Message from our visitors from Finland

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Getting new ideas and meeting wonderful people at Department of Tourism and Hospitality during our Erasmus teacher exchange.

By Birgitta Nelimarkka and Johanna Rajakangas-Tolsa,
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Science, Helsinki, Finland

It was a beautiful, sunny and warm day on the 11th of April when we arrived in Bournemouth. People had warned us for the British weather but for us the city seemed to show its best. The aim of our visit was to get familiar with Bournemouth University, Department of tourism and hospitality through an Erasmus teacher exchange. Our University, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland, and Bournemouth University has an Erasmus charter making it possible for students, teachers and other staff to exchange and share experiences and learn from each other.

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We have participated in Erasmus exchange together several times in different European Universities in Holland, Norway, Sweden, and also on a previous trip to the UK. And with every visit we get examples of good practices in teaching, students counseling or administration. And every time we meet new, wonderful people to exchange experiences and opinions with.

During our stay in Bournemouth we had lectures for Nutrition students who volunteered to attend the lecture, and those who came you could see were very interested in Finnish eating behavior and especially the subject of obesity in Finland. For master students doing the Food and drink unit we had two lectures in Finnish food from different perspectives with some small examples to taste. And with students doing Food, culture and society unit we were discussing Finnish food culture and did some small finger foods in the kitchen.

Our experience in Bournemouth University was a trip to remember: Your University has a lot to offer for students and your very international atmosphere was inspiring to observe. What we admired was the very detailed course book for the master’s food and drink course. Such a tool for developing and implementing a course would be a great help in everyday teaching situations.

We want to thank you for a wonderful stay in Bournemouth, especially to Dimitrios, Sean and Anne, Hanaa, and Philippa. We hope to see you soon for an exchange visit in Haaga-Helia, Helsinki.

 

Teaching master students in the Food and drink unit

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New Publication : Who Am I? How Compelling Self-storytelling Builds Digital Personal Reputation

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Rebecca Pera, Giampaolo Viglia, Roberto Furlan, 2016, Who Am I? How Compelling Self-storytelling Builds Digital Personal Reputation, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Volume 35, August 2016, Pages 44–55

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1094996815000614

Abstract

The work explores whether self-storytelling is a powerful predictor of personal reputation in a collaborative community of the sharing economy realm. By proposing that powerful self-storytelling allows an attractive positioning in respect to potential others, the paper extends the literaturhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1094996815000614e of brand storytelling and brand archetypes shifting the perspective to a personal level. This study adopts a qualitative–quantitative approach to investigate the meanings and stories contained in personal profile descriptions and their relation with reputation. Personal descriptions are interpreted as storytelling activities, labels/glosses that allow members to access the services of the community by facilitating personal reputation building. The findings show that powerful storytelling structures have defined phases and are crucial in reputation building when the story evolves in a metaphoric, symbolic lesson. The presence of archetypes, in particular the Sage and the Ruler, also confers reputational power to the stories. The results reveal opportunities for peer-to-peer communities, traditional companies, and social businesses. Marketers should design tools and platforms able to trigger consumers’ desire to express their individuality through personal descriptions and suggest the drivers that affect reputation.

Keywords

  • Storytelling;
  • Personal reputation;
  • Archetypes;
  • Sharing economy

Meet Damien Lee, founder of Mr Lee’s Noodles Company

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The Business School and Centre for Entrepreneurship Bournemouth University
are delighted to invite you to the fourth in our series of ‘Meet the Entrepreneur’ events.

Wednesday 4th May 2016 – 2.30pm to 3.30pm (arrival from 2pm)

7th Floor, Executive Business Centre, 89 Holdenhurst Road BH8 8EB

‘Meet the Entrepreneur’ – Damien Lee

Damien croppedDamien Lee, founder of Mr Lee’s Noodles Company Ltd, is an adventurous and focused entrepreneur with a vision to create affordable, healthy fast food options, particularly for young people. (www.mrleesnoodles.com)

A cancer survivor – once told he “only had weeks” – and a fervent believer in the role of food in health. Damien is passionate about supporting young people and through Mr Lee’s HEY Foundation aims to raise awareness of the importance of eating good food (Health), provide life coaching (Educate) and encourage young people to get active and set personal goals (Youth).

This is a great opportunity to hear about Damien’s personal journey as an entrepreneur and learn more about his own experiences as a business owner and his approach to founding and growing an innovative business.

THIS IS AN INTERNAL EVENT FOR BU STUDENTS & STAFF ONLY

PLEASE click here TO BOOK YOUR PLACE.

