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1 Mar 2011 15:59:12
The University of Bedfordshire has secured a contract which could be worth up to £50,000 to boost skills in the service industry by developing online learning materials.
The Division of Tourism and Leisure was successful in its bid to employer-based training accreditator Foundation Degree Forward (Fdf) to enhance and repurpose online learning materials to provide higher skills across key sectors including the leisure, tourism, events, hospitality and hotel industry.
Fdf was looking for teams interested in adapting materials that have been primarily written for the UK travel industry – the foundation degree in Travel Operations Management (FdA TOM) which the University is delivering this year.
The bid drew on expertise from across the University including its e-learning team and The Business School, and a favourable response was received from Fdf which was “very impressed” with the application.
The contract was recently secured by the University’s team against significant competition from other institutions and up to £50k has been awarded to the project team to complete the work and support relevant staff training.
Dr Sally Everett, Head of the Division of Tourism and Leisure, said: “In addition to this welcome income that supports our own online course materials development, it opens up significant partnership opportunities with employers and providers who are interested in the new resources and materials to support work-based learning across the broader service sector.
“This is a great opportunity for the division, and leading the project team will be one of our tourism lecturers, Denise Cardwell.”
Key industry partners supporting the project include the successful national chain of Q Hotels, which will be using the resources to deliver accredited staff development and training, plus input from British Telecom, The Institute of Events Management, and Punch Taverns.
For further details on the FdA TOM, click here.
The photo shows Dr Sally Everett (left) with Denise Cardwell
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