RECREATING TOURISM EDUCATION IN SIBERIA Tempus impact on

RECREATING TOURISM EDUCATION IN SIBERIA Tempus impact on university departments and their activities 1. Project aims 2. Organisation: Individuals and institutional support 3. Tempus projects: Changing departments 4. Challenges and future developments Professor Henrik Halkier Aalborg University, Denmark halkier@cgs. aau. dk

PROJECT AIMS: Sustainable Master Programmes in Tourism 1. New curriculum, new courses 2. Staff development 3. New pedagogics 4. Engaging stakeholders Henrik Halkier, halkier@cgs. aau. dk

PROJECT ORGANISATION Individual creativity, institutional support Driving forces: n Strategic thinking, happy coincidences Mapping and building roads: n Political and administrative support Henrik Halkier, halkier@cgs. aau. dk

TEMPUS PROJECTS: Changing departments 1. New curriculum, new courses n Staff exchange, guest lectures 2. Staff development n Staff exchange, training seminars 3. New pedagogics n Hardware, training seminars 4. Engaging stakeholders n Student exchange, stakeholder involvement Henrik Halkier, halkier@cgs. aau. dk

CHALLENGES AND FUTURES Sustainable Master Programmes in Tourism 1. Tailor-making Master programmes n Stakeholder engagement, destination development 2. Meeting of cultures n Language, learning, exchanges, networking 3. Sustainability n New programmes, continued networking, joint research 4. Extending cooperation n New applications: Tempus and beyond Henrik Halkier, halkier@cgs. aau. dk