Dos and docs

I've got some spare copies of the 2007 Special issue of 'Link' Magazine - The publication of the HLST (HEA). Contents include: 'First yr Undergraduates' approaches to e-learning'; 'Virtual Learning Environments for teaching hospitality, leisure, sport and Tturism'; and 'Embedding intellectual and transferable skills in undergraduate courses in tourism, hospitality and leisure' - Please come and get your copy from the Subject Librarian office a.s.a.p. first come, first served!

In addition, I also have some information, again from the HLST (HEA) about a forum which may be interesting to some of you. It's an overnighter at the National College for School Leadership in Nottingham, on the 11th/12 th February. The leaflets I have, include a booking form, but you can also get the necessary info by clicking here and choosing the link within the first entry on the events page.

Ok, so those were the 'docs' now for the 'Dos'.....!

In fact it's another event organised by the Heart of England Branch of the Institute of Hospitality. My last entry on here was was for a previous event of theirs at the Baggies football ground, which I attended and which, despite a poor attendence was very interesting! Their next event is a trip to the newly refurbished Becketts Farm in Wythall, on Thursday 24th January. The site now has an extended farm shop, a new commercial kitchen which will be used as a demonstration kitchen & training centre for the industry as well as a conference centre & catering venue. At a charge of just £5, the event will begin at 6.00pm with a sampling/tasting session in the farm shop. There will then be an opportunity to tour the new Demonstation & Training Kitchen with some live demonstrations, and presentations.


If you would like to attend, you will need to forward a cheque, made payable to, Institute of Hospitality Heart of England Branch, to; Kathleen Russell, 2 Canal Cottages, Hanbury Wharf, Worcs, WR97DV.

Boing Boing!!

I received these details via the Institute of Hospitality recently and after establishing that there ARE still tickets available, am now able to promote this to you.....

On Thursday 22nd November there is a talk at the Hawthorns,(ground of West Bromwich Albion football club - for non-locals!) to learn about the diet of footballers and catering at a football ground. There will also be a tour of the football facilities. Food and refreshments will be available. Tickets for the event are £15.90, and the fun starts at around 6pm! If you are interested, you need to send a letter to confirm your booking, along with a cheque, to:
Kathleen Russell, 2 Canal Cottages, Hanbury Wharf, Worcs, WR9 7DV
I’m going, so I’ll see you there!!

The 'bare' facts.....

Are you a somnambulist? Have you ever wandered naked down a hotel corridor?
This week, A survey carried out by Travelodge ‘revealed’ (if you’ll pardon the pun!) that nude sleepwalking (particularly amongst men) is on the rise. The results, which exhibit (sorry!) a seven fold increase in sleepwalking customers, compared to 2006, indicate that a staggering 95% of the hotel chain's sleepwalkers have been naked men. The following are the most popular requests at the reception desk:

- Where is the bathroom?
- Can I check out as I am late for work?
- Do you have a copy of todays paper?

The Hotels reception desks now have a supply of towels placed on them for covering up the gentlemens… errmm, embarrassment!

For obvious reasons, I’ve not included an image for this particular entry!

Food and Gastronomy seminar

The Centre for International Hospitality Management Research ( CIHMR ) at Sheffield Hallam University have publicised a two year programme of research seminars aimed at raising the profile of hospitality research in the UK. The first of these, entitled ‘Food and Gastronomy is to be held on 15th November 2007 between 10am - 4pm. Download the booking form from the site. Some of the other seminars in the series look interesting too!

'Louis' and the Chokolit Factory?

15 year old Louis Barnett from Kinver needed no golden ticket to realise his dream! He has just employed his own mum and dad in his ‘Chokolit’ business! Self-confessed ‘Foody’ Louis, left school at 11 after being diagnosed with Dyslexia and Dyspraxia and began making chocolates from home, but his business has expanded to the point where he has now had to move premises to Bridgnorth. Read more about the budding entrepreneur here.

'Link' Special !

There is a special issue of the ‘Link’ publication available this month on the website of the HEAcademy (HLST) The idea of the issue is to showcase some of the research projects that have been funded this year by the HEAcademy. Themes of the projects include employability; student motivation; internationalisation, widening participation; reflective practice and research methods. Once you’ve clicked on the link above, select ‘view the LINK special edition here’ to take you to the pdf of the whole issue

Restaurant 2007

Speakers at the Restaurant 2007 seminar on 8th November in London, include Jim Walker, chief operating officer at The Climate Group; Jane Piper from KPMG and Luke Jensen; head of Retail, Leisure and Consumer at OC&C Strategy Consultants. Click here to download your booking form.

You might want to peruse the William-Reed site while you're there. Click on the 'search by sector' links on the left to bring up a list of products. Staff - If you would like to order any of these for the library, please let me know