A variety of units is offered for students wishing to focus on technical operations. Attention is also drawn to the external influences shaping the management of hotel and catering business. Individual social and economic factors are explored in a range of units from Hotel and catering Law to Social and Organisational Behaviour. A new route through the degree enables students to specialise in the operation, management and marketing of tourism. The course is run in partnership with Highbury College, Portsmouth, which has a long-standing reputation for the quality of its Hotel and Catering Studies teaching and achieved Grade 1 rating in the subject in its most recent inspection.
Industrial placement is undertaken in the third year.
Students are placed in a variety of locations from 5 star hotels in London to golf, country and leisure clubs. Curriculum Level 1 Hotel and Catering Studies, Applied Science, Quantitative Methods, Information Technology, Economics, Hotel and Catering Law, Financial Accounting and one optional unit in each semester including Business Information Systems, Language, Background and Environment of the Hotel and Catering Industry, and Advanced Food and Beverage Studies. Level 2 Food and Beverage Management, Accommodation Management, Hotel and Catering Law, Management Accounting, Hospitality Marketing, Travel and Tourism Studies, Social and Organisational Behaviour and options including Contract Catering, Alcoholic Beverages, Conference, Convention and Banqueting Management, Licenced Trade Management, Facilities Management, Business Systems Analysis. Year 3 Industrial experience arranged and monitored by the Industrial Tutor. Level 3 Strategic Management, Managerial Economics, Management of Human Resources, Management Workshop and optional units chosen from a wide range of associated areas of study including Personnel Management, Hospitality Marketing Management, Gastronomy, Marketing Communications, Corporate Finance, Management Information Systems and Applied Law.