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
Research
£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
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
Have you read the new Bournemouth Research Chronicle?
The third edition of the Bournemouth Research Chronicle (BRC) is now published.
Toward a better science of promoting walking: A cross-school Fusion project
Samuel Nyman (Psychology, DEC), Andrew Callaway (ST), and Kelly Goodwin (ST) were awarded Research Development Fund – Small Grant funding for 2013 to conduct a study to promote walking among older people. Over the summer they identified a further fusion opportunity so that students from both schools could be involved. They report their experience here: Co-creation in… Read more » about Toward a better science of promoting walking: A cross-school Fusion project
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