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Department of Hospitality and Tourism

Whether you want to work in hotels, hospitality and events or explore the world of aviation, tourism and travel, our Department of Hospitality and Tourism runs a range of courses to help you pursue your ideal career.

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Executive Management Team

Find out more about our Corporation Members by viewing their profiles.

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Senior Lecturer Tourism

Paul Bamber

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Head of Department - Hospitality and Tourism (Interim)

Richard Behan

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Senior Lecturer Aviation

Helen Joyner-Harris

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Simon Faulkner

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Lecturer

Valentina Basile

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Tourism students explore Germany

BA Tourism Business Management students have enjoyed a successful academic trip to Hamburg in Germany.

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Tourism students visit the Emerald Isle

First year International Tourism Management students visited Dublin and Belfast as part of a new module 'Tourism and Media'.

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Travel and Tourism Society is Formed

Students at UCB have recently launched a brand new Travel and Tourism Society. With it's aim to 'deliver a student-led tourism society for the benefit of students' the society held a formal launch at University College Birmingham.

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Tourism students go spelunking

From the stunning stalactite caverns to the soaring 450ft cliffs, UCB students have been exploring Cheddar Gorge in Somerset as a part of their course.

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Tourism students sent to the dungeons

UCB students have come face-to-face with sinister characters from York's gruesome past, including traitorous plotter Guy Fawkes and the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin.

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Tourism students take guests around the world

International Tourism Management students hosted a tourism exhibition covering countries from around the world.

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Business School hosts prestigious national tourism convention

Leading figures from across the fields of tourism and destination management came together as University hosts TMI convention.

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UCB students ensure Tourism Symposium is the place to be

More than 100 movers and shakers from the tourism industry shared insights into everything from festivals to film tourism when they met at UCB.

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Tech Week talk explores harnessing AI in tourism

As part of Birmingham Tech Week, Debby McAllister, Lecturer in Tourism and Aviation at University College Birmingham, discussed the generative AI landscape in the tourism classroom at Tech in Tourism.

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Invictus Games inspire at tourism and events conference

The new academic year got off to a flying start as the Business School hosted its third annual Inspire Conference.

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Students lead innovative new tourism strategy

Students were presented with the opportunity showcase their real-world work to a host of industry experts.

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WM Tourism Awards unite education and industry impact

Students and staff enjoy prestigious awards evening.

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Festive bumper roundup: an award-winning year in hospitality and tourism

We look back on another year of achievement and adventure at the Department of Hospitality and Tourism

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Flying high tourism student presented with award at Houses of Parliament

Model student Kayleigh Parrott-Goldthorp is flying high after being officially recognised at a leading travel and tourism association's annual awards, celebrating the UK's very highest calibre students in the field.

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Flying high! Aviation and tourism students see careers take off with Ryanair

College students training to become cabin crew or make their mark in tourism have reached for the sky and landed dream jobs with Ryanair.

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Tourism students share post-Covid plans for rural recovery in UNWTO competition

A team of University College Birmingham students have shared fresh ideas to boost post-Covid tourism in a picturesque Midlands destination as part of an international competition.

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University College Birmingham first in the UK for recognition of foundation degree by Tourism Management Institute

One foundation and two undergraduate tourism degrees at University College Birmingham have been recognised by the Tourism Management Institute’s Scheme for Courses in Higher Education.

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Alumni and a growing West Midlands travel and tourism sector inspire at annual conference

The exciting growth of the West Midlands tourism industry took centre stage as the Business School today hosted its fourth annual Inspire Conference.

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Partnership with Merlin Entertainments promises diversity boost for tourism industry

A new partnership which promises to provide a major boost for inclusion and diversity in the travel and tourism workforce is being developed between University College Birmingham and the UK’s biggest sector employers.

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Post-Covid travel, tourism and hospitality careers top conference agenda

A conference focused on careers in travel, tourism and hospitality post-Covid is being jointly hosted by University College Birmingham and the Institute and Travel and Tourism.

