FoodBIZ @Bournemouth University Wednesday, 18 May 2016 at 10:00 Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University

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FoodBIZ @Bournemouth University Wednesday, 18 May 2016 at 10:00  Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University  

Register for Free Ticket Information  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foodbiz-tickets-19780427792

Food@BU – Bournemouth University is a hub for food innovation and research excellence – regionally nationally and internationally. At BU we have an interdisciplinary and intersectoral range of projects and platforms researching the emerging international trends in eating out-of-home. Through stronger collaboration and exchange of expertise between the private sector and academia we cocreate knowledge for the benefit of all stakeholders.

This event brings together industry and academia partners to share findings from research and take ideas forward within the health and wellness agenda. Guest speakers include industry professionals, and an update on the latest research from Bournemouth University.

Destination FeelGood has established Bournemouth University and the National Coastal Tourism Academy as partners, promoting tourism and well-being and sharing expertise with the local public and private sector. Through the project, innovation in healthy lifestyle products and services has been inspired and local tourism business performance enhanced.

We would like to introduce FoodSMART which allows consumers to assess precisely, efficiently and in a timely manner their food intake and provides optimal recommendations to improve their health and well-being. The technical solution is a portable prototype which uses QR codes and smartphones to provide information and deliver personalised advice when eating out.
10:00-16:00 – Programme – Delegates arrive 1000 to 1015 – tea and biscuits

10:15 Welcome and introduction 

Professor John Fletcher, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Bournemouth University

Professor Heather Hartwell, Bournemouth University

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Food Innovation; Chair Professor Heather Hartwell; The research and innovation activities at BU exploit complementary competences and enable sharing of knowledge and ideas from research to market (and vice-versa).

10:30 Destination FeelGood – ESRC Research council project and FoodSmart EU project

10:45 FoodSmart prototype – The ICT team from the Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University

11:30 Idea to production – Damien Lee – Mr Lees Noodles

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Food at BU 4 You; Chair Professor Dimitrios Buhalis; How can the University benefit not only the user but also the foodservice industry, allowing opportunity for business to become aligned with a lifestyle product and hence corporate health which is novel, innovative and demonstrates excellence in science.

11:45 Team building through food – Executive Chef David Marshall, Bournemouth University

12:00 What can the University do for you? Panel Discussion

13:00 Lunch – networking

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Food science at work; Chair Crispin Farbrother; Bournemouth University research in food is International, broad and multidisciplinary.

14:00 Culinary Food research, Dr Agnes Giboreau, Institute Paul Bocuse, France

14:15 Culinary coaching, Mr Manfred Ronge, Ronge and Partner, Austria

14:30 Food Sustainability; Professor Juliet Memery and Dr Dawn Birch, Bournemouth University

14:45 Food Safety; Philippa Hudson, Bournemouth University

15:00 Food Psychology; Professor Katherine Appleton, Bournemouth University

15:15 Food and Care homes; Assoc Prof Jane Murphy, Bournemouth University

15:30 Waitrose Retail Fellowship and Which?; Dr Jeff Bray, Bournemouth University

15:45 Questions and round up

16:00 Event closes

 

Spaces to this event are free, but limited in number so please register early

For further information please contact Carmen Palhau Martins – cmartins@bournemouth.ac.uk  

With the collaboration of the National Coastal Tourism Academy

The National Coastal Tourism Academy works to help coastal destinations thrive, to deliver economic growth and help create jobs.

Parking: The nearest pay and display parking is located on Cotlands Road.

How to get to BU: Directions, parking & maps

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Please note that before placing an order, you will be asked to agree to Bournemouth University’s terms and conditions (see below). Please read these terms carefully and make sure you understand them before ordering any Products.

Bournemouth University’s Online Event Terms and Conditions

 

Do you have questions about FoodBIZ? Contact Bournemouth University

Enter the Pitch at the Pitch Challenge and you could win £1000! Deadline Friday 20th May

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Business challenge for of BU students all levels. Pitch at the Pitch Challenge win £1000! Deadline Friday 20th May

Got a great business idea? Consider yourself a budding entrepreneur? Enter the Pitch at the Pitch Challenge and you could win £1000! Deadline Friday 20th May

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If you’ve got a great business idea or consider yourself a budding entrepreneur, you’re invited to present your pitch to a panel of five or six enthusiastic local business people at the AFC Bournemouth Vitality Stadium in June. The panel will be made up of passionate local business people including, Lucy Cooper, Dorset Growth Hub and Nick Hixon, from Hixsons Business Advisors. Each pitch will be expected to last around 15 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for questions from the panel. There are five prizes of £1000 to be won which will be awarded at 4pm on the day.

To get involved, send a brief summary (no more than one side of A4) of your idea to careers@bournemouth.ac.uk by midday on Friday 20 May, with the subject line “Pitch at the pitch”. Ten finalists will be invited to present their pitches at AFC Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium and successful applicants will be contacted on Friday 27 May. For the full entry terms and conditions, please visit MyCareerHub.  The challenge is open to all levels and all years of BU students – so, why not get the ball rolling!

