University Blog: The Inside Story

BA International Tourism Management graduate, Fran, tells us about life after university and how the course helped her get to where she is now. 

Second-year BA International Tourism Management student, Ellie, tells us about her course, the campus she studies on and a University trip to Edinburgh.

Beth Morris, a Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing and Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Digital Marketing at Chester Business School, explains the importance of digital marketing skills in today's current job market.

BA (Hons) Event Management students, Chloe and Jasmine, reflect on their last three years at the University of Chester, and give their ‘top 10 tips’ for students beginning their university journey.

Lauren Fleming, a third year International Tourism Management student from Northern Ireland, reflects on her journey as she nears the end of her time at Chester.

Find out how Marketing Management student, Hannah Jarrett, helped to launch the world’s biggest cruise ship and was offered a job in the process.

Andrew graduated in 2017 and is now on a Graduate Programme with De Vere.

The International Tourism Management degrees at Chester are full of opportunities and enjoy high student satisfaction and progression to employment.

Chester offers the chance to study in one of the UK’s top tourism destinations, it was voted the second best place in the UK to live in 2017 and receives over 9M visitors each year. Our industry links provide unrivalled internship opportunities with Royal Caribbean International which are unique to Chester. 

Our first year students visited Chester Cathedral as part of their first assignment. The Operations Director at Chester Cathedral gave the group some insight into the day to day running of the Cathedral, the challenges faced and the Marketing techniques used in order to encourage visitors to the Cathedral. The students experienced the tower tour and were given a display by the team who run the Falconry, despite the heavy rain!

It’s estimated that there’s currently over 500,000 people working in the sport industry in the UK and, given the impetus of the London Olympics, the World Athletics Championships and other major sporting events, this figure is set to grow quickly.

The Sport Marketing and Management programme at the University of Chester is aimed at those who aspire to work in management and marketing roles within the sport industry. It will also be of interest to individuals already working in the sector who are looking for an academic platform to further enhance their career prospects.

In Accounting and Finance at Chester students receive support and guidance to help them progress to employment with workshops and interview skills tips from firms like KPMG and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

With Business Management degrees opening doors to more careers than other undergraduate degrees (Hacket 2016), choosing to study Business Management makes sense for your future career and is our most popular business degree choice.

At Chester we offer the chance for you to specialise in either Business Finance, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources or Marketing. The perfect choice if you’re career focused and know the area you want to enter. These courses give you the competitive edge in the jobs market.