The University of Northampton (UON) has announced its new eight industry partners. With this, students of the Events, Tourism, and Hospitality program are set to benefit from the awareness and support of partners’ values, mission, and business goals.
The university’s new national and international partners are The Canal & River Trust, Sheer Edge Events, Whittlebury Hall Something Borrowed Event Hire, Silverstone Circuit, Marriott International, CJS Events, and Markshall Estate.
Key Takeaways:
- UON aims to bridge the gap between academia and the industry by partnering with industry leaders in the Events, Tourism, and Hospitality sectors.
- The partnership will bring unique insights from the industry straight into classroom instruction.
- Industry partners get to access the wide pool of highly skilled graduates from UON.
UON’s partners will bring advantages since their unique insights from the industry will be brought inside the classrooms as solid support for the academic experiences of events, tourism, and hospitality students.
Industry partners will also provide relevant and responsive information that the current events, tourism, and hospitality industries need.
Practical, project-based, hands-on volunteering, work, and placement experiences will help students transition into the workforce.
To do this, industry partners will take an active role in future course development to ensure that the academic learning across the program is relevant to the industry and responsive to the needs of potential employers outside.
In return, the industry partners will benefit from the up-to-date ideas, creative solutions, and innovative insights they can access from students and the academe. Moreover, partners also get to access the vast pool of highly skilled graduates from UON.
As one of the many opportunities brought about by the partnership, a networking evening will mark the first event of the academic year.
In this event, students, staff, and industry contacts can establish connections and talk about the issues across the Events, Tourism, and Hospitality sector.
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