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Our Role in Learning and Teaching

CHME adopts a proactive role in formulating policy and practice in learning and teaching in hospitality education within the UK. CHME members have acted in an advisory capacity to the QAA on subject benchmark statements and assessment standards, to the British Council on hospitality education in the UK, to the QCA on qualifications, and to People 1st, the sectors skills council for hospitality, transport, travel and tourism.

Our interest in teaching and learning goes beyond an advisory capacity; we also seek to encourage and promote best practice. At the CHME Annual Research Conference, a growing number of UK and international pedagogic researchers present their work through peer-reviewed papers that address a wide-range of current pedagogic issues within hospitality management education.

Despite the recent demise of the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network (HLST) Network, CHME continues to maintain close links with the Higher Education Academy through the Discipline Lead for HLST, Lyn Bibbings. The HEA will continue to provide individual and institutional support to our subject community through three broad areas of engagement: academic practice development; teacher excellence and institutional strategy and change.

At present, the extensive learning and teaching resources developed through the HLST are still available, free of charge, through the HLST website.

However, as the External Examiners Register will no longer be supported by the HEA, CHME is in the process of developing an external examiner register for use to help support its members. In addition, CHME is planning to reinstate its Teaching and Learning Committee. We are planning to launch both new activities at our forthcoming Annual Conference. Watch this space for further announcements

Useful Links:

For learning and teaching resources ( including LINK and JOHLTSE publications, external examiner and research register databases): www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst
For subject benchmark statements and quality guidelines: www.qaa.ac.uk
For details on the national skills strategy and the range of hospitality qualifications and current reforms: www.people1st.co.uk
For the good qualifications guide for hospitality and career opportunities: www.uksp.co.uk
For advice on the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme: www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/supportingindividuals/ntfs
For Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning: www.hefce.ac.uk/learning/TInits/cetl/
For current education publications: www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce
For results of the national student survey: www.thestudentsurvey.com
For the latest national student forum annual report: www.scribd.com/doc/21640208-National-Student-Forum-s-2009-Report

The Quality Assurance Agency has published the first chapter of its UK Quality Code for Higher Education.

The UK Quality Code for Higher Education sets out the expectations that all UK higher education providers are required to meet. The code is currently under development, with Chapter B7: External Examining being the first elements of the code to be officially published.

Chapter B7: External Examining comprises a series of Indicators which higher education providers have agreed reflect sound practice, and through which institutions can demonstrate that they are meeting the relevant Expectations, regarding external examining.

The chapter can be downloaded in PDF format from the QAA Website.

More information on the UK Quality Code for Higher Education.

Events

For a listing of more forthcoming events please see www.heacademy.ac.uk/

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Feb 24th 2012 Social Sciences and the Olympic Games

24-29th Februrary, 2012: Social Sciences and the Olympic Games, British Library, London

For more information visit the British Library Website

Location: British Library
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Mar 9th 2012 CHME Student Conference 2012

In 2012 the CHME Student Conference is being held by the University Wolverhampton on the 8th and 9th March.

To find out more about pricing and how to make a booking enquiry please download the PDF below.

The CHME has decided to sponsor the first 20 members to make a group booking onto the March 2012 CHME Student Conference! A group booking involves 4 students and 1 tutor and normally costs £200.

To find out about Sponsorship please Contact Isabell Hodgson.

If you wish to submit papers and abstracts for the conference, full papers, presentation of works in progress and posters are invited which support the conference aim and are within the conference themes - Find Out More

If you want to know what will be happening over the course of the day on 9th March at the CHME conference then take a look at the Agenda CHME Conference Friday 9th March 2012

Location: Wolverhampton/Walsall
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Mar 21st 2012 PACE Conference & Exhibition 2012

The Pace Conference & Exhibition 2012 is the biggest conference and exhibition dedicated to catering education in the UK.

21st - 23rd March 2012 Blackpool

Excellent networking on a National basis.
Benchmarking opportunities against your organisation and other comparatives within the your sector.
Making a difference to colleagues and like-minded caterers within education sector.
Ensuring sharing and experiences within the sector.
Earn CPD points

For more information visit PACE Conference & Exhibition 2012

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Mar 28th 2012 What Works? Student Retention and Success Conference

28th March, 2012: What Works? Student Retention and Success Conference, 2012, University of York

For more information visit The Higher Education Academy Website

Location: University of York
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Apr 2nd 2012 PhD Colloquium: Innovative Approaches to Tourism...

2-4th April, PhD Colloquium: Innovative Approaches to Tourism Marketing and Management Research, University of Exeter

For more information visit the University of Exeter Website

Location: University of Exeter
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May 9th 2012 CHME 21st Annual Conference

CHME 21st Annual Conference To be hosted by University College Birmingham from the 9th - 10th May.

To find out everything that you need to know about the 21st Annual CHME conference including how to submit papers for peer reviewed consideration and presentation at the conference please visit the University College Birmingham website.