MSc Hospitality and Tourism Services Management

Award:MSc Duration:1 Year School:Lincoln Business School Campus:Lincoln Basic Entry Requirements:Degree and/or professional experience UCAS Code:

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Introduction

This is the only Masters programme in the UK that concentrates on services for both hospitality and tourism. This unique combination, allowing a more holistic perspective, has been attractive for both domestic and international students looking to find careers in the services management industry.

The UK is the fifth largest receiver of international tourists in the world, as well as possessing a large domestic tourism and hospitality infrastructure. This, together with the City of Lincoln’s advancement as an historic, world-class tourist destination, makes the University of Lincoln an ideal setting in which to develop sophisticated managerial knowledge and skills for the service sectors of tourism and hospitality.

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The MSc Hospitality and Tourism Services Management aims to provide students with an opportunity at an advanced level to develop expertise and skills relevant to the exercising of senior management functions within the travel and hospitality sectors of tourism. A three-stage structure (Certificate/Diploma/ Dissertation) allows students to progress through the programme in such a way as to maximise individual and professional development.

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Level 1 (PG Certificate) 60 credit points	Sustainable Development for Tourism	The Tourist as Consumer	The Study of Tourism	Managing Tourism Enterprises
Level 2 (PG Diplma) 60 credit points	Tourism Service and Hospitality Management	Services Marketing	Advanced Research Methods for Tourism and Hospitality	Airports for Tourism
Level 3 (Masters) 60 credit points	Dissertation in a subject related to Hospitality and Tourism Services Management

Teaching & Assessment

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The course is taught by members of the Tourism subject group at the University of Lincoln. All are highly qualified and research-active, with strong connections to tourism-related organisations.

We provide a diverse range of learning and assessment situations that develop appropriate knowledge, intellectual and practical skills. We promote opportunities for all to acquire and demonstrate transferable, interpersonal and problem-solving skills. These skills not only equip you for a career but also enable you to become a life-long learner, able to adapt both to changing employment patterns and changing trends in tourism.

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The Library and Learning Resources Centre carries an extensive range of tourism-related resources, well capable of supporting study at an advanced level. In addition, our new Faculty Building possesses state-of-the-art facilities for postgraduate study.

Links With Industry

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Our students come from a number of countries - from the UK to mainland Europe and beyond, and are encouraged to share knowledge and experience from these widely differing backgrounds. We also take students on a number of day visits to sites of relevance in and around Lincoln, as well as undertake an overnight field visit to the Peak District, exploring services management issues in one of the most heavily-visited areas in Britain. Masters students are encouraged, too, to participate in our regular Tourism Studies Seminar, along with our PhD students and academic colleagues.

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Graduates from this programme have found employment at senior levels in a wide variety of organisations, most of them tourism related. Examples include: Head of Training for a major hotel chain in Dubai, Senior Office Manager of an in-bound tour company in London, Head of Coach Tour Operations in a travel company, and manager of an events-based company in Munich.