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New Paper : Exploring well-being as a tourism product resource

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New Paper
Sarah Pyke, Heather Hartwell, Adam Blake, Ann Hemingway, 2016, Exploring well-being as a tourism product resource,  Tourism Management, Volume 55, August 2016, Pages 94–105
 
doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2016.02.004

Highlights

•Tourism and public health sectors are merging around the concept of well-being.
•Stakeholder views on using well-being as a tourism product resource are explored.
•Barriers and enablers of implementing well-being into tourism strategy are outlined.
•The potential to transform the identified barriers into enablers is discussed.
•Findings are mapped onto a public health model and applied in a tourism context.

Abstract

This study employs a qualitative research approach where focus groups (n = 11) with key stakeholders were used to understand how tourism investors view the concept of well-being in relation to tourism and the potential to use it as a tourism product resource. Findings validated by a wider group (n = 50) exposed the barriers and enablers of implementing well-being in this way. The potential for businesses and policymakers to transform these barriers into enablers was also identified. In addition, study findings were mapped onto a robust model extracted from the public health sector and applied in a tourism context using a systems theory approach. This further highlighted the potential offered to the fields of public health and tourism in the concept of well-being, and demonstrated the well-being value of tourism. Data from this research will aid tourism business practice and development by embedding a well-being philosophy for tourism destinations’ strategies.

Keywords

  • Well-being;
  • Tourism product resource;
  • Stakeholders;
  • Tourism strategy

Alumni News : KARNCHANA PHAKPHO Lecturer in International Tourism Management, International College at Bangkok University, Thailand

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Message from KARNCHANA PHAKPHO Lecturer in International Tourism Management, International College at Bangkok University, Thailand

 I graduated with a MSc in Tourism Management and Marketing in 2014. I am currently a full-time Lecturer in International Tourism Management, International College at Bangkok University city campus, Bangkok, Thailand. Without my master degree from Bournemouth University I would not have been able to get a job at my current university.

KARNCHANA PHAKPHO

 

The MSc in Tourism Management and Marketing fulfilled both my academic and professional skills. I learned a lot from my lecturers who are experts, researchers and textbook authors and all courses that I took with them provided me what I need to do my current job well. The MSc in Tourism Management and Marketing course from Bournemouth University is a pathway to the global tourism industry. In particular the eTourism and sport- tourism courses helped me to get a job as they are quite new in Thailand and the tourism trend in my country is now focusing on sport tourism. Moreover, the wide spread of digital technology and its applications have tremendously influenced the tourism industry.

My BU experience overall was excellent. I learned from experts, gained worldwide opportunities and enjoyed university life with international classmates. I would advice recent graduates looking for work to choose the right job that they are interested and specialise in.

Karnchana Phakpho 

Food Research and Innovation @ BU celebration, on Wednesday 18th May 2016 at Bournemouth University

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Dear colleagues, 

This is an invitation from Professor Heather Hartwell to attend FoodBiz – the Food Research and Innovation @ BU celebration, on Wednesday 18th May 2016 at Bournemouth University, Executive Business Centre (7th floor). This FREE event brings together industry and academic partners to celebrate our Food Research and Innovation in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality at Bournemouth University to share findings from research and to take ideas forward within the health and wellness agenda. Guest speakers include industry professionals, and an update on the latest research from Bournemouth University.

 The event is aimed at businesses and organisations in a range of sectors including food, tourism, hospitality and those associated with nutrition/health operating locally, nationally and internationally. The programme themes include:

 Food Innovation – Chair Professor Heather Hartwell

The research and innovation activities at BU exploit complementary competences and enable the sharing ofknowledge and ideas from research to market (and vice-versa).

Food@BU4U – Chair Dr Sean Beer

How can the university benefit not only the user but also the foodservice industry, creating opportunities for a business to become aligned with a lifestyle product, and as a result corporate health, in a way which is novel, innovative and demonstrates excellence in science?

Food science at work – Chair Crispin Farbrother

Bournemouth University’s research in food is international, broad and multidisciplinary. 

We look forward to welcoming you and co-creating the future of Food Research and Innovation.

 

Please see the agenda and register for FREE here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foodbiz-tickets-19780427792 

  

Follow us on Twitter: @EU_FoodSMART and visit www.foodsmartproject.net 

 

For more information please contact: Carmen Martins: cmartins@bournemouth.ac.uk  

 

JOB : Digital Marketing Apprenticeship in Keeping&Co. a young Design Agency, based in Bournemouth.

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Digital Marketing Apprenticeship – Job Description

Keeping&Co

 

This opportunity represents a chance for a young individual to realise their

potential in a fresh, creative and damn-right-cool environment; whilst working

with a variety of clients in both scale and sector. From small local businesses, to

large multi-national corporates.

 

The view will be for the candidate to stay with us beyond the apprenticeship, and

use the year’s training as a stepladder to a successful career in Digital Marketing.

