Senior Lecturer in Tourism, Hospitality and Events

De Montfort University (DMU) is an ambitious, globally-minded institution with a relentless focus on delivering quality teaching and learning, and a campus-wide focus on providing a sector-leading student experience. A culturally rich university with a palpable commitment to the public good, it strives to maintain a stimulating and inclusive environment where staff and students are able to thrive. The university is a vibrant, multicultural hub of learning, creativity and innovation that never surrenders to convention. Our success is built on a fantastic student experience coupled with award-winning teaching and world-class facilities that help students develop the skills and attitudes that employers demand.

Faculty/Directorate

The Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities and its School of Humanities and Performing Arts are home to innovative and sector-leading courses, geared towards the practical application of knowledge, and informed by partnerships with the creative and cultural industries.

Role

As a Senior Lecturer in Tourism, Hospitality and Events you will be responsible for relevant teaching and supervision of students on undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as module and programme leadership, primarily in the areas of tourism and hospitality, and secondarily in events. You will have an interest, expertise, and potentially also industry experience in tourism, hospitality and/or events, along with experience of teaching, module leadership, and programme leadership, in a higher education setting. You will be expected to contribute to a range of both the taught aspects and fieldtrips offered as a part of the undergraduate and postgraduate tourism, hospitality and events provision at DMU, which will include a range of relevant thematic areas such as management (including strategic management) in tourism, hospitality and events; sustainability in tourism, hospitality and events; research methods and current trends and issues within these inter-related international sectors. 

Ideal Candidate

Our values of being collaborative, community-minded, creative and compassionate underpin everything we do, and we are seeking to appoint an individual whose ambition and ethos matches ours. You will be educated to doctoral level (or nearing completion) and will have previous experience of teaching, module leadership, and programme leadership, in a higher education setting. Your interests, expertise and/or industry experience will inform your teaching and supervision within a range of relevant thematic areas such as (strategic) management in tourism, hospitality and events; sustainability in tourism, hospitality and events; and current trends and issues within these inter-related international sectors. You will also be either already active in, or willing to develop, relevant research, scholarship, knowledge exchange and/or consultancy activity in tourism, hospitality and/or events.  

For informal enquiries about the position, please contact Dr Tijana Rakic, Associate Professor in International Tourism and Hospitality Management and Cultural Management Subject Group Leader tijana.rakic@dmu.ac.uk 

Please note interviews are expected to take place on 6th November 2024.

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