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MA

Intermediate award(s): PG Dip, PG Cert

Full-Time

Course overview

In the 21st century sustainability and social and corporate responsibility have increasingly moved to the centre of the practices of tourism in a wide variety of ways. This is a reflection of tourism's growth and it's ability to bring both pleasures and problems to destinations and its inhabitants. This course draws on best practices within the broad realm of the tourism business, policy and research to develop a critical understanding of the relationships between tourism and sustainable development in a wide variety of geographical regions around the world.

Effective planning and policy making for international tourism, and for the management of environmental, socio-cultural and economic consequences, requires well qualified managers with a broad and deep understanding of global business activity, and of the conceptual and applied issues involving tourism and sustainability issues. Sustainability represents an increasingly influential facet of the tourism business, tourism planning, development and management, encompassing all sectors of the industry. This course addresses tourism's potential to be compatible with the achievement of a range of objectives, including developing sustainable organisations, urban and rural regeneration, community-based wildlife conservation, and diversifying benefits from international and domestic tourism. In doing so, it facilitates the development of skills and techniques to develop tourism policies and practices in a global setting and to manage tourism development and enterprises in the direction of more sustainable practice.

Through an examination of best practices, problem solving, field work, and other approaches, the course aims to broaden the horizons of what is possible in terms of how tourism may be organised in more sustainable terms, of what the United Nations World Tourism Organizaition term a 'quadruple bottom line'.
It is aimed at those who are wishing to enter a career or further develop an existing career, in the broad tourism industry. It will also benefit those wishing to develop tourism expertise in complementary areas such as conservation and wildlife management, rural development, urban and cultural tourism management, community tourism development and more.

Module guide

Core modules: PG Cert

Critical Issues in Tourism

This module covers socio-economic, management, theoretical and political aspects that have become critical concerns and debates in tourism and travel in recent years.
International Business Environment

This module describes the driving forces in international business and their impact on organisations, managers and individuals.
Sustainable Tourism Management

Here, we establish the extent to which we can make tourism last in a range of different settings over the long-term and integrate tourism within wider sustainable development.

Core modules: PG Dip

Cultural and Urban Tourism

This module focuses on best practice, how so-called models that work in one city may not be so easily adapted for others.It draws on a range of case studies and involves fieldwork in a variety of urban settings.
Ecotourism and Nature Tourism

Here, we examine the potentials and problems of ecotourism, nature-based tourism through case studies and analysis of definitions and its philosophy.
Research Methods for Managers in an International Context

This module will prepare you to undertake a piece of business or management research for your Masters project, by developing appropriate knowledge, understanding and transferable intellectual and practical skills.
Event Management

This module addresses the wide-ranging operational and management issues of such a diverse sector, investigating processes such as design and creation, alongside key operational issues such as marketing and revenue generation, visitor management, information and technology and health and safety.

Core modules: MA

Major Project

This module will support you in the preparation and submission of a Masters-stage project or Dissertation.

Optional modules

A wide variety of modules will be available from other Anglia Ruskin Masters courses that can be undertaken upon agreement with the course leader.

Assessment

Modules are assessed using assignments, group and individual presentations, project and portfolio work, essays and field work.

Teaching will include a wide range of approaches, including lectures, seminars, videos and case studies, as well as independent fieldwork. Increasingly, the emphasis will be on self-direction, critical reflection and exposure to situations where you can evidence learning through presentations, seminar delivery, group work, interactive discussion groups and video-type interventions. You will be encouraged to apply knowledge, show initiative and develop a critical awareness of current tourism-management situations, problems and potential solutions in unpredictable environments.

Facilities

Our brand new Lord Ashcroft Building in Cambridge offers the most advanced state-of-the-art learning environments.

Staff expertise

Dr. Maureen Ayikoru is our senior lecturer in Tourism Management, having joined Lord Ashcroft International Business School in October 2011 from Middlesex University in London. Maureen graduated with a PhD in tourism from the University of Surrey in 2008. Her research interests are in sustainable development and tourism in developing countries, higher education policies, and theoretical/methodological issues in social (tourism) research.

Simon Evans is leader of our BA (Hons) Tourism Management course and is an expert on ecotourism and nature-based tourism which he teaches on the Masters course. He has published widely on ecotourism in India particularly in relation to tiger based tourism and conservation.

Kristyna Marcevova is senior lecturer in Tourism Management. Her interests include economic development through tourism, sustainable tourism ? policies and practice, tourist behaviour, tourism marketing and studies of young people. She is a supervisor for students' dissertations in tourism and marketing related disciplines. Her recent research has focused on tourist group decision-making and holiday behaviour of young people.

Dr. Ilaria Pappelepore is a senior lecturer in Tourism Management. Before joining Anglia Ruskin in 2011, Ilaria was working with the University of Westminster in London as a researcher and part-time lecturer in Tourism and Leisure. Ilaria also worked for the Culture and European Relations Department of the Lille Development Agency, France. Her research interests range from urban tourism and cultural events to the creative economy, cultural quarters and urban regeneration.

Dr. Chris Wilbert is the course leader on our MA International Sustainable Tourism Management and also supervises PhD students in the broad tourism field. His research and teaching focuses on the geographies of tourism, tourism and social theory, and environmental politics and sustainability.

A range of visiting practitioners are also involved in running some of the course modules.

Field visits

Field visits to London and Spain, amongst other locations, are available on this course.

Associated careers

Graduates from this course have gone on to work in a wide range of careers in tourism, including management positions in travel agencies in China and Germany, and planning and policy positions in local government. A proportion of students have also gone on to study for PhD in tourism either at Anglia Ruskin or other universities.

Entry Requirements:

Candidates will normally be expected to hold a degree at a minimum of lower second-class honours. Holders of other awards, including those from non-UK universities will be considered on the equivalence of their qualifications. No subject specific requirements. Candidates who do not possess usual entry criteria, but can demonstrate appropriate relevant experience in a post of management or professional responsibility in Tourism or a related field (e.g. sustainable management in business enterprises, local authority, science organisation, wildlife or conservation management, or with relevant Non Governmental Organisations) may be admitted if, in the opinion of the admissions tutor, they are capable of profiting from and contributing to the pathway. Requests for admission via AP(E)L will be managed via standard university procedures.

Our published entry requirements are a guide only and our decision will be based on your overall suitability for the course as well as whether you meet the minimum entry requirements.

We welcome applications from International and EU students. Please select one of the links below for English language and country-specific entry requirement information.