Event Management Students Dragon’s Den Event becomes a reality at the Captain’s Club Hotel

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On February 17th, the Captain’s Club Hotel in Christchurch hosted an event that had originally been an idea of 4 Bournemouth University Event Management students.

Last year, the students, Oliver Jones, Takara Patrick, Joanna Mitchell and Michael-Aaron Loftus, had to pitch a new event idea to the Captain’s Club in a Dragon’s Den style presentation as part of their first year.

The Captains Club liked the idea that that was pitched to them so much that they decided to actually host the event.

The students pitched “A Night on the Titanic” evening where guests were treated to a menu that would have been served on the Titanic, as well as entertainment and a string quartet.

All profits of the event when to the RNLI in Mudeford.

Joanna commented “It was a great opportunity for us to be given the chance to host the event after only speaking about it in theoretical terms.

 The Captain’s Club were great help and allowed us to complete many tasks for the event such as writing and sending out the press release, finding a printing company, looking for props and costumes and finally entertainment.

 Although parts were challenging we all learnt a lot and enjoyed hosting the event. We were lucky to be given the opportunity and support of The Captains Club and were happy with the end result with guests seeming to have enjoyed themselves thoroughly.”

 Managing director of the hotel, Tim Lloyd said: “When the group pitched the idea we felt they had the enthusiasm and commitment to put theory into practice.

“It may have been courageous on our part but we felt the hotel was already suitable to host such a grand occasion.

With the entire hotel’s crew fully behind the students in helping to re-create this special night, it really was a great celebration.”

Congratulations to the students on this achievement!

Bournemouth University visits Nepal

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Four senior academics from Bournemouth University are on an official three-day visit to Nepal during February 26-28. They are: Prof. Dr. Holger Schutkowski, Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor of Bournemouth University and Deputy Dean of the School of Applied Sciences, Dr. Richard Shipway, Associate Dean: International Engagement in the School of Tourism, Prof Dr. Edwin van Teijlingen, Professor of Reproductive Health Research and Dr. Ana Adi, Head of International Development for the Media School.

 Facilitated by the UK-Nepal Friendship Society, the visit aims to establish and expand the academic and research collaborations of Bournemouth University with leading universities in Nepal. The academics will visit Tribhuvan University, Lumbini Buddhist University, Pokhara University, Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS) and the Nepal Sanskrit University meeting with the institutions’ Vice-Chancellors and senior academics and staff. The team is also expected to meet with high dignitaries of Nepal including the Prime Minister, Tourism Ministry, Health ministry and Education Ministry.

 Bournemouth University has already a long-standing reputation in health services research in Nepal through Prof. Dr. Edwin van Teijlingen, also a Visiting Professor at both MMIHS and Nobel College. Prof. Dr. van Teijlingen has published over sixty academic papers on health studies in Nepal, both in international journals and in English-language journals in Nepal. Bournemouth University is also the host of Dr. Laxmi Ghimire, a senior researcher and active member of the UK-Nepal Friendship Society.

 Further areas of interest and expertise of Bournemouth University in Nepal include Media Studies, Tourism and Archaeological Sciences.

Dr. Richard Shipway commented: “We see great opportunities in a wide-range of aspects of tourism research in Nepal, including eco-tourism.”  Dr. Ana Adi added: “Both the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ media are in an early stage of development in Nepal, there is a lot of scope for research here as well as a great potential for extended training and collaborations.”

 Uttam Bhlon, secretary for the UK-Nepal Friendship Society (Nepal Chapter) remarked: “We welcome the Bournemouth University team to Nepal and hope this is a start of long-term relationship.”

 

Barbara Neuhofer presents at the CAUTHE Conference 2013

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PhD Researcher, Barbara Neuhofer has just returned from presenting at the CAUTHE Conference 2013 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Barbara presented her paper that she co-authored with Professor Dimitrios Buhalis and Professor Adele Ladkin, titled “Experiences, Co-creation and Technology: A conceptual approach to enhance tourism experiences” at the conference.

Back in November, Barbara was awarded the PGR Development Scheme Funding by the Graduate School. This funding meant she had the opportunity to travel to New Zealand to attend the conference and present her paper.

Barbara commented “It was a highly beneficial conference and a great chance for me to share my PhD research, meet new academics, engage and extend my academic network to key universities and institutions in the Australasian region.

Overall it was a very enriching experience and I would like to express my gratitude to the Graduate School and the School of Tourism for giving me the financial support to attend CAUTHE Conference 2013.”

Congratulations to Barbara on this achievement.

Final Year Students learn basic first aid as part of the STEEP Programme

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Last week, 30 final year students got the opportunity to learn first aid as part of the STEEP programme.

The students were trained by the Ouch Training Team. Ouch training was created at the beginning of the 21st century. They offer fun and flexible first aid training across the UK.

The students were trained in first aid in the workplace and they will all now receive a DSE recognised qualification that lasts up to three years.

One student commented that Ouch “made the content fun and enjoyable. The practical tasks were a great practice for real life situations”

The STEEP programme (Student Talent Employability & Engagement Programme) is run every year for final year students. It aims to offer them opportunities to enhance their CV or gain new experiences that can be used to help find a future job.

