Lecturer in Tourism, Hospitality and Events

Purpose

De Montfort University (DMU) is an ambitious, globally-minded institution with a relentless focus on delivering quality teaching and learning, and a campus-wide focus on providing a sector-leading student experience. A culturally rich university with a palpable commitment to the public good, it strives to maintain a stimulating and inclusive environment where staff and students are able to thrive.

Faculty/Directorate

The Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities and its School of Humanities and Performing Arts are home to innovative and sector-leading courses, geared towards the practical application of knowledge, and informed by partnerships with the creative and cultural industries. The School is a research-intensive division of DMU, with respected scholars and practice-based researchers within the Research and Innovation Institutes of Global Challenges and Cultures, and Arts, Design and Performance. It is also home to the Centre for English Language Learning. The Creative Practice cluster has a strong focus on innovation, creativity and practice, supported by sector-leading facilities. The Humanities cluster encourages intellectual ambition and offers programmes of study that interpret and interrogate multiple aspects of culture, and the Cultural Management cluster focuses on management of festivals, arts, tourism, hospitality and sport, within which the Arts and Festivals Management programme is the longest-running degree course of its kind in the UK and boasts enviable industry links. It is also ranked 2nd in the Guardian 2025 league table for Hospitality, Events and Tourism. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our distinctive team and help grow our burgeoning reputation in the fields of events and tourism.

The School is delivering its courses in block mode, enabling a dual focus on concentrated instruction and dedicated time for research.

Main duties and responsibilities

As Lecturer in Tourism, Hospitality and Events, you will be responsible for relevant teaching and supervision of students on undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as module leadership primarily in the area of tourism and hospitality and potentially also in events. You will be expected to supervise student dissertations and/or placement projects, as well as contribute to a range of both taught aspects and fieldtrips offered as a part of the tourism, hospitality and events programmes at DMU.

Ideal Candidate

Our values of being collaborative, community-minded, creative and compassionate underpin everything we do, and we are seeking to appoint an individual whose ambition and ethos matches ours.

You will have expertise and interest in teaching in areas such as marketing, entrepreneurship and sustainability in the context of tourism, hospitality and events; niche tourism and hospitality; tourism and hospitality management. You will also have an interest in contributing to teaching on modules which are informed by more than one academic discipline, which includes disciplines from the wider social sciences and humanities.

You will also be educated to a doctoral level (or working towards a doctoral level qualification) in the relevant field of studies and will have experience of teaching in a higher education setting. You will be either already active in, or willing to develop, relevant scholarship, knowledge exchange, consultancy and/or research activity related to tourism, hospitality and/or events.

Further information about the role can be found here in the JD/PS

Contact

For informal enquiries about the position, please contact Dr Tijana Rakic, Associate Professor in Tourism & Cultural Studies  tijana.rakic@dmu.ac.uk  

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