Hospitality Leadership in Universities and the Public Sector MA
Overview
Grow your career
This unique course is specifically for those supplying hospitality services to universities and public sector organisations such as hospitals, schools, colleges and prisons. Unlike most of the private sector caterers, these organisations have a loyal and long serving work force, and this degree is aimed at helping that workforce develop and grow their careers.
We take as our philosophy that ‘catering is not an appendage but an integral part of an organisation’s product and culture and, therefore, has an important role to play in helping that organisation achieve its corporate goals and establish an effective working culture.’ Staff need to be engaged with the wider organisation, enabled and empowered to be entrepreneurial and creative and be on top of the latest trends in food and residential services. To this end, students will share their good practice and insights from their working environment with each other and undertake a comparative residential study visit.
The hospitality industry is a demanding industry and the block system will permit students to be able to plan their work life one year in advance as the teaching dates have been confirmed for from January to December 2019.
Why Hospitality Leadership at LSBU?
- Partnered with The University Caterers Organisation in the creation of this degree.
- Innovative delivery in blocks rather than semester-based delivery. This innovative delivery will provide the opportunity for those people in full-time employment to study.
- Our research-active staff bring their expertise to your learning – we were ranked number one in London for Research Quality in ‘Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation and Tourism’. (Complete University Guide, 2018).
- Where better to study than the middle of London – the world capital of hospitality.
Modules
Our course aims to provide an academically based and intellectually demanding programme of study within the hospitality discipline. This will cover the key areas of strategy, marketing, leadership and product innovation. Students who complete the programme will have acquired both skills and a critical understanding good practice in hospitality leadership and the organisational structure and culture in which it sits.
The distinctiveness of this course is the focus on hospitality within public services particularly, but not exclusively, universities. The processes of innovation and strategic leadership within public services are somewhat different to private organisations. The accountability of such organisations and their approach to issues around sustainability, ethics and the changing nature of public services have been a driving force in the creation of this degree programme.
- Product and market trends and drivers
- Strategy and visioning
- Hospitality leadership
- Marketing and merchandising
- Sustainable design and operations
- Comparative study
- Hospitality consultancy project
Entry requirements
- A 2(ii) or above Bachelor’s degree
or
- A minimum of five years’ experience of working in hospitality, or hospitality-related organisations (for example in the health or school sector), in a professional hospitality capacity. This may include a range of roles at a senior level but is unlikely to include experience that is solely administrative unless this is at a senior level and the applicant has experience of staff management. Candidates may have experience of in-house teams and / or outsourced teams but must have worked in the public service environment.
- International students additionally require an English Language qualification, with an IELTS score of 6.5, or equivalent.
- Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL). All awards for APL will be in line with the University’s policy and current academic regulations. Applicants may be able to use their learning from work or other life experiences to gain academic credit towards their programme of study. Applicants need to demonstrate that their learning is equivalent to formal learning on the programme and produce satisfactory evidence. If an applicant has gained a qualification from a professional body or another institution this may be credited towards the University qualification via the transfer credit scheme.