Amanda graduated from the University in 2016 with a First Class honours degree in International Hospitality Management, and completed her MA Hospitality and Event Management degree in 2018, alongside her PGCE (M).

Amanda has 15 years of experience working in the hospitality industry at a range of levels, mostly in hotels and restaurants, including overseas work in France and Australia. She has also previously run her own eco tourism bed and breakfast business. Amanda was appointed as Graduate Teaching Assistant in September 2016 and then as a Lecturer in 2018. 

Amanda is highly student-focused, and as a recent graduate of the University, she is well-positioned to support students as she understands the student journey so is well-placed to provide holistic support to students at every stage of their student experience. She enjoys making learning fun and strives to produce creative and unique resources to engage and stimulate students, and arranges exciting field trips for particular modules to enhance and contextualise subjects and topics.

Sustainability in the hospitality industry, with a particular interest in plant-based diets

Member of Institute of Hospitality (IoH)

Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT)

• BA (Hons) International Hospitality Management (1st class)
• PGCE (Post-Compulsory Education)
• MA Hospitality and Event Management - Distinction

See also biography.

• Co-ordinated ITT Centre of Excellence submission
• Arrangement of field trips to enhance and contextualise student learning
• Arrangement of Career Development Week activities
• Community outreach activities
• Support for University Open Days
• Organise ITT Future You student conferences annually
• TNE support with partner institution in Nepal

Teaching interests

• Use of creative resources
• Social inclusion and diversity
• Innovative use of space
• Supporting international students
• Food poverty project