Bournemouth University ranked 8th In the new QS World University Rankings for Hospitality & Leisure Management
Cutting Edge Research – Awarded Student Research Assistantships
Awarded Student Research Assistantships
This summer programme is for 120 hours work between May and 31st July 2018 and is open to all undergraduate and postgradaute-taught students from all faculties, who have grades of over 70%.
Blockchain and its potential to transform business operating models in tourism and hospitality – Student Research Assistant – Dr Viachaslau Filimonau
Student Research Assistant: Food donations in the UK grocery retail sector – The role of local charities – Dr Viachaslau Filimonau
Food waste collection and recycling by local councils in England: identifying ‘best practice’ models – Student Research Assistant– Dr Viachaslau Filimonau
Traveling with Diabetes – Student Research Assistant– Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis
Please promote these vacancies to students where applicable. All jobs are live on MyCareerHub, our Careers & Employability online careers tool. You will need to use your staff/student credentials to login.
Please do look out for SRA updates on the BU Research Blog.
If you have any questions about this scheme, please contact Charlene Parrish, Student Project Bank Coordinator, on 61281 or email sra@bournemouth.ac.uk.
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis spoke about the future of tourism and how technology will shape the developments at the European Committee of the Regions on Thursday 22 February in Brussel
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis spoke about the future of tourism and how technology will shape the developments at the European Committee of the Regions on Thursday 22 February in Brussels · as part of the InvestEU event on the EU Tourism of Tomorrow as part of the #EUIndustryDay #SafeDigitalTourism All the info: ow.ly/67Im30i9UH1
Professor Heather Hartwell and Chef Phil leading student experience in the food practical session
Professor Heather Hartwell and Chef Phil leading student experience in the food practical session to help to cement the theory – plus being good fun.
Student Research Assistantships jobs
Student Research Assistantships jobs
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis contributes to the “INVESTING IN THE EUROPEAN TOURISM OF TOMORROW” workshop 22nd of February 2018 Brussels
“INVESTING IN THE EUROPEAN TOURISM OF TOMORROW”
Thursday 22nd of February 2018 Brussels
Venue: European Committee of the Regions (Building Jacques Delors) – Room JDE51
Belliardstraat 99-101, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Investing in the European Tourism of Tomorrow
The Digitalisation and Safety for Tourism partnership, supported by NECSTouR, organises the workshop “Investing in the European Tourism of Tomorrow” in the framework of the European Industry Week.
This workshop aims at stimulating the debate on building public private investment to boost the tourism business resilience, workforce skills and entrepreneurship, through digitalisation, research and cross-cutting innovation, as a response to the tourism of tomorrow challenges.
Tourism is the third economic activity in the EU accounting for 10% of GDP and 12% of total employment. Enhancing the competitiveness and fluent operations of businesses, to improve the productivity as well as to increase the traveller’s feeling of safety and security is a common concern. Safety and security are global megatrends in tourism business, along with digitalisation, sharing economy and authentic experiences.
Key topics for debate are:
- What is the tourism of the future and how Europe must be prepared for it?
- Business intelligence for tourism operators: what data for customised products? what data for destination managers?
- Market trends: how to reply to dynamic and pattern breaking demand?
- Building resilience and security: how to anticipate? how to mitigate?
- Reasons for investing in sustainability (climate change, green mobility): what return for investment?
The workshop “Investing in the European Tourism of Tomorrow” counts with the support of Mr. Hanspeter Wagner, Mayor of the Municipality of Breitenwang, Member of the Committee of the Regions and rapporteur of the opinion Tourism as a driving force for regional cooperation across the EU as well as the Natural Resources Commission of the Committee of the Regions.
PROGRAMME
10:00 – 10:30 Participants registration and welcome coffee
10:30 – 10:40 OPENING
Welcome by Mr. Christof KIENEL, Head of the Natural Resources Commission, European Committee of the Regions
Opening speech by Mr. István UJHELYI, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-chair of the Committee for Transport and Tourism and Chairman of the Tourism Task Force
Introduction by the moderator:
• Mrs. Claudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Member of the European Parliament, Transport and Tourism Committee, SMEs Europe Vice President
10:40 – 12:15 OPINION PLATFORM: “THE EUROPEAN TOURISM OF TOMORROW: TRENDS AND JOINT RESPONSES”
• Prof. Dimitrios BUHALIS, Head of Department Tourism and Hospitality, Bournemouth University, UK
• Mrs. Véronique CORDUANT, Director Public Policy – Europe Trip Advisor
• Mr. Eduardo SANTANDER, Executive Director of the European Travel Commission and Chairman of the Manifesto “European Tourism for Growth and Jobs”
• Mr. Juan Jesús GARCÍA SANCHEZ, Head of Public Policy at Amadeus
• Mr. Christoph KLENNER, Secretary General of ETTSA – European Technology and Travel Services Association
Discussion with the audience
12:15 – 12:45 “WHAT SUPPORT FROM THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS?”
• Mrs. Ana-Claudia TAPARDEL, Member of the European Parliament Transport and Tourism Committee and co-chair of the Intergroup Tourism and Cultural Heritage
• Mrs. Anna ATHANASOPOULOU, Head of Tourism Unit DG Growth, European Commission
12:45 – 13:00 CONCLUSIONS
• Mr. Patrick TORRENT, Presidency of NECSTouR
• Mrs. Claudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR, Member of the European Parliament, Transport and Tourism Committee, SMEs Europe Vice President
Yeyen Sinarta : Take your next step with a postgraduate degree
Take your next step with a postgraduate degree
BU alumna Yeyen Sinarta, who studied MSc Tourism Management and Marketing, talks about her postgraduate course and how it is has helped her gain new skills and a global perspective.
