What an amazing month in the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management from welcoming students to industry collaboration and celebrating success.

We kicked off September with 15 of Northern Ireland’s food and retail firms visiting our Food and Consumer Testing Suite (FACTS) to get a glimpse into the future of food innovation. This was followed by induction for our new and returning students as we warmly welcomed them to the thriving Belfast and Coleraine campuses.

Although, we are only two weeks into the semester, our students have already heard from a range of exciting industry speakers and attended the inspiring Institute of Hospitality NI annual student conference. We have also been celebrating student success as BSc Culinary Arts Management student, Emma-Jayne McCartney and BSc International Hospitality Management Student Jordan Sloan were shortlisted in the ‘Most Promising Student’ category at the Tourism NI Giant Spirit Awards.

The team have been busy collaborating over delicious breakfast meetings discussing exciting course developments and research, while also attending key industry events.

We can’t wait to see what is in store for October.