UWS Events and Tourism Management

The University of the West of Scotland is offering its highly popular CPD Heritage & Cultural Tourism course again this Summer.

Delivered fully online, the course is due to start from 1st June and will run over 4 weeks.

The course will cover:

💡Meaning and usage of heritage
💡Heritage tourism demand and supply
💡Overtourism and heritage attractions management
💡Other contemporary debates in heritage and cultural tourism sector

The course is well-suited to anyone working in cultural heritage and tourism sector. Fully funded places are available to those who meet the eligibility criteria for the Upskilling Fund.

✅Resident in Scotland for at least the last 3 years
✅A UK citizen or have the legal right to live and work in the UK
✅18+ years of age.

Find out more and register here 👉 tinyurl.com/3tr73jt3

01/03/2024

Another great Event in Paisley 👇

Imagine Something Different at Paisley Book Festival 📚☁️

We are delighted to announce our fantastic programme of events for

The 2024 Paisley Book Festival, themed "Imagine Something Different," invites attendees to embark on a transformative journey, embracing the festival's renowned radical edge.

This years theme encourages exploration beyond conventional boundaries, seeking out radical new ideas and envisioning a better future. Through a diverse programme that challenges and inspires, the festival aims to open minds to the endless possibilities of imagination, aligning perfectly with its ethos of innovation and cultural exploration.

Find out more and book your tickets here 👉 bit.ly/PBF24Programme

01/03/2024

Good luck to all students and alumni who are making this event to be a great success! 👏

On your marks... 🚀

It's time to get started at ! 🙌

Who are you most excited to see compete today?

UWS lecturer joins judging panel on hit BBC TV show

28/02/2024

You will be able to watch our amazing Tourism Academic Dr Masood Khodadadi in the Scotland Greatest Escape show, starting tonight👇

UWS lecturer joins judging panel on hit BBC TV show Dr Masood Khodadadi, a lecturer in Tourism and Events Management is part of a seven-strong judging panel on Scotland’s Greatest Escape.

20/02/2024

Recognise anyone here??
One of our Lecturers was on the judging panel of the Scotland’s Greatest Escape 👇

29/01/2024

At UWS, we have a dedicated team to help and advise anyone transitioning from college to university.

The team are available for 1-2-1 calls to answer any questions you have about applying to UWS. Email [email protected] and they will be in touch to arrange a call. 😊

21/11/2023

Welcome to all our new UWS Alumni

As a UWS graduate, you automatically become a member of the global UWS Alumni Association - a diverse network of over 100,000 graduates!

Keep in touch on social ⬇️
LinkedIn Group: www.linkedin.com/groups/3046705
Facebook: www.facebook.com/UWSAlumni
Instagram: www.instagram.com/UWSAlumni
X: www.x.com/UWSAlumni

31/10/2023

📣 Calling all UWS international students! Our next 'UWS Discover Scotland' trip will take place on 29th November. Join our International Student Support Team on a wonderful trip to Edinburgh Castle! 🏰

Purchase your tickets at bit.ly/UWSScotlandTrip. Price includes return travel to our Paisley Campus and entry into Edinburgh Castle.

The Future of Events - UWS Centre for Continuing Professional Development

30/10/2023

The Future of Events – Funded Places Available

The Centre for Culture, Sport and Events (CCSE) is pleased to announce that it’s successful CPD course The Future of Events will be running again in early 2024.

Initially designed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the course explores the impact of current global challenges such as the pandemic, Brexit and cost-of-living crisis on the event industry, examining how events can be reimagined and redefined in a world where the use of digital technology is rapidly accelerating. Built around four key areas, the course:

1) Examines the impact of external environmental challenges on the events industry and considers how events can reimagine their offering to ensure short-term survival and long-term sustainability.
2) Considers the wider policy perspectives and operational challenges of delivering events in a vastly changed environment, exploring how the events industry can redevelop in a positive and sustainable way.
3) Explores the potential applications of digital technology for the events industry, examining the various ways in which transformational technology can be used to support and enhance the event experience.
4) Contemplates the future of events and how event professionals and organisations can utilise digital technology to ensure their longevity in an ever-changing environment.

Taught by staff from the CCSE, participants will learn from a range of experts in both events and digital/transformational technology, ensuring that they develop academic knowledge and practical skills that can be implemented in their respective workplaces. The course is delivered online via a combination of self-paced study and live sessions, commencing on Monday 5th February 2024.

We are delighted that we have a number of FULLY FUNDED places available to anyone living and/or working in Scotland via the UWS Upskilling Fund. We anticipate that these places will fill up quickly, for further information and to apply please visit

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UWS Alumni and Graduating Students Tuition Fee Offer

27/10/2023

Are you a UWS Alumni?

Why not joining our MSc International Events Management programme in January 2024 with a 20% Discount?

UWS Alumni and Graduating Students Tuition Fee Offer We are offering a 20% discount on Masters’ Degree tuition fees for UWS Alumni or UWS students who continue on to a Masters’ Degree programme at UWS.

15/10/2023

UWS Autumn Open Days Find out more about UWS

13/10/2023

📣 CALLING ALL GRADUANDS 🎓

Registration for our Winter Graduation ceremonies is now OPEN!

Invitations to register were sent to student email addresses yesterday. Registration is open until 18 October.

Find out more ⬇️
www.uws.ac.uk/current-students/graduation/

09/10/2023

UWS Open Days Find out more about UWS

09/10/2023

THIS FRIDAY
13/10/23
ALUMNI EVENT (Events and Tourism Happy Hour)

FROM 5:30pm.
ALL BAR ONE
56-72 ST. VINCENT STREET, GLASGOW, G2 5TS
Please share with your friends and colleagues from Uni as they may not be using Facebook 🙂
Looking forward to see many of you there. 🙂

22/09/2023

All UWS students and graduates are invited to the AGCAS Scottish Graduate Fair 2023!

Speak to employers, establish professional relationships and discuss potential or opportunities! 🤩

➡️ 27th and 28th September
➡️ Technology and Innovation Centre, Glasgow
➡️ Register at bit.ly/ScotGradFair23

11/09/2023

📢 Fancy learning about the role events have in society + the skills required to plan & stage events to run like clockwork?!

Festivals ✅️
Sport ✅️
Music ✅️
Conferences ✅️
Weddings ✅️
& lots more!

The events industry has it all, *and* there are still spaces left to join us this year 👇🏻

UWS Clearing

05/09/2023

Lovely to welcome new and continuing University of the West of Scotland students to our BA(Hons) Events Management and BA(Hons) Tourism Management - with Jenny Flinn, Briony Sharp, Sandro Carnicelli, Masood Khodadadi, Kalyan Bhandari and Jacqui Greener

31/08/2023

09/06/2023

Interested in a Postgraduate Course?
Join our very successful MSc International Events Management this September:

International Events Management The MSc in International Events Management is designed to meet the demands of the rapidly professionalising events management sector.