Why did you choose this university and course?
BU has an excellent reputation for its Tourism School and I chose to study MSc Tourism Management and Marketing to learn about eTourism. In addition to that, the work placement scheme, great scholarship options and the international opportunities were the three key reasons I wanted to study at BU.
How has the university supported you during your course?
BU has done an amazing job to support me by providing a wide range of study and IT skills, one-to-one CV and work interview consultation, as well as direct involvement with key industry practitioners.
I have been lucky enough to receive three fully-funded international trips and have had opportunities to learn about culture and entrepreneurship in China, present my dissertation project in Indonesia and volunteer as a social media assistant at a conference in Portugal.
BU’s internal career system has helped me to secure a placement as a social media executive in a local company. All of this support has benefitted me with an important skill set to be an outstanding global talent in today’s highly competitive workforce.
What are your plans for after graduation?
I would love to continue working and living in the UK. Bournemouth is a beautiful town and I love being here. My plan is to get a managerial role in social media or digital marketing field, but I’m also considering to do a PhD if a good opportunity arises.
Find out where postgraduate study could take you. Book an Open Day.
Conor Burns MP will be doing a session on Brexit and the impact to the UK tourism industry
Conor Burns MP will be doing a session on Brexit and the impact to the UK tourism industry at the Bournemouth University Department of Tourism and Hospitality on Tuesday 13 February 2018 between 12:00 and 14:00.
Great Tourism and Hospitality courses start at Bournemouth University 28 February – 16 March 2018.
Great Tourism and Hospitality courses start in a couple of weeks at Bournemouth University
As you know we organise the Bournemouth University Tourism and Hospitality Professional courses 28 February – 16 March 2018.
The purpose of these courses is primarily to provide cutting edge training and knowledge cocreation to our regional and national economy and support the development of the professional of the future.It is critical for business and the tourism destination to ensure that supervisors and managers are also trained for career progression, retention, continuity and succession planning. At the macro level the more people that understand the principles and practice of hospitality and tourism management and the more they collaborate the more we can enhance smartness and agility.
At Bournemouth University we are developing these courses to contribute to the competitiveness of the region and to support the development of organisations. We also use them as an opportunity to meet industry executives, manager and supervisors so we can discuss knowledge cocreation through research, placements as well as casual, seasonal, graduate employment for our students. As you know we treat the destination as our laboratory where we create innovation and critical thinking towards tourism and hospitality for the future.
Please encourage and support your staff to register for the Bournemouth University Tourism and Hospitality Professional Courses 28 February – 16 March 2018
As you can see we have very low prices and preferential rates for participants and the organisations that do many of these in the three weeks that we run the courses
Course details – www.bournemouth.ac.uk/tourism-hospitality-shortcourses
Brochure https://tinyurl.com/BUTHProfessionalCourses
Bookings – https://tourismandhospitalitycoursesbu.eventbrite.co.uk/
please join us, send us your staff and help us promote the courses to the tourism and hospitality community locally towards developing the professionalism and agility of the region
Destination summer schools 2018: Spain & Indonesia
Destination summer schools 2018: Spain & Indonesia
We are delighted to be launching BU’s Destination Summer Schools Programme for 2018. This year two Destination Programmes will be held in Spain and Indonesia and will offer a programme of interactive lectures, workshops, and industry and cultural visits, hosted by our partner universities overseas. Please note that the advertised dates include travel.
- Destination Spain Summer School at Universidad San Jorge (USJ) Zaragoza – from 8 – 15 April 2018
- Destination Indonesia Summer School at BINUS Jakarta – from 1 – 9 June 2018
We are looking for students, at any level of their studies, who are keen to develop their intercultural skills and global awareness, enthusiastic to share their knowledge and experiences, and enrich the world as socially responsible global citizens.
You will be working together with your peers from the partner University to address one or more of the Global Grand Challenges related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, by researching and articulating the problem and presenting evolutionary or revolutionary ideas and solutions. Undertaking these projects will foster development of your global mind-set and enhance your employability profile. These activities are also eligible for inclusion in the Global Talent Programme. For more information about joining the Global Talent Programme visit the website.
Further details on what is included in the package can be found below.
Programme outline
The programme for each summer school is comprised of four elements:
- Insight into local socio-economic environment, culture and values
- Experiential and social learning activities facilitated by local partner university students and staff
- Business and cultural visits
- Work towards a collaborative project related to UN Sustainable Development Goals. These are:
- Goals 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality), 10 (Reduced Inequalities) and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) for Spain
- Goals 4 (Quality Education), 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) and 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) for Indonesia.
Expected outputs
You will be working on the UN Sustainable Development Goals for your Destination Programme using a variety of research methods. The outcomes of your work will be presented through a portfolio of artefacts, demonstrating your observations, ideas and solutions. You will also be expected to collect evidence of the impact of your experience, through one of the following perspectives: geographic (e.g. focussing on chosen regions), demographic (e.g. focussing on graduates or youth) and/or sectorial (e.g. tourism, or public sector etc.). A final reflective artefact on student learning gains from the summer school will be documented and published.
https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/students/careers-employability/other-international-opportunities/summer-schools/destination-summer-schools-2018-spain-indonesia