Hospitality and Events Management - BA Hons Degree - Topup

Teaching and learning methods are aligned to the programme outcomes and support you in becoming independent enquirers and research investigators.

Lectures will be used as a strategy to provide information, relevant to the underpinning theoretical knowledge of hospitality and events concepts and perspectives and models. You will be encouraged to conduct wider reading around their subject area as part of their independent learning and study skills, influenced and supported by staff members’ expertise and specialisms. Guest speaker slots will supplement the curriculum content, providing a link for you between theory and contemporary practice and provide motivation.

Individualised learning techniques such as one to ones and subject focused activities utilising the virtual learning environment will promote independent thinking and learning, enabling students to study at their own pace, stretching and challenging student development. Discussions and group activities which facilitate critical thought, debate and further enquiry will be embedded within the whole curriculum and will include; online forums, project design and research groups. .

Discussion groups and seminar activities will be used in order to support the development of critical skills and the evaluation of research evidence in the sectors in order to stimulate, critical debate, and dialogue. Practical formative assessment methods such as group discussions and student led seminars will create and stimulate critical debate and dialogue.  Key themes and strands across the programme can be embedded within each other. Hospitality and Events terminology, professionalism and communication skills can be developed and encouraged, with focus on employability and devising innovative solutions to problems.

Presentation panels and student committee groups can report on their investigations and findings, making recommendations for improvement. You will conduct group work linked to lectures and assessments. Committee groups can be used to formulate and generate ideas, putting theory into practice. Reading groups will be formed in order to support reading and research skills, in a shared and informal environment.

Lectures are used to present key themes, ideas and contemporary issues. These are supported by seminars which allow key elements, journal articles and case study material to be examined and explored in detail, to promote further understanding. Workshops and student initiated discussions and debates are included to build responsibility and confidence, encourage a reflective approach, generate new ideas and enhance the learning experience. Furthermore, seminar activity allows contextualisation especially in those modules that are shared across a range of disciplines.