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QHotels staff on track with management training at UCB

Eight staff members from QHotels are on their way to completing UCB foundation degrees as part of the hotel group's Management Trainee Programme.

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Tourism students set to shine as university hosts national convention

University College Birmingham is excited to announce it will host the annual convention of the TMI.

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UCB helps develop hotel management talent

UCB hosted an induction day for people in the hospitality industry who are working towards a Foundation Degree in Professional Hospitality Operational Management Level 5.

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BA Sports Management students visit Poland

Recently, BA Sports Management students enjoyed an educational visit to Kraków and Zakopane in Poland for a few days to observe the development of sport following the country's entrance into the European Union in 2004.

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Tourism students target plastic pollution for environmental leadership campaign

Students from University College Birmingham have launched their own campaign to help combat plastic pollution as part of a national programme to produce the next generation of green leaders.

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Tourism Alumnus with three major businesses in the Maldives shares his secrets to success

After coming to the UK to study at UCB in 2007, Abdulla Yasir returned to his home country of the Maldives with a dream of one day running his own business. Little did he know ten years on he would…

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Hotel management alumna leads on developing hospitality in Botswana

A former hotel management student turned government employee is playing a pivotal role in developing hospitality and culinary arts training in Botswana.

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Tourism college student Caitlin lifts lid on past at placement at Coffin Works

A college student has lifted the lid on times gone by during a placement at The Coffin Works in Birmingham.

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Attraction World partnership provides experience for students at major tourism expo

Students from University College Birmingham had the chance to work at a major tourism exhibition as part of a flourishing relationship with one of our industry partners.

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Sports Management degree becomes first in the world to gain DMI accreditation

University College Birmingham's Sports Management degree has become the first course of its kind in the world to be accredited by the Digital Marketing Institute (DMI).

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UCB Aviation & Airport Management Degree students tour Birmingham Airport

The first intake of UCB's BA and FdA Aviation & Airport Management students took a tour of Birmingham Airport's landside facilities to get an insight into operations in the airline industry.

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UCB outreach officer up for top events management award

A UCB outreach officer whose events management skills have helped over a thousand pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds access higher education is up for a top award.

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Tourism students take a trip to Venice

Tourism management students carried out assessments and primary research on a field trip to Venice.  The second-year Tourism Business Management and International Tourism Management undergraduates used feasibility studies to look at ways of developing a new or existing visitor attraction…

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University partners with Blues and Shrews on new Football Business Management course

University College Birmingham has teamed up with two professional football clubs to launch a brand new course opening doors to a range of careers in the sport.

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Tourism Student wins Prestigious National Award

Tourism Business Management student Anete Pieĉa has been announced as the first winner of the Tourism Management Institute David Hughes Memorial Award.

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A peek behind the scenes for Events Management students at NEC's Event Week Live 2026

Students and staff had the opportunity to attend an industry networking day at Event Week Live 2026.

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MA Tourism students are pop-up business entrepreneurs

MA Tourism Destination Management and MA International Tourism Business Administration held an exhibition where they presented their pop-up tourism concepts for the island of Lanzarote as part of a live project.

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"UCB is a great place for international students to study tourism", says Estanis

Estanis Labernia Reverter is studying FdA Adventure Tourism Management and has big plans to take his skills and experience at UCB back to Spain to help boost the tourism economy.

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Tajinder's tourism dream inspired by a Wonder of the World

UCB graduate Tajinder Chaudhry has launched an international tourism business after being inspired by one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

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The honeymoon is never over for tourism graduate Marius

Marius Tudor is using the tourism knowledge and skills he learned at University College Birmingham to help romantic dreams come true.

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Top research accolade awarded to UCB tourism experts

A research paper by two tourism experts at UCB has won an award and could spark a wave of interest and further work in the area of the global Muslim market.

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Events Management students "go interactive" with Cvent

Events management students will be able to take advantage of leading industry software thanks to a tie-up with global technology specialist Cvent.