#BUHospitality15: A Co-Created Experience Journey

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#BUHospitality15: A Co-Created Experience Journey

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By Dr Barbara Neuhofer. This is a co-created journey with MSc International Hospitality & Tourism Management and MSc Hotel & Food Service Management students and their study experience at Bournemouth University! An extraordinary group of students #BUhospitality15

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Festival Research Symposium Bournemouth University Thursday, 12 May 2016

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Festival Research Symposium

Bournemouth University

Thursday, 12 May 2016 at 12:30 – 16:30

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/festival-research-symposium-tickets-24865099181?ref=estwenivtefor001FESTIVAL

Times: 12:30 arrival 13:00-16:30

This Festival Research Symposium is for academics, researchers, students and practitioners with an interest in all things festival.

Draft programme:

12:30 arrive tea & coffee Executive Business Centre 7th floor Room EB708
13:00 Welcome
13:05 Dr Alison Booth, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand:
‘Global India: Auckland’s Shifting Cultural Festivities’
13:25 Pearl Morrison, Department of Events & Leisure, Bournemouth University: ‘Irish Diaspora’
13:35 Discussion & future questions
14:00 Dr Allan Jepson, Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire: ‘Festivals, Families and Quality of Life’
14:20 Dr Phil Long, Department of Tourism & Hospitality, Bournemouth University: ‘Tourism and the Creative Industries’
14:30 Dr Alessandro Inversini, Department of Events & Leisure, Bournemouth University:  ‘Festival impacts: FestIM’
14:40 Dr Caroline Jackson, Department of Events & Leisure, Bournemouth University:  ‘Festival experience: the descriptive phenomenological way’
14:50 Discussion points for tea
15:00 tea & cake
15:30 panel discussion about future research topics
16:00 future collaboration & action
16:30 finish
*programme subject to change

For futher information on this event please contact cjackson@bournemouth.ac.uk

How to get to BU: Directions, parking & maps

Parking information for Executive Business Centre: There is no parking available at the Executive Business Centre, for information on how to reach the University please visit our website. The nearest pay and display parking is located on Cotlands Road.

Accommodation: The University has preferential rates with a number of local hotels, please quote Bournemouth University when booking to access these rates.  (Preferential rates are subject to availability and will be advised by the hotel at the time of booking.)

Carlton Hotel
East Cliff Court Hotel
Miramar Hotel
The Green House Hotel
Ramada Encore
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

New Book By Dr Philip Long: Tourism and the Creative Industries: Theories, policies and practice

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New Book By Dr Philip Long and Nigel D. Morpeth (eds): Tourism and the Creative Industries: Theories, policies and practice   May 2016 

Series: Routledge Advances in TourismTourism and the Creative Industries 2_Page_1

This book focuses on the theoretical, policy and practice linkages and disjunctures between tourism and the creative industries. There are clear and strong intersections between the sectors, for example in the development and application of new and emerging media in tourism; festivals and cultural events showcasing the creative identity of place; tours and place identities associated with film, TV, music and arts tourism; as well as particular destinations being promoted on the basis of their ‘creative’ endowments such as theatre breaks, art exhibitions and fashion shows.

Tourism and the Creative Industries explores a variety of relationships in one volume and offers innovative and critical insights into how creative industries and tourism together contribute to place identity, tourist experience, destination marketing and management. The book is aligned with the sectors that have been demarcated by the UK Government Department of Culture, Media and Sport as comprising the creative industries: advertising and marketing; architecture; design and designer fashion; film, TV, video, radio and photography; IT, software and computer services; publishing and music; performing and visual arts. The title of this volume demonstrates how the exclusion of tourism from the creative industries is arguably perverse, given that much of the work by destination managers and of private sector tourism is characterised by creativity and innovation. Interdisciplinary research and international context bring a broader perspective on how the creative industries operate in varying cultural and policy contexts in relation to tourism.

This book brings together the parallel and disparate inter-disciplinary fields of tourism and the creative industries and will be of interest to students, academics and researchers interested in tourism, creative industries, marketing and management.

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new Postgraduate loans of up to £10,000 available from September 2016

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new Postgraduate loans of up to £10,000  available from September 2016

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Postgraduate loans available from September 2016

The new loans of up to £10,000 are set to benefit many and could break down some of the financial barriers of postgraduate study. Find out more about the loan and who is eligible.

 First announced as part of the UK’s Chancellor’s 2014 Autumn Statement, these government-backed student loans were confirmed last year for Masters degrees beginning on or after 1 August 2016.

The new loans are set to benefit many and could break down some of the financial barriers of postgraduate study. And the good news doesn’t end there for BU students considering further study – we’ve got discounts (some of these apply to staff and staff family members too) and scholarships, including full fee waivers.

More about the loan and who is eligible

The postgraduate loan is non-means tested, allowing students to borrow up to £10,000 irrespective of the cost of their course. The loan will be available to those aged under 60 years old and will be paid directly to the student over three equal instalments. Students embarking on part-time study will be eligible for the loan, so long as the average annual intensity is 50% in each year (i.e. is delivered over two years) and will receive the loan split equally.

