You’re hired! UCLan student wins 'Apprentice' style national events industry award Joe Oakley (Left) with Easyfairs Global Brand Director Paul Macdonald A University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) student has been crowned the winner of a national events industry competition landing a job with a global company in the process. Final year Event Management student Joe Oakley won the top prize at the 'Eventice 2017', an 'Apprentice' style national competition open to all UK events students designed to find the very best up and coming talent in the industry.  As the winner, Joe has b ..read more

                          Educational Excellence Through Tourism, Hospitality and Events Trips and Experiences It has been a busy year for Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management (THE) students; isn’t it always?  The students have run live events, such as The End Game, been nominated for national industry awards, observed demonstrations and welcomed a wide range of industry speakers, including those pitching for new staff at our careers event. Of course, some of our students weren’t with us at our main camp ..read more

Week 1: Green Gecko Project The division of Tourism, Hospitality and Events recently travelled to Cambodia with final year students for 2 weeks, with Amanda Payne and Dr Daniel Wright.  The aim and purpose of this educational visit was to continue the university support for the Green Gecko Project and to expose students to industry related experiences in Siem Reap. Final year tourism, hospitality and event management students from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have raised over £48,000 for the Green Gecko Project – a school that supports children who previously lived a ..read more

The division of Tourism, Hospitality and Events recently travelled to Berlin for four days with its first-year students, Dr Dan Wright and Dr David Jarratt. The aim of this educational visit was to expose students to an on-trend city break destination which hosts various forms of culturally based tourism and events. According to Lonely Planet: ‘Berlin's combo of glamour and grit is bound to mesmerise anyone keen to explore its vibrant culture, cutting-edge architecture, fabulous food, intense parties and tangible history.’ Based upon our experience, we have to agree (except perhaps for ..read more

I wanted to study Event Management because of the originality of the course. I wanted to do a course that had a hands on approach and constantly tested my skills and knowledge of the industry. Upon my interview for the course I automatically got a warm welcome from the head of the course Rod Train and I made my mind up there and then that this is the course I would like to study at UCLan. I chose to study at UCLan do to the accessibility of the university. With most universities everything is segregated, meaning that the accommodation and university buildings aren’t in close proximity to each ..read more

What made you chose to study your course? I had prior completed a BTEC Diploma within Hospitality and events within college, and had the urgency to remain in the sector, and due to a craving for more education I decided to look for the best fit. Why did you chose UCLan? UCLan presented Event Managementas a course that would enable me to extend my learning and gain industry experience that would set me on a par or even excel other candidates within the job market. Not only did UCLan sell the course as an amazing self-investment, but from the moment I stepped foot on the grounds I was thorough ..read more

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BA (Hons) Management in Events graduate, Samantha Bromwich joined UCLan having already achieved a Foundation Degree and is now the proud holder of a first class degree.  She has been awarded chosen as this year's recipient of the Davina Chaplin Memorial Prize which is awarded to a top up student who has demonstrated high levels of academic achievement. One thing that was very important to Sam in her time with us was the support that was made available to her: ‘The Tourism, Hospitality and Event division were very supportive right from the outset of starting at UCLan as they provided loa ..read more

As many of you know, our dear friend and colleague Lynn Train passed away peacefully on 15thJuly.  Rod has asked us to share her funeral arrangements for all those who would like to join their family and friends in commemorating her life.  There will be a funeral service at Carleton Crematorium, Blackpool (FY6 7QS) on Wed 27th July at 10:30am, followed by a celebration of Lynn’s life at Twelve Restaurant, Thornton (http://www.twelve-restaurant.co.uk/).  For catering purposes, you are kindly invited to confirm your attendance with Twelve Restaurant in advance. In celebration o ..read more

Jared is a 1st class Event Management graduate who worked in Ireland for part of his placement year, then for Culture Liverpool where he worked on world class, large scale award winning public events such as the Three Queens Events, the Maritime Festival and Liverpool International Music Festival amongst other things.  He is passionate about Service Excellence and has a real understanding of the subject.  His ultimate ambition is to own a gastro pub, famous for its food, drinks and excellent service (and I have no doubt that he will succeed in his ambition). Jared comments: “My exp ..read more