over 300 international students and 30 academics participating across approximately 20… Read more » about Bournemouth University Represented at SRH University Heidelberg 6th International Week, October 2015.
The 6th Sense Transport project
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
External Examiner of a PhD from Brazil
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
School of Tourism undergraduates highlight research at national gatehering of BCUR
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
£1million boost to Dorset economy
A report by students at Bournemouth University’s Centre for Event and Sport Research has shown the economic benefit of hosting the final stages of the MSA British and Historic Rally Championships in Dorset. Read the full article from Poole Tourism below. Based on research conducted during face to face interviews at the 2013 Rallye Sunseeker,… Read more » about £1million boost to Dorset economy
Tourism, Alcohol and Public Health – tensions and opportunities
Philip Long and Andy Adams of the School of Tourism are collaborating with Ann Hemingway and Will Haydock of the School of Health and Social Care in a Fusion CCP project that aims to explore issues associated with alcohol consumption, public health and tourism. The project will examine the views of producers and distributors of… Read more » about Tourism, Alcohol and Public Health – tensions and opportunities
Highly Commended Paper by Lorraine Brown, John Edwards & Heather Hartwell
Their recent paper “Eating and emotion: focusing on the lunchtime meal” published in the British Food Journal has been selected by the journal’s Editorial Team as a Highly Commended Paper of 2013.
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
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