Degree Subject Information

Tourism

You will find the following information on this page. To go directly to a section, click on the list below

• Using your degree
• Other career options
• Graduate Destinations from courses
• Organisations associated with
• Useful web sites
• Resources in the careers service
• Information days, events and careers fairs
• Postgraduate study in
• Further training

Using Your Tourism Degree

The AGCAS booklets Tourism and Sport and Leisure Sectors give an overview of the sectors relevant totourism students, and includes key roles for graduates, case studies and further links and resources. Copies of these are available free from the careers service or you can view them online at www.prospects.ac.uk

Signpost sheets look at individual subjects of study and identifies skills gained during your course, career options related to your subject, and graduate case studies

Other career options

Job sector information pages on this website have information on types of jobs available within sectors, where to look for jobs and placements, relevant resources in the careers service, specialist careers events and professional development and training information.

Prospects website has an explore types of jobs section which includes job profiles of over 800 occupations. Information for each job covers salary and conditions, entry requirements, training and career development, typical employers and vacancy sources, case studies and contacts and resources

Other relevant pages on this website are what can I do with my degree, and what should I be doing now,

Graduate destinations fromtourism courses

Click here to see what Bath Spa Tourism graduates are doing now

Click here to see national graduate statistics by subject on the prospects website

Organisations associated with tourism

Professional Bodies and Associations often have a careers section with job profiles, information, placemnts, jobs and advice for graduates.

British Tourist Authority
Thames Tower, Black's Rd, Hammersmith, London W6 9EL
Tel: 020 8846 9000

Tourism Management Institute (TMI) Membership Secretary, Winchester City Council, City Offices, Colebrook Street, Winchester SO23 9L

Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT) 113 Victoria St, St Albans, Herts AL1 3TJ
Tel: 01727 854395

International Association of Tour Managers
397 Walworth Road, London, United Kingdom SE17 2AW
Tel: (020) 7703 915

The Tourism Society
1-2 Queen Victoria Terrace, Sovereign Court, London E1W 3HA
Tel: 020 7488 2789

World Tourism Association Capitan Haya 42, 28020 Madrid, Spain
Tel: (34) 91 567 81 00

Association for Heritage Interpretation (AHI) The Administrator AHI, Cruachan, Tayinloan, Tarbert PA29 6XF

Association of Independent Museums Ltd c/o London Transport Museum, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7BB
Tel: 020 7379 6344

English Heritage
PO Box 569, Swindon SN2 2YP
Tel: +44 (0) 870 333 1181

Institute of Leisure and Amenities Management (ILAM)
ILAM House, Lower Basildon, Reading, Berks RG8 9NE
Tel: 01491 874800

Museums Association (MA)
24 Calvin Street, London E1 6NW
Tel: 020 7426 6956

The National Trust 36 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AS
Tel: 0870 609 5380

Useful web sites

Britain ExpressUK tourism and heritage portal

Eurocamp recruitment pages for company

First Choice opportunites section of company website

South West Tourism Taskforce useful website with jobs, work experience and links

Thomas Cook jobs and careers section

Tomorrow's Tourism government website with information and useful links

Travel and Hospitality Industry Digest news and links with jobs section

Travel Weekly online travel magazine with jobs and links

TUI main site for the Thompson travel group

Resources in the careers service

These are available at Newton Park and are on reference only

• Hospitality, Target series produced by GTI
• Retail and Leisure, supplement produced by Prospects
• ILAM, Careers in Leisure
• ABTA The Tourism Information Pack
• Working in Tourism
• ABTA Working in Tourism

Relevant occupational files in the careers service are

• Hospitality, Travel and Tourism, E
• Leisure and Sport, E

Information days , events and careers fairs

Look at the ‘Whats On’ section of this website for events and fairs

Check the website www.exhibitions.co.uk for up to date lists of trade fairs and events by sector

Travel Weekly Jobs Live Fair is held annually in October

Prospects website has a general careers fair section, searchable by type of event and location

Postgraduate study in tourism

For more general information, refer to the postgraduate and further study section of this website

For information on postgraduate courses at Bath Spa click here

Prospects website has a searchable database of all UK postgraduate courses, and a section on work related courses for tourism and leisure

Course Discover is a database available in the careers service is a searchable database of postgraduate and FE courses

Further Training

Most professional bodies run courses and seminars for continuing professional development.

www.chnto.co.ukis the website of the Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation which runs various courses at all levels

Travel and Tourism Company (TTC) Training organise specialist training courses for the industry. Check their website at www.ttctraining.co.uk

Springboard UK is a national education and training organisation for the travel and hospitality industries. Check their website for training and development programmes www.springboarduk.org.uk/