Choose a joint degree in Intercultural Business Communication and Tourism Management, and immerse yourself in a balanced curriculum, dedicating equal time to both subjects while learning under the guidance of academic and industry experts.
In your first two years you will gain a solid understanding of core concepts and approaches in both Intercultural Business Communication and Tourism Management, and you will apply these to a wide range of ‘real world’ case studies and scenarios. This will prepare you for year 3, when you will have the opportunity to study abroad or take up a work placement in the UK. Both offer exciting opportunities to apply and enhance your grasp of intercultural business communication and tourism management. You will also acquire intercultural skills by living and studying abroad or working with new colleagues and clients in a relevant sector. These experiences, whether work-based or through study abroad, are highly valued by employers. In your final year, you will specialise in areas of particular interest by undertaking your own research projects, including a dissertation.
How will my degree reflect sustainability and sustainable development?
The Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) – established under the UN Global Compact – places a clear onus on Higher Education to ‘transform management education and develop the responsible decision-makers of tomorrow to advance sustainable development’. The Business School is a PRME signatory, and we seek to influence professional practice and policy nationally and internationally, helping to drive key societal, economic and environmental impacts.
Our mission is ‘to empower communities to apply business knowledge for positive societal impact’ and we work constantly to embed practical actions into our curriculum, to promote sustainability and relate these to the key ideas of sustainability, as reflected in the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes now reflect one or more of the SDG, and our research is targeted to solve real world problems, mapped against the criteria used in the Times Higher Education’s Impact Ranking.
The most recent annual league table for Sustainability - compiled by People & Planet, the UK’s largest student campaigning network - again places Edinburgh Napier in a top 3 position among Scotland’s 19 universities. This reflects their assessment of our performance across a range of environmental and ethical considerations, which include carbon reduction and management, and education.
What is distinct about equality, diversity and inclusion?
Edinburgh Napier University is enriched by the diversity of perspectives, cultures and backgrounds brought by all within our global community. We are committed to a positive environment where diversity and inclusiveness is celebrated and everyone is treated fairly regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability, age, ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status or whether pregnant or on maternity leave. We commit ourselves to providing a learning, working and social environment that is free from discrimination, prejudice, intimidation, stigmatisation and all forms of harassment and bullying.
The Business School's vision: 'To be the Business School for empowerment, enterprise and employability for all'.
Our mission statement: 'Empowering our communities to apply business knowledge for positive societal impact'.