English and EU (including EEA & Switzerland) domiciled students (not including Northern Ireland, Wales or Scotland), who have normally been resident* in those countries for the last three years, studying a taught postgraduate course (full-time, part-time and distance learning), including Master’s by Research, are eligible to receive the funding.

  • English students will be funded to undertake their study, anywhere in the UK.
  • EU (including EEA & Switzerland) students will only funded to undertake study in England.

Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish students, who are normally resident* in England, and have been resident here for the last three years, will be eligible for the loan.

*Residency will be based on the last three years, but do not include periods of residency purely for the purpose of education,such as studying an undergraduate qualification. For example, a Scottish student who has lived in England for the last three years to undertake undergraduate study would not be eligible.

How will BU be handling the loan?

As the loan is paid to the student, BU will be responsible for confirming their continued studies once they have enrolled. Faculties have recently been asked to confirm the intensity for all part-time programmes, to establish which will be eligible for this loan.

Finance & Performance will allow students to pay their fees over three instalments, so long as they provide a letter or evidence that they will be in receipt of the Postgraduate Loan and complete a debit/credit card payment authority mandate ahead of online enrolment.

What about repayment?

These loans will be repaid concurrently with any undergraduate repayments at 6% of income above £21,000. A student with an existing undergraduate loan (scheme 2, post-2012) would therefore be paying 15% of their income above £21,000 on undergraduate & postgraduate loan repayments combined.

When can students apply?

Details about the application process haven’t yet been announced but applications are expected to open in June, issued by the Student Loans Company.

Details of the loan and more information about eligibility can be found at www.bournemouth.ac.uk/pg-loan

Resources & further information:

If you’d be interested in a short overview of the loans scheme and BU’s approach, please email Matthew Usher to register your interest.

Apply for Postgraduate MSc Scholarships at Bournemouth University in Tourism and Hospitality

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Apply for Postgraduate MSc Scholarships at Bournemouth University in Tourism and Hospitality 

https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/fees-funding/scholarships Deadline May 31st 

See webinar https://youtu.be/tv24pDnFzs0 

For more information email askbu@bournemouth.ac.uk 

JOBS in Tourism and Travel : TravelBag Sales Development Programme

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Passport to sucess

Welcome to our Sales Development Programme 2016

Starting in July 2016

Aimed at graduates/College leavers or those with some prior experience in travel sales, we are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic and determined people with a genuine passion for travel and a desire to succeed in sales. You don’t need to have first-hand experience in sales but you must have the aptitude to sell and the will to win.

This 12 month intensive development programme will provide 8-10 people with the opportunity to join our travel sales functions at various Travelbag branches throughout the UK.

Our unrivalled in-house training programme is designed to equip you with the tools and knowledge to become a confident and experienced sales professional. In return for your hard work, commitment and dedication we offer a competitive salary with a realistic OTE of £20k within the first year.

What do we do?

When Travelbag began back in 1979 we wanted to offer more than just package holidays. And that’s just one of the reasons why we’re still tailor-making holidays more than 35 years later.

We have built our enviable reputation on unrivalled expertise. We want our customers to see the world the way they want to see it and we do this by employing people with a passion for travel and a desire to ensure our customers have the holiday of their dreams.

What will you be doing?

Joining one of our retail branches in Sales throughout the UK, you will not only gain a comprehensive understanding of the Travelbag working environment, but you’ll also be given an insight into how our teams work and why our brand is so successful.

As part of our sales team you’ll be responding to the needs of our clients directly, using your fantastic aptitude for sales, whilst ensuring you deliver excellent levels of service – leaving the client in no doubt that they’re booking their holiday with the best!

What will you get?

In return for your hard work and commitment, we will offer you the opportunity to join an exciting, vibrant, fast moving business. Our unrivalled in-house training programme is designed to equip you with the tools and knowledge to become a confident and experienced sales professional.

We offer a competitive salary with a realistic OTE of £20k within the first year. Upon completion of the programme you will be given an opportunity to earn uncapped commission.

Sales Consultants will receive:

  • 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
  • The opportunity to join the company pension scheme after a qualifying period
  • Opportunity to participate in educational trips abroad subject to usual Company terms and conditions
  • Discounted travel
  • Various Company incentive schemes

Who are we looking for?

You’ll need to possess the following:

  • Degree or equivalent qualification ideally Travel related
  • Ability to communicate effectively and politely
  • An aptitude for sales and able to recognise the importance of optimising sales
  • A desire to excel and succeed
  • Enthusiasm and persuasiveness
  • A thirst for travel and exploring the world
  • Motivation and eager to learn

Apply for our Sales Development Programme

To apply, please click here.