This lecture examines the interplay of habitus, capital, field, gaining a deeper understanding of how practices shape career trajectories

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Willow Room B. Bucks New University - High Wycombe Campus

In this fascinating session Professor Wyld will explore how habitus, capital, and field intersect to shape career paths in the hospitality industry. She’ll offer insight into how social structures, individual dispositions, and institutional practices influence professional journeys - and explore why hospitality careers are valued so differently around the world.

Professor Wyld brings a wealth of experience and leadership to her work. As Associate Dean (Education) in the College of Leadership and Innovation, she has made significant contributions to advancing hospitality education and research. She is also Honorary Secretary for the Council for Hospitality Management Education and track chair for Teaching, Learning and Assessment for their scientific committee; a Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality; a Principal Fellow of AdvanceHE.

She co-founded Hospitality and Universities United (HUU), an initiative with the goal of bringing together universities, students and the hospitality industry to ‘bridge the gap’ between what students learn in an academic environment, their ambitions and the needs and future aspirations of the students and the industry.

This lecture is both a reflection on a distinguished academic and leadership journey, and a call to action for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and communities to rethink how health systems can be designed to work for everyone. Inaugural lectures are celebration of our academics’ outstanding research excellence and an achievement of contributions to their field of research. These celebratory events will enable the University to come together to give conferment to academics who have achieved the accolade of Professorship.

This is your chance to ask questions and delve deeper into the topics discussed. Everyone is welcome and these lectures are free to attend.

Inaugural Lectures are recorded and can be viewed in the series link on the website.

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