Santander Intern Programme for Final Year’s and Graduates

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Santander has 8 part funded 3-month internships with SME companies available which need to be allocated by 8th March. Once decided, the internships will then be advertised to our students.

The Santander Intern Programme is a scheme which provides final year students and recent Graduates paid-for work experience with local business. Santander is contributing 50% of the funding for the internship with the other 50% being funded by the university, the SME or both.

 The internship will last for 3 months and the intern will receive £1000 per month from the Programme.

 For more information please contact the Bournemouth University Ambassador Kelly Noble knoble@bournemouth.ac.uk

Bournemouth University and Macau IFT Video Conference on World Heritage

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On the 21st March, Bournemouth University will be hosting its annual video conference with Macau IFT. This year’s conference has the topic of World Heritage.

The first two guest speakers have just been announced:

Gde Indra Bhaskara,  a PhD student from the  School of Tourism at Bournemouth University will be giving a key note speech titled: The local community participation in UNESCO’s World Heritage nomination process: Jatiluwih rice fields, Bali, Indonesia

The second Key note speakers is Dr Jonathan R Edwards who is currently a Reader in Tourism in the School of Tourism at Bournemouth University titled: The second speaker: Title: World heritage Sites of the Silk Road in Central Asia – Opportunities and Challenges.

Any one is welcome to attend this conference.

The conference is being organsied by MSc Event Management student as part of their degree.

We will be bringing you more news over the next few weeks but for now please see the Facebook Page for more information

Sport Student’s Consultancy Project Presentation at Thruxton Driving Circuit

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Yesterday our Level H Sports students had their consultancy project presentations at Thruxton Driving Circuit.

The students have been working on 2 projects for Thruxton as part of their consultancy project.

One group, consisting of Faye Fisher, Nicola Page, Ben Gifford, Tom Deighton, Jake Roman-Capon, had to look at the driving experience that Thruxton offer and how they could enhance the experience for the customer.

Whilst the other group, consisting of Tim Donald, Scott Taylor, Adam Dover, Joe Moverly, James Burr, had to analyse the Karting Circuit also offered at Thruxton and come up with ways to market that more efficiently.

 Thruxton is a very successful business so it was quite a challenge for the students to suggest improvements.

However, yesterday both groups that took part in the consultancy project came up with some innovative ideas and impressed the people at Thruxton.

This was a great opportunity for the students to not only have the experience of a real life consultancy project but also potentially to make connections for future employment.

Sport BU’s Charlton Clarke LBS for £’s Comic Relief Challenge

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In the week commencing 4th March Charlton Clarke will be attempting to complete as many fitness classes as possible in 7 days at SportBU for Comic Relief.

Charlton will be taking part in the full class programme offered at SportBU on a weekly basis so 34 classes! These will include Pump, Spinning, Yoga, Step, LBT, Pilates and his very first Zumba class.

Charlton commented:

“I have always wanted to do a challenge for charity and as mad as it sounds I have always been jealous of the celebrities who get to do amazing challenges across the globe. I regularly teach fitness classes at sportBU but tend to avoid anything that involves greater levels of co-ordination i.e Zumba or Combat and generally do not get the opportunity to take part in other classes.

My initial thought was to sample a couple of different classes but then decided to go big and do as many classes as possible in one week. I think the regular class participants will enjoy watching me struggle through a weeks’ worth of classes.”

Good luck to Charlton from all in the School of Tourism!

You can sponsor Charlton here

Final Year students take part in RNLI Sea Survival Day as part of the STEEP Programme

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Every year the School of Tourism runs its  Student Talent Employability & Engagement Programme (STEEP) for final year students.

The activities offer range from career opportunities, to guest speakers to activity days such as the RNLI Sea Survival Day that took place last Wednesday.

The idea was for students to learn key team building skills and how to work together in a crisis but in a pool as part of sea survival.

30 final year students got to take part in the exciting day

Hospitality Student Parth Patel commented  “It was a fantastic team building activity and it emphasized that in certain crucial jobs, being a team player is a must and could make all the difference when trying to save lives at sea.”

For more on the STEEP programme please see here

Sean Beer and Philip Long contribute chapters to new book on Cultural Tourism

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School of Tourism lecturers Sean Beer and Philip Long have recently contributed chapters to The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism.

The book explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies in the field of Tourism. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical regions, to provide state-of-the-art theoretical reflection and empirical research on this significant stream of tourism and its future direction.

The book is divided into 7 inter-related sections. Sean’s chapter, Philosophy and the Nature of the Authentic, is in section 1 which looks at the historical, philosophical and theoretical framework for cultural tourism. This section debates tourist autonomy role play, authenticity, imaginaries, cross-cultural issues and inter-disciplinarity.

Philip’s chapter co-authored with Nigel Morpeth, Critiquing Creativity in Tourism, is in section 6 which refers to Regeneration and Planning, especially the creative turn in cultural tourism, which can be used to avoid problems of serial reproduction, standardisation and homogenisation.

This is essential reading for students, researchers and academics of Tourism as well as those of related studies in particular Cultural Studies, Leisure, Geography, Sociology, Politics and Economics.

For more information please see here