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UCB partners with QHotels to develop management talent

UCB held an induction day for professionals in the hospitality sector working towards a foundation degree in Professional Hospitality Operational Management Level 4.

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The sky's the limit for Aviation and Airport Management students

Airport and Aviation Management students spent the day in London at Emirates Aviation Experience.  The visit was a part of their Aviation Professional Practice module in which the students are asked to develop training packs for a selection of careers…

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Postgraduate students are consultants for the Lanzarote Tourist Board

Postgraduate Tourism students studying MA Tourism Destination Management and MA International Tourism Business Administration travelled to Lanzarote as part of their Live Project module.

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Travel & Tourism Students Attend Norwegian Cruise Lines Event

BTEC Level 3 Travel & Tourism students were invited to attend a Cruise Event hosted by Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL), where they were tested on their knowledge of NCL as a company as well as cruise destinations and their marketing…

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Entrepreneur who gave up crime to an award-winning travel agency - hear from experts at business, travel and tourism expo

From an entrepreneur who clawed his way back from a life ruled by gangs, crime and drugs to the head of overseas development at an award-winning clubbing holiday travel agency– students can discover how to fly high in business, travel…

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Management trainee course prepares hospitality stars for the future

A group of 19 aspiring young hospitality stars have taken their places on a new management trainee course in partnership with hotel management company RBH and University College Birmingham.

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Sweet challenge for Culinary Arts Management students

Third year Culinary Arts Management students have been getting in touch with their innerpâtissier to create delicious desserts as part of their Specialist Pastry Techniques option module.

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MA Culinary Arts Management students are pub entrepreneurs

Groups of Culinary Arts Management postgraduate students put together successful business plans for new pub concepts to be judged by a panel of industry professionals.

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UCB set for key role in boosting West Midlands tourism as new regional strategy announced

University College Birmingham will play a key part in boosting tourism in the West Midlands following the unveiling of a new strategy to grow the region’s visitor economy.

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Students take on climate change challenge through University of Warwick partnership

University College Birmingham students have pitched plans to help combat climate change as part of a worldwide event held by the University of Warwick – as exciting new opportunities emerge from the partnership between the two institutions.

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Commonwealth Games creative agency supports students' industry projects

Undergraduates from across the Business School had a full day of riveting guest talks and workshops with the creative marketing agency behind the campaign to promote Birmingham beyond the Commonwealth Games 2022.

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UCB students receive a masterclass on large-scale event management

UCB’s Events Management students were treated to a masterclass on managing large-scale events by Chad Weir from Cognizance Media and Consulting and Focus Events, a digital marketer and event director with a wealth of experience within the industry.

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Tom tops table with first class degree in Culinary Arts Management

Former UCB student Tom Price, who was made head chef of a Wiltshire hotel and restaurant just three-and-a-half months after finishing his course, has graduated with a first in Culinary Arts Management BA (Hons).

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Tourism student set for cabin crew job after scooping special award

A University College Birmingham student is getting ready for her career to take off - after securing her first job with an airline.

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Tourism alumni share their career journeys during special ten year reunion at Summer Row

A group of former classmates from University College Birmingham have revealed how their studies helped pave the way towards a huge variety of careers over the past decade.

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Food and Consumer Management students are recipe pioneers

Students have been demonstrating their food innovation skills to industry professionals as part of their recipe development module.

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Department of Hospitality and Tourism

Whether you want to work in hotels, hospitality and events or explore the world of aviation, tourism and travel, our Department of Hospitality and Tourism runs a range of courses to help you pursue your ideal career.

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Executive Management Team

Find out more about our Corporation Members by viewing their profiles.

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Senior Lecturer Tourism

Paul Bamber

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Head of Department - Hospitality and Tourism (Interim)

Richard Behan

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Senior Lecturer Aviation

Helen Joyner-Harris

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Lecturer

Simon Faulkner

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Lecturer

Valentina Basile