Tom Fletcher
Liverpool Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
Email: T.G.Fletcher@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 5209
I am Principal lecturer / Programme Leader for the BA (hons) Sport Business, BA (Hons) International Tourism Management and BA (Hons) Events Management degree programmes at Liverpool John Moores University. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE)
Degrees
2010, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, MA in Sport Development Management
2008, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
2001, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom, BSc (Hons) Degree in Sport, Recreation and PE with Human Biology
Certifications
2014, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, ILM Level 4 Certificate in Leadership and Management
Academic appointments
Programme Leader / Principal Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, 2017 - present
Programme Manager, Liverpool John Moores University, 2015 - 2017
Senior Lecturer in Events Management, Liverpool John Moores University, 2012 - 2015
Journal article
Fletcher T. 2023. Using a virtual learning environment to enhance reflective practice in work-based learning Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Gaston L, Blundell M, Fletcher T. 2020. Gender Diversity in Sport Leadership: A Review of United States of America National Governing Bodies of Sport Managing Sport and Leisure, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Dixon L, Fletcher T, O'Gorman V. 2019. Personal tutoring: a recognition of ‘levelness’ in the support for undergraduates Innovations in Practice, 13 :18-23 Publisher Url Public Url
Gellweiler S, Wise NA, Fletcher T. 2018. Understanding the ‘lived experience’ of sport event volunteers: Using the hermeneutic circle as a guiding conceptual framework Events Management, 22 :629-641 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Scott P, Higson P, Fletcher TG, Stokes P. 2018. An analysis of the transformations of leadership and direction-setting in place marketing: a UK contextual view and case. International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism, 2 :239-254 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Gellweiler S, Fletcher T, Wise NA. 2017. Exploring experiences and emotions sport event volunteers associate with ‘role exit’ International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 54 :495-511 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chapters
Fletcher TG, Blunt D, Higson P. 2017. Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs) The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism :299-301 SAGE Publications DOI Publisher Url
Higson P, Fletcher TG. 2017. Human Resource Management The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel & Tourism :624-626 SAGE Publications DOI Publisher Url
Fletcher TG, Cullinane D. 2017. International Development Through Excellence and Leadership in Sport (IDEALS): The Namibia and Liverpool John Moores University Programme wise N, Benson A. International Sports Volunteering Routledge 9781138697775 DOI Author Url
Conference publication
Beattie I, Fletcher T, Zaitseva E, Mitchell E. Piloting the 2-Level Model of Reflective Practice in Work Based Learning Researching WBL Symposium Author Url
Beattie I, Fletcher T. Joining up work-related learning - working effectively with industry EA Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network 2008 Conference: Employer Engagement - What does it mean for HLST education? Author Url
Membership of professional bodies:
Certified Management and Business Educator, Chartered Association of Business Schools. 2023
Member, Leisure Studies Association.
Industrial connections:
Childwall Sports College, Governor. 2012
Conference presentation:
Effective Partnerships with Higher Education, Sport College Conference, Other. 2009
Embedding Employability both Inside and Outside the Curriculum, Employability and Professional Learning Workshop. Sheffield Hallam, Oral presentation. 2008
Joining up work related learning working effectively with industry, LJMU Teaching and Learning Conference, Oral presentation. 2008
Joining up work-related learning - working effectively with industry, HEA Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network 2008 Conference, Oral presentation. 2008
Namibia: an “IDEAL” Opportunity. The impact of student overseas experience on learning, LJMU Teaching and Learning Conference, Oral presentation. 2008
Researching Graduate Employability in Outdoor and Environmental Education,, GEES Subject Centre Conference ‘Employability, Employer Engagement and Enterprise in the GEES disciplines’, Poster presentation. 2008
Re-thinking the concept of induction, 6th Annual Staff Conference, University of Chester, Oral presentation. 2008
Using Blackboard discussion forum to enhance reflective practice in WBL, LJMU Teaching and Learning Conference, Oral presentation.
Teaching qualification:
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. 2008
Fellowships:
Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy.
Conference organisation:
Leisure Studies Association Conference 2016: Locating Leisure: Blurring Boundaries, Co-organiser, http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/LSA2016.