International Tourism Management BA Welcome Pack
Welcome to BA International Tourism Management 2023.
The BA International Tourism Management programme is designed to provide you with the strategic and operational expertise, skills and knowledge that you will need to successfully manage tourism related businesses in a range of contexts. The programme incorporates a range of modules from with a range of focuses from service design and marketing to sustainability and destination management as well as many more!
The overall aim is to produce qualified, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking graduates. The tourism industry job market is ever evolving and responding to challenges and opportunities. You will develop sound academic and practical experience of management in the tourism and associated industries to enable you to exceed the expectations of employers.
You can expect to be treated as a professional from the beginning, encouraged to follow your own pathway and explore the subject area from a range of perspectives. There will be face to face sessions, workshops and online sessions across the modules and you will have tasks and materials to explore between taught sessions.
Your Programme Leader
Alan Lovell
Senior Lecturer in International Tourism Management
alan.lovell@northampton.ac.uk
Welcome and Induction Session
UON would like to invite you to an online welcome and induction session so that you may meet your academic members of staff, as well as other new BA International Tourism Management students. Please see the below accordion for more information:
Equipment
A list of core textbooks, as well as key reading materials, can be accessed online via module reading lists. Once you have enrolled onto your course, you will be able to access and use any of these materials free of charge during your degree. You will be provided with more information on how to use and access these from your programme leader or academic tutors once your classes begin.
Enhancing skills, building networks and engaging in the wider University community
- Industry Partnerships – Our industry partners join our taught sessions as well as participating in assignment projects and offering extra opportunities for mentoring, paid and voluntary work, networking and research. We encourage you to engage with our Industry Partners throughout your University career with us and make the most of their knowledge, experience and networks.
- Work Experience – There are various opportunities to gain experience and apply your learning whilst you are studying here, both in general terms, building core transferable skills, as well as specific roles that will build your CV and explore which area of work works for you! This also gives you lots of material to use in your professional development planning and reflections. This is not a compulsory part of your studies but will certainly benefit your learning and future career.
- Study Trips – With visits to various locations across the UK and further afield, our study trips are always interesting and add to your university experience as well as building your knowledge. With our wider subject area cohort, we attend national and international networking events and showcases, visit destinations and undertake active research, and collaborate with international practitioners and organisations to share practice and learning. These trips are not compulsory but always add value and develop your knowledge and experience.
Your programme leader will be able to give you more in-depth information about these opportunities once your degree begins.