Areas of expertise
Tourism as a subject in higher education; heritage tourism, tourism marketing; transition into higher education.
Profile summary
Dr Marion Stuart-Hoyle is Director of Geography, Events, Leisure and Tourism and Principal Lecturer in Tourism Studies and became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2014. She has been at Christ Church since 1995 and teaching interests focus on the Marketing of Tourism, Service Management and Introductory Tourism Concepts. Prior to working at Christ Church Marion worked at the Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education where she led the launch of a very successful Higher National Diploma course in Travel and Tourism Management. Early experience in the industry after graduation included work at one of the busiest tourist offices in the UK in Cambridge. The student experience upon arrival at University and the transition from school/college to a University environment has always been an area of particular interest, so much so that she introduced a compulsory 'Orientation to Higher Education' transition/skills module to all first year students, with very successful results.
Marion has been an elected member of the Executive Committee for the Association for Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE) since 2002 and is currently Chair. In this role she is called upon for advice and information pertaining to Tourism as a Subject in HE by a variety of bodies such as the Tourism Alliance, the Academy of Social Sciences and the Higher Education Academy.