Leeds Metropolitan University
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Leeds Metropolitan University is a British University with three campuses. Two are situated in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England while the third is situated in Bhopal, India. It gained university status in 1992; prior to this date it was known as Leeds Polytechnic. The number of students is listed by the HESA 2008/09 data as the 15th largest in Britain.The current Vice Chancellor, Professor Susan Price, joined in January 2010 and three new deputy Vice Chancellors have been appointed to lead the areas of strategic development, research and enterprise, and student experience.The university’s origins can be traced back to 1824, with the foundation of the Leeds Mechanics Institute.
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Industry leaders applaud high response to first ever UK Economic Impact Study
The UK Economic Impact Study, critical research being undertaken for the first time has seen huge response levels. This first-ever UK research is being led by the MPI Foundation and a consortium of investment partners. The researchers at Leeds Metropolitan University have revealed that 3,350 responses were received for the UK Economic Impact Study being [.
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Eventia Launches Its UK Events Market Trends Research
Eventia has today launched its annual research into the UK meetings and business events sector. Entitled the ‘UK Events Market Trends Survey’ (UKEMTS), this major research project has a specific focus on volume aspects of the market and the performance of meeting venues. It also highlights key market trends identified by venues.
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HBAA to expand university student recruitment scheme in 2013
The HBAA has announced the continuation of its National Placement Scheme in 2013, offering Event Management degree students an agreed structure of work experience opportunities with the association’s extensive collection of over 80 agent and 208 venue members. With the recent revelation that almost six in ten students finished university last summer without a job [.
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UK Events Market Trends Research To Be Continued By Eventia
Leading trade body Eventia announces today that it will again be undertaking its annual research into the UK meetings and business events sector in 2013. Entitled the ‘UK Events Market Trends Survey’ (UKEMTS), this will be the twentieth consecutive year of the research, which was first carried out in 1993. The results will be published [.
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Why Inauthentic Social Media Use Could Boost Meetings
Social media promotional fatigue may lead users to seek more genuine encounters in the real world.
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What Peak Oil Has to Do With the Future of Meetings
The price of oil is one reason "the golden age of budget travel is over," according to the latest topic paper from the MPI Foundation's Future of Meetings project. And that means no relief from meetings cost-cutting.
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Future of Meetings: Knowing How Attendees Are Feeling, Even if They Don’t Tell You
It's already possible to track attendees' movements through your meetings. Imagine constant feedback on whether they are alert, confused, engaged, or bored.
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Content is Not King in Future of Meetings
Attendees can get your content anywhere, anytime. But they will pay to be connected with experts who can put it in context, and peers who will review it with them.
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3-D Printing and More: The Future of Meeting Design
The MPI Foundation looks outside the meeting industry for clues to the future of events and meeting design.
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Post Con: Jackie Mulligan
After hours with the principal lecturer for enterprise, International Centre for Research in Events, Tourism, and Hospitality, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom; and frequent meeting industry writer and lecturer After hours with the principal lecturer for enterprise, International Centre for Research in Events, Tourism, and Hospitality, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom; and frequent meeting industry writer and lecturer.
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