PATH
ABOUT PATH
Placement Advisors for Tourism & Hospitality (PATH) works with universities/colleges and employers to promote, support and develop high quality work placements within tourism, hospitality and related industries. PATH operates for the benefit of students in higher and further education in the UK and seeks to provide advice and support to educators and employers who wish to provide work placement opportunities in their organisations.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The aim of PATH is to promote and support high quality work placements in hospitality, tourism and related industries.
Objectives
- Promote high quality work placement for tourism, hospitality and related industries by encouraging the adoption of quality standards as represented in the PATH Good Practice Guidelines.
- Promote and disseminate good practice in learning, teaching and assessment and in curriculum development supporting work placement and graduate employability.
- Promote and disseminate research and scholarship which informs and enhances curriculum development and approaches to learning, teaching and assessment in work-based learning.
- Promote and disseminate research and scholarship which informs work placement practices in tourism and hospitality organisations.
- Promote effective and beneficial links between industry and education.
ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF PATH’S AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Annual conference
PATH holds an annual conference in June each year. The conference brings together educators and employers from the UK and abroad and provides a fantastic networking forum as well as an opportunity for discussing good practice in work placement.
Past conference themes have addressed topical issues such as:
- 'Profitable Partnerships: adding value through quality work placements' (Oxford 2006);
- 'International Issues in Work Experience: A Key Focus for Hospitality and Tourism' (Liverpool 2007);
- '2020 Vision: tourism and hospitality work placements fit for the 21st century?' (Dublin 2008)
Please click here for information on past events.
Annual PATH Conference, Edinburgh 2009
The 2009 Conference was held in Edinburgh on June 11th & 12th and the theme will be 'Investing in talent for a positive future: the role of hospitality & tourism work placements'. Please click here for a booking form and here to view the conference programme. Click here for information about the PATH conference.
Annual PATH Conference, London 2010
This year's conference is to be held in LONDON on June 17th & 18th and the theme will be 'Adding real value to businesses: hospitality & tourism work placements'. The booking form and programme will be available soon. Please click here for a booking form and here to view the conference programme. Click here for information about the PATH conference.
Good Practice Guidelines for Work Placement
PATH has produced a useful set of Guidelines for the operation of work placements. Work placement requires a strong commitment from the three key partners: the student, the employer and the educator. This leaflet which is freely available on the CHME website summarises what each of the partners needs to think about if they are to operate a successful work placement scheme. This guidance is based on the views of educators and employers with many years of experience in operating work placement, and on the feedback of students who have participated in work placement as part of their course. Click here to access the Good Practice Guidelines. To get a copy of the PATH Good Practice Leaflet, click here.
Other resources and training
A key objective of PATH is develop a series of useful practical resources and training courses to help different parties enhance the quality of work placements. Information about these resources and training courses will be publicised on the CHME website as they become available. Click here for PATH Resources.
PATH COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
| Chair: | Angela Maher, Undergraduate Programme Director & Director of Careers and Work Experience, Oxford Brookes University Email: amaher@brookes.ac.uk |
| Vice Chair: | Edward Gallier, People Development Consultant - U-Flourish Email: edward.gallier@uflourish.com |
| Committee Secretary: | Sara Langley, Leeds Metropolitan University Email: s.langley@leedsmet.ac.uk |
| Treasurer: | Sarah Graves - Research Student at University of Glamorgan Email: scgraves@glam.ac.uk |
| Committee Members: | Carolyn Branston, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University Email: c.branston@mmu.ac.uk Liz Cave, HR Manager Talent and Development, D&D London. Email: liz@danddlondon.com John Dunning, Senior Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University Email: j.dunning@shu.ac.uk Jennifer Graham, Senior Lecturer, Napier University Email: j.graham@napier.ac.uk Glynis Hiles, Lecturer & Industrial Placement Manager, Highbury College Portsmouth Email: Glynis.Hiles@highbury.ac.uk Stephanie Jameson, Senior Lecturer, CHME Exec Rep (alternate) Email: S.Jameson@leedsmet.ac.uk Anne Pierce, Chief Executive, Springboard UK Email: annep@springboarduk.org.uk Jason Smith, Chief Executive Yummy Jobs Email: Jason@yummyjobs.com Sean Wheeler, Group Director of People Development, Hotel Du Vin and Malmaison Group Email: swheeler@malmaison.com Tracy Haupt, Senior Lecturer, University College Birmingham Email: t.haupt@ucb.ac.uk |
PATH Committee Role: PR/Marketing
A Hospitality Management Graduate was has spent nearly 20 years dedicated to this great service industry including Restaurant & Bar operations, Event management, Training & Development in Hospitality Operations, Walt Disney World as a placement student and as a Disney Guest Service Manager in the Florida. Since 2001, he launched Yummy Jobs in Western Europe & Canada; in addition to his newest ventures with Study Abroad with Yummy Jobs & Yummy Education.