International Tourism Management with Foundation Year

This dynamic course builds your theoretical knowledge and practical management skills while exploring key global issues; environmental challenges; sustainable tourism; and new and developing technologies. You experience real-world situations through real-life industry scenarios, field trips and an optional industry placement in the UK or abroad. Our ethical approach looks at the business of tourism and its impact on environmental and cultural preservation.

Foundation Year
In the Foundation year you will study three days per week. The focus will be on academic writing skills and numeracy, plus subject-specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree. It provides a balance between content related to your chosen subject and the range of wider skills required for undergraduate study. This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will be required to pass the foundation year in order to progress to the first year of your degree. This course is ideal for those who do not meet our standard entry requirements or those with a non-standard educational background. It will allow you to graduate with a full undergraduate degree in your chosen subject in four years.

Facilities and Specialist Equipment
- Access to Harvard Business Publishing’s international learning resources, providing immersive simulation software to aid your learning such as Semrush (Marketing), Sage and Refinitiv Workspace.

- Our simulation software ‘Simulate’ allows you to take control of your own airline and gain key insights into airline management.

- You gain competencies in key digital skills such as Excel through SIMnet, our Microsoft Office training platform.

- Excellent Learning Resources Centre with an extensive library, giving you access to a wide range of academic and industry knowledge including e-journals, e-books and information databases as well as traditional printed books.

Partnerships and Collaborations
- The University of Bedfordshire is a member of the Association for Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE), the subject association for tourism in higher education in the UK. It represents universities that are leading providers of tourism programmes.

Your Student Experience
- Take advantage of local industry-relevant employment opportunities such as London Luton Airport, TUI, EasyJet, Luton Hoo Hotel, and leading hotel brands such as Hilton, Ibis and Marriott.

- Benefit from our Aviation Job Fair, attended by airlines and airports, providing opportunities to explore further employment or internships.

- Attend talks from international tourism professionals from across the world, broadening your understanding of what is possible in the field. Recent speakers have had influential positions at EGL Tours, London Luton Airport, Enterprise Rent-a-car, Wizz Air, and the Cuban Tourist Board.

- Field trips are organised in conjunction with the Student Union’s Tourism and Aviation Society and may include visits to London Luton Airport, TUI, Olympic Park and the World Travel Market.