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International Tourism & Hospitality Management (Top-Up) BA Welcome Pack

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Welcome to BA International Tourism & Hospitality Management (Top-Up) 2023.

The International Tourism and Hospitality programme is designed to provide you with the strategic and operational expertise that you will need to successfully manage tourism and hospitality businesses in an international context. The programme incorporates an extensive range of management concepts related to tourism and hospitality, including consumer behaviour, strategic and project planning, people development and leadership, sustainability as well as operational and tactical responses to common business problems.

The overall aim is to produce qualified, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking graduates. You will develop sound academic and practical experience of management in the tourism and hospitality industries to enable you to exceed the expectations of employers.

Your Programme Leader

Anna Borley-Russell, Senior Lecturer in Leisure Management

Anna Borley-Russell

Senior Lecturer in Leisure Management
anna.borley-russell@northampton.ac.uk

Welcome and Induction Sessions

Please join your programme leader and your peers in this virtual welcome session. This is a great opportunity to find out more about your programme ahead of welcome week.

  • Meet your programme leader and your peers / prepare for welcome week, and week 1 of teaching

  • This is your induction timetable (Word, 22KB) for the week commencing 18 September 2023.

    International Tourism & Hospitality Management (Top-Up) BA Welcome Week Induction Schedule

    Tuesday 19 September 2023
    • 12:30pm – 2:30pm: Welcome Briefing Session

    Location: LH127, 1st floor Learning Hub, Waterside campus

    • 3:15pm – 4.15pm: Induction Investigation

    Location: meet at the yellow desk, 2nd floor Learning Hub, Waterside campus

    Wednesday 20 September 2023
    • 11am – 1pm: PAT tutorials – to be booked/co-ordinated during the briefing session
    Thursday 21 September 2023
    • 2pm – 3pm: UN SDGs & Sustainable Peace – Festival Launch – Launch of Sustainable Peace Hackathon

    Location: 1st floor Atrium, Creative Hub, Waterside campus

    Friday 22 September 2023
    • 10am – 12pm: UN SDGs workshop

    Link: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/f101b2d28221456d8964506581c3ef25

    • 1pm – 4pm: FBL Induction Event

    Location: 1st floor Atrium, Creative Hub, Waterside campus

    • 5pm – 6pm: Faculty Social

    Location: details to be confirmed during induction session

Equipment

Key reading materials and core textbooks will be accessible online via module reading lists. These are free to access and use and will be available to you once you have enrolled. Your programme leader and module tutors will explain how they work once teaching begins.

Enhancing skills, building networks and engaging in the wider University community

There will be various opportunities to engage with our industry partner group during your studies, as well as the opportunity to engage in a student-funded study trip. These opportunities are not compulsory, but they will provide a great way to put your learning into practice, to learn from key players within the industry and develop your networking and employability prospects. More information will be provided to you in due course via your programme leader.

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