QMU UG Prospectus 2023sp | Page 95

Hospitality , tourism and events together make up a global industry and a QMU degree opens doors for our students across the world including a high quality 20-week internship .
We have links with many different hospitality , tourism and events organisations worldwide including Edinburgh festivals , the Institute of Hospitality , the Tourism Society , the Scottish Tourism Alliance and the Hospitality Industry Trust . These connections offer opportunities to attend conferences and workshops , and to apply for scholarships to spend time abroad .
Our approach to learning and teaching Tailor your degree
Our Business Management degrees are modular . In Years One and Two core modules in each degree will give you a grounding in your chosen area . As you progress , you will begin to learn more about your particular area and all of our courses offer the opportunity to select modules in which you have a particular interest in later years . With all our degrees you can tailor some of your programme of study , choosing electives from across the undergraduate suite in the Business School .
Gain industry insights and contacts
You will participate in stimulating learning environments from lectures , seminars and workshops , to field trips and study abroad options . Our courses include workplace experience , and , as industry is extremely supportive of our courses , you will benefit from hearing guest lectures from a range of practitioners and visiting professors . You will gain insights into high-profile companies such as Bacardi , Social Bite , Skyscanner , Google and Edinburgh Airport , whose representatives have joined us as visiting speakers recently . Developing contacts and networks is key to gaining an understanding of the industry , to securing work experience , and to gaining employment on graduation .
Variety in assessment methods
Assessment methods vary and include a balanced combination of examinations , written reports , essays , presentations and peer assessment . Some of our modules specifically utilise group work to develop team working skills and others focus on you as the individual . You will get formative feedback as you study , to provide you with an early indication about the progress you have made and can use this feedback to inform your summative assessments .
Research
You will be taught by active academics who are doing research in their own right . Some colleagues have recently completed their doctoral studies , and others are publishing in mainstream academic journals . Such engagement is key to the relevance of our courses , and helps equip staff and students with the background to make intelligent decisions about their future .
You will have contact with our growing number of PhD students as you progress through your chosen route of study . This will allow you the opportunity to interact in an informal and collegiate way with those engaged in the highest levels of academic activity and perhaps to discover that their enthusiasms accord closely with your own . At QMU the door to academic advancement is an open one !
As you reach the later stages of undergraduate study , there are opportunities to develop individual pieces of research through the Honours project , depending on your programme of study , and those students who choose further study at master ’ s or doctoral level are encouraged to pursue these interests .
Careers
Our international hospitality , tourism and events management students have progressed to successful careers in a variety of public sector organisations such as Disney World , VisitScotland and EventScotland . Many others are carving a career pathway with Sheraton , Gleneagles , Malmaison and Hotel du Vin , Hilton , RF Hotels , as well as many smaller privately owned companies in tourism , hospitality and events . Some students have started up their own hospitality , tourism or events business .
Our Business Management graduates are proving their worth to companies in the UK and internationally and have left QMU to embark on a wide range of successful careers in various sectors such as the financial sector in organisations such as Royal Bank of Scotland , Capita , Standard Life Investment and Lloyds Bank . Many of our graduates enter management training programmes in companies such as Diageo , Enterprise Rent-A-Car , John Lewis and Marks and Spencer . Others have set up their own businesses , entered teaching or taken their learning further as postgraduate students .
Some students decide to undertake further academic study , perhaps at QMU on our MSc International Management and Leadership , MSc International Marketing , MSc Accounting and Finance with CIMA or MSc Gastronomy , to enhance their business career or as a prelude to doctoral research .
93