The sun is shining today on the Isle of Bute ☀️ 🌊 🛥 – at Rothesay, Scotland

Great to be at THRIC (Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference), at @WeAreTUDublin along with @atu_ie colleagues presenting 11 research projects across the 2 days. Good to meet so many people working in tourism & events research throughout Ireland 🇮🇪

A different kind of Christmas this year after losing my Dad who died suddenly a few weeks ago 💚 Will raise a glass to him tonight 🤍 🕊️

Enjoyed being back at @EdinburghNapier to give the keynote lecture at 44th ISTTE Annual Conference #ISTTE25 🗣️ My keynote explored tourism in Ireland and the role of universities in supporting the tourism, hospitality & event sector navigate a volatile & uncertain environment🇮🇪

It was been great to partner with @sligococo to deliver the “𝑺𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒐 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒆” here at @atu_ie, to help deliver objectives within the ‘County Sligo Festivals & Events Strategy 2025-29’ 🎭

Had a great night at @Strandhill_GC for fundraiser for Sligo @RelayForLife supporting @IrishCancerSoc 🏃‍♀️ @JaneAliKnight2 and I were delighted to be in the winning quiz team 🍾

Feeling inspired after a great AGM of @YoungAcademySco held at @UofGlasgow today. I enjoyed hosting a Q&A with Prof Sir Anton Muscatelli @UofGVC, exploring contemporary challenges facing universities and the role of learned societies/young academies in providing solutions 🎓

Had a brilliant weekend at @ButeFest ⛴️ 🎪🎟️🎶

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👑 Such a privilege to have met His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, at @RoyalSocEd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿On behalf of @YoungAcademySco I presented our ‘Scotland Cares’ project where we have been gathering stories of care from unpaid carers across the country.

It has been a pleasure delivering the ASEAN-UK Festival Management Training with @JaneAliKnight2 to over 60 participants from the ASEAN region 🇧🇳 🇰🇭 🇮🇩 🇲🇾 🇲🇲 🇵🇭 🇸🇬 🇻🇳 🇹🇭 🇹🇱 Huge thanks to @idBritish @BritishCouncil & @jogjafestivals for being such great partners to work with🩷

Had a great time at @AEME_EventsEd conference in Chester this week #EventsEducation #EventsProfs

🌍Delighted that our @atu_ie MSc in Sustainable Tourism and Event Management has been accredited by @agreenerfuture_ 📖 agreenerfuture.com/blog-agf/…   #AGFAccredited #SustainableTourism #EventManagement #SustainabilityInEducation #GreenEvents

Great to be back at @SalfordUni to give the keynote at Salford Postgraduate Research Conference #SPARC2025 💙 Thank you to @SalfordPGRs for kindly inviting me & for an excellently organised conference 💜 Great to catch up with so many people especially @andymiah

Great to be back at @EdinburghNapier today for the @TourismENU annual symposium and to meet so many wonderful former colleagues 😃

Had a great week in Bern 🇨🇭representing @YoungAcademySco at the European Network of Young Academies (ENYA) annual meeting. Thanks to @youngacademy_ch for the wonderful hospitality 🍫 It was great to meet so many people representing young academies from across Europe 🇪🇺

Nothing to see here… just two professors sitting on a bench 😛 [@ Einstein Museum, Bern 🇨🇭]

Delighted that our paper “𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆: 𝒄𝒐-𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂” has been published ⤵️

📚Great to see our chapter now published that explored attitude to risk in event medical provision Major incidents at live events, such as the terrorist attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, have served as a catalyst for action in this area.