dc.contributor.author | Lockstone-Binney, Leonie | |
dc.contributor.author | Junek, Olga | |
dc.contributor.author | Mair, Judith | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-27T03:25:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-07-27T03:25:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/406358 | |
dc.description.abstract | Faced with the emergence of event management education in Australia, the increasing number of graduates applying for event industry jobs and their often high expectations of the industry (Grafton 2004), it is vitally important that students in these courses gain practical experience of the industry in the form of experiental learning. Drawing on the case of one university, Victoria University, which offers a range of event management degrees, this paper adopts an extended analysis to examine the trends in work integrated learning (WIL) opportunities over a two and a half year period. It identifies these opportunities by role, industry sector and length of employment (short or long term). The paper takes the further step of comparing this data to current job opportunities in the events industry in order to assess whether experiental learning opportunities made available to students are indicative of the type of industry work they may choose to undertake upon the completion of their degrees. Discrepancies between the two areas are discussed with implications for the design and content of event management degrees, specifically the experiental learning component. | |
dc.publisher | Griffith University | |
dc.publisher.uri | https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.994970066583857 | |
dc.relation.ispartofconferencename | 2008 CAUTHE Conference | |
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitle | CAUTHE 2008: Tourism and Hospitality Research, Training and Practice; "Where the 'Bloody Hell' Are We?" | |
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom | 2008-02-11 | |
dc.relation.ispartofdateto | 2008-02-14 | |
dc.relation.ispartoflocation | Gold Coast, Australia | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Tourism management | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 350803 | |
dc.title | Experiential learning in event management education: Do industry placements in degree courses complement jobs available in the events industry? | |
dc.type | Conference output | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Lockstone-Binney, L; Junek, O; Mair, J, Experiential learning in event management education: Do industry placements in degree courses complement jobs available in the events industry?, CAUTHE 2008: Tourism and Hospitality Research, Training and Practice; "Where the 'Bloody Hell' Are We?", 2008 | |
dc.date.updated | 2021-07-24T04:52:15Z | |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript (AM) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2008 the Authors. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the conference's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Lockstone-Binney, Leonie | |