 

Duties include

  • Using PPC and SEO strategies to manage and improve brand awareness
  • Keyword analysis
  • Website optimisation and site analysis (title tags, meta descriptions, etc.)
  • Generating updates and progress reports to general manager and other key stakeholders
  • Link outreach campaigns
  • Management of corporate PPC accounts (Google and Facebook) within assigned budget and Cost of Sale for high profile clients
  • Competitor analysis
  • Identify and implement new revenue driving opportunities
  • Suggesting technical improvements
  • Work with marketing team to identify new/most valuable search terms to target
  • Identifying conversion rate improvement opportunities
  • Measuring performance

Desired skills

  • Fluent written and spoken English is essential.
  • Sufficient knowledge of Google Analytics, Adwords, YouTube and Facebook advertising (must include ‘remarketing’).
  • An understanding of link building and all elements associated with running a top performing SEO program.
  • Good knowledge of HTML, Java, CSS would be an added benefit.
  • Knowledge of how website design and structure influence SEO.
  • Good understanding of other digital marketing channels including YouTube,Facebook and Twitter.
  • Good understanding of content writing and PPC marketing.
  • Impeccable attention to detail with the ability to spot gaps in our SEO campaigns.

Personal qualities

  • Proactive and professional attitude to work and continuous professional development.
  • Well organised with a ‘can do’ attitude and able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications required

Ideally C Grades or above in Maths and English or equivalent.

About Us

We’re enabled by digital capabilities and have helped our clients to achieve great success online –

almost doubling their turnover within two months in some cases.

We are now working with exciting projects, such as Jurassica. A £100,000,000

project to build a prehistoric visitor attraction on the Jurassic Coast.

We require a hardworking, committed and invested individual who is looking to

develop themselves, and the company

Destination Management Organisations from Denmark on digital marketing workshop at Bournemouth University

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A delegation from Denmark representing two Danish destinations, Djursland (http://www.visitdjursland.com) and Hvide Sande (www.hvidesande.com) visited the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Bournemouth University for a digital marketing workshop. 

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The Destination Management Organisations were welcome by Dr Philip Alford and Professor Steve Page as part of the collaboration following the publication of the Digital Destinations research in Services Industries Journal last year. They are here on a fact finding, knowledge transfer trip and were in Salisbury on a workshop facilitated by Philip and Stephen along with VisitWiltshire and Digital Visitor.

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The workshop in Bournemouth focused on engaging small and medium sized business partners in digital marketing and improving their skill set. They are adopting some of the recommendations that we published in the paper referred to above,including the testing of a digital marketing planning framework, adopting best practice in web analytics and data-driven marketing.

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Bournemouth University postgraduate Tourism Marketing students were also invited to join the digital marketing workshop as this is what they’re studying at present.

Tourism master students take part in a co-creation project on conflict transformation through gamification at post conflict sites

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During March 2016 three of our Tourism master students, Gian-Luc Angiolini and Hannah Lee (MSc Tourism Management) and Oliver Te-Chang Liu (MSc Tourism Management and Marketing) along with Dr Avital Biran have travelled to Kosovo. This was part of a co-creation project aiming is to foster conflict transformation (reconciliation) by facilitating engagement with a plurality of narratives, nurturing empathy and recognition of the cultural heritage of war via contemporary gaming technology. This is an inter-disciplinary project involving BU staff and students from a range of different departments and research areas (transitional justice, sociology, anthropology, game design and tourism) as well as students and staff from the University of Pristina, Kosovo and a local NGO.

 

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Following an intensive preparation workshop acquainting students with conflict transformation theory, and the pertinent cultural, historical and ethical issues of Kosovo, we headed for a week-long field trip in Kosovo. Once we had arrived in Pristina (the capital city of Kosovo), participants were split into different groups with diverse academic backgrounds and were tasked with different “quests” to explore the city and the heritage of Kosovo (revolving around issues like street art; transitional justice and traditions; politics of memory; gender and national identity). This was followed with visits to some of Kosovo’s main cultural and war heritage sites, such as Gjakova, Prizren, Mitrovica and Prekaz. After thoroughly researching the country, considering the massive potential it had to offer concerning its fascinating cultural heritage and history of conflict, and reflecting on their own visit experience, participants were charged with the task of designing a “serious game” for post-conflict sites which could help to bring about conflict transformation.

 

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Summarising their experience, Gian-Luc notes: It was really exciting for all of us to be involved in real, meaningful research. However, it wasn’t all work and no play, we had some fun too! We were based in Pristina, which is the largest city in the country and has about 200,000 inhabitants (slightly larger than Bournemouth). It is certainly the heart of the country and is a central spot for political thinking, an active student life and a developing international community. Even on our strict time budgets, we were still able to indulge ourselves in some well-earned rest and cross-cultural socialising with the students of Pristina, even after our tiring days of research. Well we did deserve to treat ourselves a little bit! We all worked hard and felt as though we achieved a lot, both academically as well as developing a positive link between BU and the University of Pristina.