EG700-7-SP-CO:
Contemporary Sustainability Issues
2024/25
Edge Hotel School
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 21 March 2025
20
04 April 2024
Requisites for this module
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MSC N28612 International Hospitality Management,
MSC N286JS International Hospitality Management,
MSC N82112 International Events Management,
MSC N821JS International Events Management,
MSC N83612 International Tourism Management
This module will critically examine several contemporary issues that relate to the industries and will utilise theory and insights from a range of academic perspectives including the four pillars of sustainability, macro and microeconomics, business studies, sociology and psychology. Due to its interdisciplinary approach, students will be expected to complete the wide range of guided reading so as to be able to engage actively in seminars and workshops.
The aim of this module is:
- To provide students with sufficient grounding to understand current dynamics and influencing factors across the international tourism, hospitality and events industry.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Critically analyse the current concepts of social, cultural, economic, and environmental sustainability of the international tourism, hospitality and events industry in locations around the world.
- Critically evaluate present and future sustainability challenges facing the international tourism, hospitality, and events industry.
- Critique the strategic plans of selected organisations within the international tourism, hospitality, and events industry.
- Demonstrate the ability to access and use a range of appropriate contemporary industry resources so as to research organisational and industry phenomena.
Indicative Content
- Current concepts of social, cultural, economic, and environmental sustainability.
- The 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development (Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs).
- Social trends, ethics, human resources, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI).
- Economic impacts.
- Neoliberalism within a globalised supply and demand economy.
- Present and future sustainability challenges facing the international tourism, hospitality, and events industry.
- Climate crisis, waste management, carbon footprint.
- Legacy impact, Triple Bottom Line (TBL).
- Strategic plans of selected organisations within the international tourism, hospitality, and events industry.
- Crisis and risk management.
- Response to threats, terrorism.
- Response to global trends in customer expectations, demands, and needs.
- Response to technology, information technology.
- Access and use a range of appropriate contemporary industry resources so as to research organisational and industry phenomena.
- Harvard Referencing Style (HRS).
- Academic writing.
- Academic integrity.
- Identifying a range of sources from credible and relevant contemporary literature.
This module will be delivered via:
- One 2-hour lecture each week.
- One 1-hour seminar/workshop each week.
Students are expected to prepare materials and read the guided reading before both the lectures and the seminar/workshop sessions.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Presentation |
14/02/2025 |
40% |
| Coursework |
Report |
28/03/2025 |
60% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
No
No
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Prof Paul Barron
Edinburgh Napier University
Deputy Dean
Mr Mark Ashton
University of Surrey Research and Innovation
Associate Professor
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
Edge Hotel School
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