LINKS

Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST)
The Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Network was established in 2000, as one of the 24 Subject Centres within the LTSN.  In 2003, the Subject Centres became a key element of the newly formed Higher Education Academy to promote evidence-based effective practice in learning, teaching and assessment at subject level and thus enhancement of students’ learning opportunities, experiences and achievements. The Network works closely with the subject associations which represent particular subject areas within the HLST grouping and consults regularly with them on curricular and pedagogic issues and on policy and practice. These are the Association for Event Management Education (AEME), the Association for Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE); the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES), the Council for Hospitality management Education (CHME); and the Leisure Studies Association (LSA). Together, the subject associations and the HLST Network provide an invaluable resource to support development of provision in the subject grouping.

The Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education (JoHLSTE)
JoHLSTE is the peer-reviewed, international e-journal of LTSN Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism. JoHLSTE is published twice a year and is freely available via the website of LTSN Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism. JoHLSTE is published in the Spring and Autumn each year.

World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)
The WTTC is committed to raising awareness of the importance of Travel & Tourism, promoting synergies between the public and private sector, generating profit, and protecting natural, social and cultural environments.

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
The ESRC is the UK's leading research funding and training agency addressing economic and social concerns. It aims to provide high quality research on issues of importance to business, the public sector and government.

The Academy for the Learned Societies for The Social Sciences
The Academy is composed of Individual Academicians and Learned Societies. Academicians are distinguished scholars and practitioners from academia and the public and private sectors. Most of the Learned Societies in the Social Sciences in the United Kingdom are represented within the Academy. The Academy responds to Government and other consultations on behalf of the social science community, organises meetings about social science and seminars on topics that span social science disciplines, and sponsors a number of schemes that promote social science and enhance its value to society.

VisitBritain
VisitBritain promotes Britain internationally in 36 markets and England in Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands and Ireland. Their mission is to grow the value of the UK visitor economy, generating wealth and jobs throughout the nations and regions.

Tourism Alliance
The Tourism Alliance seeks to establish and maintain a favourable operating environment for all businesses involved in the delivery of tourism, particularly in England. Its main purpose is to lobby government both in England and Brussels on the key strategic issues facing the industry.

People 1st
People 1st is the Sector Skills Council for the Hospitality, Leisure, Travel and Tourism industries. Its aim is to provide the environment that enables employers within the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism sector to have the right number of people with the right skills and qualifications at the right time, thereby improving the profitability, retention and appeal of the sector, and helping deliver world class productivity and customer service through its skilled people.

The European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS)
The European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS) was established in 1991 to develop transnational educational initiatives in tourism and leisure. Designated as a "European Thematic Network" for the tourism and leisure subject areas by DGXXII of the European Commission, ATLAS provides a forum to promote staff and student exchange, transnational research and to facilitate curriculum and professional development. It currently has over 240 members in about 46 countries. The ATLAS membership is largely concentrated in Europe, but membership and activities in other areas of the world are increasing rapidly.

Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME)
The Council for Hospitality Management Education is a voluntary non-profit making body which represents those universities and colleges offering courses in the management of hospitality businesses.

Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE)
CAUTHE aims to promote the development of tourism and hospitality education and research in Australia.

Tourism Education
The purpose of this site is to provide a list of resources and links for tourism educators and students. The main areas provided are:

• tourism books through links to publishers
• links to key journals
• links to key libraries and abstracting services
• a specialist bibliography on tourism education
• links to tourism organisations
• providers of market research
• jobs
• courses
• access to discussion groups
• and links to other similar pages

Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
The Agency's core business is to review the quality and standards of higher education in universities and colleges. It does this by auditing institutional arrangements for managing quality and standards, including arrangements for collaboration with overseas partners; and by assessing the quality and standards of teaching and learning at subject level.

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
The HEFCE promotes and funds high-quality, cost-effective teaching and research, meeting the diverse needs of students, the economy and society.

The Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
The SFC distributes about £1.5 billion in funding each year for teaching and learning, research and other activities in Scotland's colleges and universities. Established in 2005, the Council provides a strategic overview of tertiary education in Scotland to help secure a more coherent system of high-quality learning, teaching and research.

Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)
Established in May 1992, the mission of HEFCW is to promote internationally excellent higher education in Wales, for the benefit of individuals, society and the economy, in Wales and more widely.

Northern Ireland Higher Education Council (NIHEC)
The NIHEC is a non-statutory advisory body whose primary role is to advise the Department for Employment and Learning on the planning and funding of Higher Education in Northern Ireland.